Microsoft - MSFT Stock Forecast, Price & News

31 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 30 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Microsoft stock.
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31 brokers have issued 1 year price targets for Microsoft's shares. Their MSFT stock forecasts range from $275.00 to $411.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's stock price to reach $335.72 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 18.7% from the stock's current price.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $336.32 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MSFT stock has decreased by 15.9% and is now trading at $282.91.
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Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 25th 2022.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its quarterly earnings data on Tuesday, July, 26th. The software giant reported $2.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.06. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.69% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 43.31%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.17 earnings per share.
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Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 14th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, September 8th. This represents a $2.48 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 17th.
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Microsoft(NASDAQ:MSFT) pays an annual dividend of $2.48 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.88%. Microsoft 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 of Microsoft is 25.73%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Microsoft will have a dividend payout ratio of 21.25% next year. This indicates that Microsoft will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft announced that its Board of Directors has approved a share buyback program on Tuesday, September 14th 2021, which authorizes the company to repurchase $60,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often a sign that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

Microsoft issued an update on its first quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Thursday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $49.25 billion-$50.25 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $51.60 billion.

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.

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 investors include Jennison Associates LLC (0.31%), Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. (0.31%), TD Asset Management Inc. (0.19%), Brown Advisory Inc. (0.17%), New York State Teachers Retirement System (0.12%) and Parnassus Investments LLC (0.11%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Frank H Brod, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Judson Althoff, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson, Satya Nadella and Teri List.
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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $282.91.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $2.11 trillion and generates $198.27 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $72.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.64 on an earnings per share basis.

Microsoft employs 181,000 workers across the globe.

Microsoft was founded in 1975.

Microsoft's mailing address is ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052. The official website for Microsoft is www.microsoft.com. The software giant can be reached via phone at (425) 706-4400, via email at msft@microsoft.com, or via fax at 425-706-7329.