Wedbush Has Bullish Estimate for Microsoft FY2025 Earnings

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) - Investment analysts at Wedbush upped their FY2025 EPS estimates for shares of Microsoft in a note issued to investors on Wednesday, April 30th. Wedbush analyst D. Ives now expects that the software giant will post earnings of $13.34 per share for the year, up from their previous estimate of $12.89. Wedbush has a "Outperform" rating and a $515.00 price objective on the stock. The consensus estimate for Microsoft's current full-year earnings is $13.08 per share. Wedbush also issued estimates for Microsoft's Q4 2025 earnings at $3.34 EPS, Q1 2026 earnings at $3.53 EPS, Q2 2026 earnings at $3.73 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.78 EPS, Q4 2026 earnings at $3.84 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.88 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also weighed in on MSFT. Evercore ISI raised their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $435.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their target price on Microsoft from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday. Jefferies Financial Group upped their price target on Microsoft from $475.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on Microsoft from $500.00 to $525.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Guggenheim reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday. Six research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $507.77.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.2 %

MSFT stock traded up $0.89 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $436.17. The stock had a trading volume of 20,112,843 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,367,112. Microsoft has a 1-year low of $344.79 and a 1-year high of $468.35. The company has a fifty day moving average of $384.93 and a 200 day moving average of $411.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.12, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.99.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The software giant reported $3.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.22 by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $70.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $68.54 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 33.36% and a net margin of 35.43%. Microsoft's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.94 earnings per share.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a dividend of $0.83 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.76%. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is 25.66%.

Hedge Funds Weigh In On Microsoft

A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Microsoft during the fourth quarter worth approximately $44,343,058,000. GAMMA Investing LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 40,290.4% during the first 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 during the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC lifted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 34,643.3% during the fourth quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 16,837,278 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $7,096,913,000 after acquiring an additional 16,788,816 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 83,787,746 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $35,316,535,000 after acquiring an additional 11,600,470 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. increased its position in Microsoft by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 684,071,705 shares of the software giant's stock worth $288,336,224,000 after purchasing an additional 10,431,988 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds 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.