MSFT dividend raise declarations, 2019 to 2025 (pinned)
Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-16, from Dividend Increases Expected This Month.
| year | declared_on | day_of_month | quarterly_before | quarterly_after | raise_pct |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Sep 18 | 18 | $0.46 | $0.51 | 10.9 |
| 2020 | Sep 15 | 15 | $0.51 | $0.56 | 9.8 |
| 2021 | Sep 14 | 14 | $0.56 | $0.62 | 10.7 |
| 2022 | Sep 20 | 20 | $0.62 | $0.68 | 9.7 |
| 2023 | Sep 19 | 19 | $0.68 | $0.75 | 10.3 |
| 2024 | Sep 16 | 16 | $0.75 | $0.83 | 10.7 |
| 2025 | Sep 15 | 15 | $0.83 | $0.91 | 9.6 |
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- 7 × 6
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- Completeness
- No missing values
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- US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
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What each column holds
| Column | Type | Range | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
year |
number | 2,019 to 2,025 | |
declared_on |
text | 6 distinct values (Sep 14, Sep 15, Sep 16…) | |
day_of_month |
number | 14 to 20 | |
quarterly_before |
text | 7 distinct values ($0.46, $0.51, $0.56…) | |
quarterly_after |
text | 7 distinct values ($0.51, $0.56, $0.62…) | |
raise_pct |
number | 9.6 to 10.9 | percent |
Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.
the exact SQL behind every number
SELECT
toYear(declaration_date) AS year,
concat(formatDateTime(declaration_date, '%b'), ' ',
toString(toDayOfMonth(declaration_date))) AS declared_on,
toDayOfMonth(declaration_date) AS day_of_month,
concat('$', toString(toDecimal64(prev_amount, 2))) AS quarterly_before,
concat('$', toString(toDecimal64(amount, 2))) AS quarterly_after,
round((amount / prev_amount - 1) * 100, 1) AS raise_pct
FROM
(
SELECT
ex_dividend_date,
declaration_date,
amount,
lagInFrame(amount, 1) OVER (ORDER BY ex_dividend_date
ROWS BETWEEN 1 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW) AS prev_amount
FROM
(
SELECT
ex_dividend_date,
ifNull(max(declaration_date), toDate('1970-01-01')) AS declaration_date,
ifNull(max(toFloat64(cash_amount)), 0) AS amount
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'MSFT'
AND toString(frequency) = '4'
AND ex_dividend_date BETWEEN toDate('2018-06-01') AND toDate('2026-03-31')
GROUP BY ex_dividend_date
)
)
WHERE prev_amount > 0
AND amount > prev_amount
AND declaration_date BETWEEN toDate('2019-01-01') AND toDate('2025-12-31')
ORDER BY declaration_date
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