Credit: Microsoft Corporation ( MSFT ) will begin trading ex-dividend on May 16, 2018. A cash dividend payment of $0.42 per share is scheduled to be paid on June 14, 2018. Shareholders who purchased MSFT prior to the ex-dividend date are eligible for the cash dividend payment. This marks the 3rd quarter that MSFT has paid the same dividend. At the current stock price of $98.03, the dividend yield is 1.71%.
The previous trading day's last sale of MSFT was $98.03, representing a -0.67% decrease from the 52 week high of $98.69 and a 46.01% increase over the 52 week low of $67.14.
MSFT is a part of the Technology sector, which includes companies such as Oracle Corporation ( ORCL ) and SAP SE ( SAP ). MSFT's current earnings per share, an indicator of a company's profitability, is $1.8. Zacks Investment Research reports MSFT's forecasted earnings growth in 2018 as 14.67%, compared to an industry average of 14.7%.
For more information on the declaration, record and payment dates, visit the MSFT Dividend History page. Our Dividend Calendar has the full list of stocks that have an ex-dividend today.
Interested in gaining exposure to MSFT through an Exchange Traded Fund [ETF]?
The following ETF(s) have MSFT as a top-10 holding:
- iShares Global Tech ETF ( IXN )
- iShares North American Tech ETF ( IGM )
- iShares U.S. Technology ETF ( IYW )
- Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF ( FTEC )
- Vanguard Information Tech ETF ( VGT ).
The top-performing ETF of this group is IGM with an increase of 11.43% over the last 100 days. IXN has the highest percent weighting of MSFT at 9.7%.
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