Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

38 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings and 33 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" MSFT shares.
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38 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Microsoft's shares. Their MSFT share price forecasts range from $232.00 to $440.00. On average, they expect the company's share price to reach $375.03 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.3% from the stock's current price.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $239.82 at the beginning of 2023. Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 32.2% and is now trading at $317.01.
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Microsoft saw a increase in short interest during the month of August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totaling 38,320,000 shares, an increase of 23.5% from the August 15th total of 31,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 25,520,000 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.5 days. Approximately 0.5% of the company's shares are short sold.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 24th 2023.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) issued its earnings results on Tuesday, July, 25th. The software giant reported $2.69 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.55 by $0.14. The software giant earned $56.19 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $55.49 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 34.15% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.70%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 8.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.23 EPS.
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Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 19th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.75 per share on Thursday, December 14th. This represents a $3.00 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 15th. This is an increase from the stock's previous quarterly dividend of $0.68.
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ETFs with the largest weight of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock in their portfolio include Natixis Loomis Sayles Focused Growth ETF (LSGR), Direxion Daily MSFT Bull 1.5X Shares (MSFU), Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund (XLK), Vanguard Information Technology ETF (VGT), iShares Global Tech ETF (IXN), Fidelity MSCI Information Technology Index ETF (FTEC), Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3X Shares (TECL) and iShares U.S. Technology ETF (IYW).

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.86%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 20 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 28.07%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSFT will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.90% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft updated its first quarter 2024 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 26th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $53.80 billion-$54.80 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $49.37 billion.

11,127 employees have rated Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella on Glassdoor.com. Satya Nadella has an approval rating of 98% among the company's employees. This puts Satya Nadella in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Microsoft investors own include NVIDIA (NVDA), Alibaba Group (BABA), Micron Technology (MU), General Electric (GE), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Visa (V).

Microsoft trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "MSFT."

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.95%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.99%), Capital World Investors (1.15%), Capital International Investors (1.13%), Northern Trust Corp (1.06%) and Capital Research Global Investors (0.99%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Jean Philippe Courtois, Judson Althoff, Kathleen T Hogan, Satya Nadella and Teri List.
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Shares of MSFT stock can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $317.01.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $2.36 trillion and generates $211.92 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $72.36 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.69 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 221,000 workers across the globe.

Microsoft's mailing address is ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052. The official website for the company is www.microsoft.com. The software giant can be reached via phone at (425) 882-8080, via email at msft@microsoft.com, or via fax at 425-706-7329.