On September 15, Microsoft (MSFT) increased its dividend by 7.69%, from 91¢ to 98¢ per share.
The dividend is payable on December 10 to shareholders of record on November 19.
MSFT's contribution to DivGro's projected annual dividend income will increase by $33.60 to $470.40.
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I own 120 shares of MSFT at an average cost basis of $249.31 per share. Following this increase, my yield on cost is 1.57%. (The stock's forward yield is 0.79% at $493.78/share.)
Since I opened my position in August 2013, the stock has delivered a total return of 103%, including $1,436.88 in dividends. That's a spectacular annualized rate of return of 27.2%!
MSFT became DivGro's 7th Home Run stock in October 2016, when it doubled my original capital outlay.
MSFT is also DivGro's 1st Ten Bagger, a designation reserved for stocks with total returns exceeding 1,000%. That milestone dates to 2021, when the position rested entirely on my 2013 lot at $31.76 per share. My four purchases in 2026 lifted its average cost basis to $249.31.
| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | • | 2026 |
| $2.300 | $2.540 | $2.790 | $3.080 | $3.400 | ⬆ | $3.710✝ |
| 10.05% | 10.43% | 9.84% | 10.39% | 10.39% | ⬇ | 9.12% |
| 5-year DGR: | 10.22% | ⬇ | 10.03% | |||
✝projected, assuming no further changes
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MSFT's quality score is 9.27, which I rate Exceptional. A Simply Safe Dividends score of 99 places MSFT firmly in the Very Safe band. S&P rates MSFT's long-term debt AAA, its highest rating, held by only a handful of issuers.
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