NASDAQ:MSFT - Microsoft Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Thursday, March 14th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.71%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 20th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 24th. The software giant reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.96 by $0.18. The software giant had revenue of $29.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $27.92 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 39.86% and a net margin of 16.38%. The company's revenue was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.84 earnings per share. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

Microsoft will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 30th at 5:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

32 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month target prices for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $122.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Microsoft.

32 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating, 29 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

News coverage about MSFT stock has trended somewhat negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a news impact score of -1.4 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the software giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 55,925,306 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the December 14th total of 53,082,108 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 57,252,976 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), SAP (SAP), Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), VMware (VMW), Intuit (INTU), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), ServiceNow (NOW), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Autodesk (ADSK), Square (SQ), Electronic Arts (EA), CA (CA), Splunk (SPLK) and Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP).

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.08%), USS Investment Management Ltd (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%) and BTIM Corp. (0.02%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, G Mason Morfit, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson, Sandra E Peterson, Satya Nadella and William H Gates III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hexavest Inc. and Saratoga Research & Investment Management. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson and Satya Nadella. View Insider Buying and Selling for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including USS Investment Management Ltd, Rockland Trust Co., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, R.H. Dinel Investment Counsel Inc. and Hotaling Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Microsoft.

Shares of MSFT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $107.71.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $829.34 billion and generates $110.36 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $16.57 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.88 on an earnings per share basis. Microsoft employs 131,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Microsoft is http://www.microsoft.com.

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]