Microsoft Corporation · Stock · graded on the House framework — is the payout covered, is the yield real or a trap, and does it compound or just pay? Snapshot · October 2026
MSFTMicrosoft CorporationStock
Yield
0.74%
Trailing
Payout ratio
21.8%
Of earnings
Latest raise
~9%
Most recent increase
Pays
Quarterly
House verdict
Grower, not a payer — yet. Two decades of raises at a payout barely above 20% means the growth runway is long. But the check today is small: this is dividend growth bought early, not income bought now.
✓Payout-coverage check:21.8% payout leaves enormous room for raises through a downturn.
!Yield check:0.74% is below the income line today. The House files it under future income.
MSFT in the House
Room: Tech Infrastructure. Not one of the House's current holdings — in Order a New House it takes a seat in this room and carries the room's 12% target. Target 12% — the growth engine room. Held for total return; whatever dividend shows up is incidental.
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