In $2023,$ Microsoft Corporation $($MSFT$)$ paid total cash dividends of $$19,800,000,000$ and had net income of $$72,361,000,000.$ MSFT has $7,430,000,000$ shares of common stock outstanding and the current market price per share of the common stock is $$330.$

Required:

a$)$ Determine and explain the earnings per share.

b$)$ Determine and explain the dividends per share.

c$)$ Determine and explain the dividend yield.

d$)$ Determine and explain the dividend payout ratio.