Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Forecast, Price & News

36 Wall Street equities 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 31 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" MSFT shares.
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36 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their MSFT share price forecasts range from $232.00 to $420.00. On average, they anticipate the company's stock price to reach $330.72 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 2.0%.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $239.82 at the start of the year. Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 40.8% and is now trading at $337.59.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 25th 2023.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, April, 25th. The software giant reported $2.45 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.22 by $0.23. The software giant had revenue of $52.86 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $51.01 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 33.25% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 38.98%. The business's revenue was up 7.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the business posted $2.22 EPS.
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Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 14th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.68 per share on Thursday, June 8th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.81%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 17th.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.81%. 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 29.47%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSFT will have a dividend payout ratio of 25.23% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft announced that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Tuesday, September 14th 2021, which permits the company to buyback $60,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to reacquire up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally an indication that the company's board of directors believes its stock is undervalued.

Microsoft updated its fourth quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, April, 27th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $54.85 billion-$55.85 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $54.84 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 variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include State Street Corp (3.93%), FMR LLC (2.70%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.23%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.94%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.01%) and Wellington Management Group LLP (0.89%). 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 $337.59.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $2.51 trillion and generates $198.27 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $72.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.23 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.