Rothschild & Co Redburn Increases Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Price Target to $560.00

Key Points

• Rothschild & Co Redburn has increased its price target for Microsoft from $550.00 to $560.00, maintaining a "buy" rating and suggesting a potential upside of 6.93% from its previous close.
• Other analysts, including Piper Sandler and Citigroup, have also raised their price targets for Microsoft, with a range now between $600.00 and $682.00.
• Microsoft reported earnings of $3.65 per share for the last quarter, surpassing expectations, with a revenue of $76.44 billion, marking an 18.1% year-over-year increase.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) had its price objective boosted by investment analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn from $550.00 to $560.00 in a report issued on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The firm currently has a "buy" rating on the software giant's stock. Rothschild & Co Redburn's price objective indicates a potential upside of 6.93% from the stock's previous close.

Other analysts also recently issued reports about the stock. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays reiterated an "overweight" rating and issued a $625.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Friday, August 29th. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $640.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Friday, October 3rd. TD Cowen lifted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Citigroup lifted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $680.00 to $682.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $617.44.

Microsoft Stock Performance

MSFT stock traded up $6.05 on Wednesday, hitting $523.71. The company had a trading volume of 1,826,037 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,607,453. Microsoft has a 12-month low of $344.79 and a 12-month high of $555.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The stock's 50-day simple moving average is $511.49 and its 200 day simple moving average is $478.38. The stock has a market cap of $3.89 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.35, a P/E/G ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.03.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.35 by $0.30. The company had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $73.79 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $2.95 earnings per share. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Microsoft will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Transactions at Microsoft

In related news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 790,852 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $399,206,272.56. The trade was a 15.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total transaction of $2,557,502.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This trade represents a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Microsoft

Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Norges Bank bought a new position in shares of Microsoft during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $50,493,678,000. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 564,387.1% during the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 90,549,369 shares of the software giant's stock worth $45,040,162,000 after acquiring an additional 90,533,328 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC bought a new position in shares of Microsoft during the 1st quarter worth approximately $18,733,827,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 40,290.4% during the 1st quarter. GAMMA Investing LLC now owns 46,695,303 shares of the software giant's stock worth $17,528,950,000 after acquiring an additional 46,579,693 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 49,640.3% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 29,967,038 shares of the software giant's stock worth $14,905,904,000 after acquiring an additional 29,906,791 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.

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