Microsoft Boosts Dividend by 16%

I recently said I expected Microsoft (MSFT) to raise their quarterly dividend. It was at 31 cents per share, and I was expecting an increase to 34 cents per share. The board outdid me! They raised it to 36 cents per share. That’s a 16% increase. Microsoft now pays out $1.44 per share per year. Going by yesterday’s close, MSFT yields 3.3%.

If you bought Microsoft on July 25, 1991 at $66 per share, adjusting for stock splits totaling 48-for-1, then your cost basis is $1.375 per share. That means your dividend is now over 100% based on your purchase price.

Posted by on September 16th, 2015 at 12:44 pm


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