Microsoft Stock Forecast, Price & News

32 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 29 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Microsoft stock.
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Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its earnings results on Monday, July, 26th. The software giant reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.25. The software giant had revenue of $46.15 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $44.30 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.45% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 45.76%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 21.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $1.46 earnings per share.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSFT shares have increased by 85.9% and is now trading at $285.55.
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Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 16th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 19th will be given a dividend of $0.56 per share on Thursday, September 9th. This represents a $2.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.78%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 18th.
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Microsoft pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.79%. Microsoft has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Microsoft is 28.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Microsoft will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.00% next year. This indicates that Microsoft will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $40,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Microsoft issued an update on its first quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, July, 28th. The company provided EPS guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $43.30 billion-$44.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $42.54 billion.

32 brokers have issued 1 year target prices for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $250.00 to $411.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $316.55 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.9% from the stock's current price.
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11,127 employees have rated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Glassdoor.com. Satya Nadella has an approval rating of 98% among Microsoft's employees. This puts Satya Nadella in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Proofpoint (PFPT), C3.ai (AI), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC).
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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), The Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), (CGC) and 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 Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.62%), Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.33%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.32%), Veritas Asset Management LLP (0.05%), Zurcher Kantonalbank Zurich Cantonalbank (0.04%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.04%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson and Satya Nadella.
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MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., PGGM Investments, Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, GSB Wealth Management LLC, Bridges Investment Management Inc., Advisors Asset Management Inc., Ziegler Capital Management LLC, and Mizuho Markets Cayman LP. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, and Satya Nadella.
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MSFT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 36 South Capital Advisors LLP, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Alliancebernstein L.P., MUFG Securities EMEA plc, Cantillon Capital Management LLC, Calamos Advisors LLC, Unigestion Holding SA, and Veritas Asset Management LLP.
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Shares of MSFT 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 $285.55.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $2.15 trillion and generates $168.09 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $61.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.97 on an earnings per share basis.

Microsoft employs 163,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Microsoft: 6Wunderkinder / Wunderlist, ADRM Software, Adallom, Adxstudio, Affirmed Networks, AltspaceVR, Avere Systems, BleuTalon, BlueStripe, BlueTalon, Bonsai, Citus Data, Cloudyn, CyberX, Cycle Computing, Datasense™, Datazen Software, Deis.com, Donya Labs, Double Fine Productions, Double Labs, Event Zero, Express Logic Inc, FSLogix, FantasySalesTeam, FieldOne Systems, Flipgrid, Genee, GitHub, Groove (dba Zikera), Havok, Hexadite, Intentional Software, JClarity, Kinvolk, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Linkedln Corporation, LiveLoop, Lobe, Maluuba, Marsden Group, Metanautix, Metaswitch Networks, Microsoft Global Finance, Microsoft Ireland, Microsoft Ireland Research, Microsoft Online Inc., Microsoft Regional Sales Pte Ltd, MinecraftEdu, Mixer, Mobile Data Labs, Mover, Movere, N-Trig, Nokia, Nuance, Open Build Service, Orions Systems, PlayFab, PromoteIQ, ReFirm Labs, Revolution Analytics, Secure Islands Technologies, Siwng Technologies, Smash.gg, Softomotive, Solair, Sunrise, SwiftKey, Talko, VoloMetrix, Wand Labs, XOXCO, Xamarin, ZeniMax, and inXile Entertainment.

Microsoft was founded in 1975.

The official website for Microsoft is www.microsoft.com.

Microsoft is headquartered at ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052.

Microsoft's mailing address is ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052. The software giant can be reached via phone at 425-882-8080 or via email at [email protected]