Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), International Business Machines Corp. (IBM): Dividend Investment Opportunities

Microsoft’s Surface tablet represents only 1.8% of the tablet market share, but has potential to grow. Apple’s iPad is still the market leader with 39% but as more companies enter the market with tablets, there is opportunity to steal away market share.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) also announced the release of its new gaming platform Xbox One. This new platform – which will be released in November – runs solely online and allows users to link, download, and stream games easily. It is too early to tell how sales will be for this product, but there are high hopes on Microsoft’s end.

While the company has had challenges with the decline of the PC, it is making concentrated efforts to continue to grow the company and bring higher revenues. These are great attributes for investment opportunities.

Final thoughts

When searching for the right income investment, it is important to look at the history of dividend increases. Each of these three companies has a strong history of returning value to investors via dividend growth. Also, these three companies are making concentrated efforts to grow and expand their operations. Investors should seriously consider these for future dividend income.

Austin Higgins has no position in any stocks mentioned. The Motley Fool recommends Automatic Data Processing. The Motley Fool owns shares of International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE:IBM) and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Austin is a member of The Motley Fool Blog Network — entries represent the personal opinion of the blogger and are not formally edited.

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