Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is set to issue its next quarterly dividend on December 11, 2025, with the ex-dividend date on November 20.

With a cash dividend of $0.91, the upcoming payment represents a 9.6% change from the previous quarter’s $0.83, issued on September 11.

Currently, the technology leader has a forward annual yield of 0.72% based on the stock price of $506. Based on the numbers, investors with 100 MSFT shares in their portfolio will receive $91 on December 11, or $364 this year, barring any changes in the yield. 

This figure is in stark contrast with some of Microsoft’s peers scheduled to issue their own dividends in the same time period, for example, Nvidia (NASDAQ: NVDA), which has a forward annual yield of only 0.021%. 

MSFT stock performance

Microsoft stock is 0.2% in the red on the daily chart and trading at $504.60 at the time of writing, on Tuesday, November 11, the price has still not fully recovered from last week’s insider sale controversy, which is still evident in a 1% dip on MSFT’s five-day chart. 

Since the selling pressure came in spite of strong quarterly earnings, a lot of questions were raised over whether this is a routine correction or the beginning of a deeper slide.

A major point of controversy was Director Bradford L. Smith’s decision to sell 38,500 MSFT shares, valued at $19.97 million, which triggered additional profit-taking among shareholders.

At the same time, Microsoft’s partnership with OpenAI, which cost $3.1 billion last quarter, shaved $0.41 from the reported earnings per share (EPS), while Xbox sales are tumbling.

From a technical point of view, the MSFT stock is now below virtually all key short-term moving averages, suggesting potential further downside. 

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