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Two Decades of Rising Dividends
How a two-decade streak compounds: Microsoft's annual dividend, year by yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 22×2Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. Dividend growth champions: 20+ straight years of raises, ranked by how many times over the payout grewranking · 2026-08-22 · 20×3Preview: 16 ranked values, largest first.
AAPL Dividend History: Splits and Raises
Every AAPL stock split and the running share countseries · 2026-08-22 · 3×5Preview: a 3-point series, ending higher. AAPL quarterly dividend by year, split adjusted, with the annual stepranking · 2026-08-22 · 14×3Preview: 14 ranked values, smallest first. AAPL dividends paid against free cash flow, by fiscal yearranking · 2026-08-22 · 13×4Preview: 13 ranked values, smallest first. Longest gaps between consecutive AAPL dividend payments, in yearsranking · 2026-08-22 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, largest first. Every AAPL dividend year, as declared and split adjustedranking · 2026-08-22 · 15×4Preview: 15 ranked values, largest first.
When Companies Announce Dividend Raises
Share of annual raises declared in the same month as the prior raise, by yearranking · 2026-08-03 · 10×4Preview: 10 ranked values, smallest first. Dividend raises by declaration month: US recurring quarterly payers, July 2015 to July 2026ranking · 2026-08-03 · 12×3Preview: 12 ranked values, largest first. JNJ dividend raises: declaration date, old rate, new rate, 2016 to 2026table · 2026-08-03 · 11×5 Typical raise month by company: twelve dividend growers, raises since 2016series · 2026-08-03 · 12×5Preview: a 12-point series, ending lower. Declaration record by year: recurring dividends, count, and days from declaration to ex-datetable · 2026-08-03 · 11×5
Verizon's Dividend Increase History
Consecutive years of dividend increases: six long record US payersranking · 2026-08-02 · 6×4Preview: 6 ranked values, smallest first. Verizon (VZ): annual dividend increase in cents and in percent, 2010 to 2025ranking · 2026-08-02 · 16×3Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first. Verizon (VZ) dividend increases: declaration date, ex dividend date, and step sizetable · 2026-08-02 · 13×5 Verizon (VZ) dividends per share by calendar year, 2005 to 2025ranking · 2026-08-02 · 21×4Preview: 16 ranked values, smallest first.
How a two-decade streak compounds: Microsoft's annual dividend, year by year

How a two-decade streak compounds: Microsoft's annual dividend, year by year

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How a two-decade streak compounds: Microsoft's annual dividend, year by year — 22 rows by 2 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
yearannual_dividend
20040.08
20050.32
20060.37
20070.41
20080.46
20090.52
20100.55
20110.68
20120.83
20130.97
20141.15
20151.29
20161.47
20171.59
20181.72
20191.89
20202.09
20212.3
20222.54
20232.79
20243.08
20253.4
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SELECT toYear(ex_dividend_date) AS year,
       round(sum(cash_amount), 4) AS annual_dividend
FROM global_markets.stocks_dividends
WHERE ticker = 'MSFT'
  AND frequency IN (1, 2, 4, 12)
  AND ex_dividend_date >= '2004-01-01'
  AND ex_dividend_date < toStartOfYear(today())
GROUP BY year
ORDER BY year
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