NASDAQ:MSFT - Microsoft Stock Price, News, Headlines & Rumors

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

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Thursday, September 13th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.56%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 15th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 19th. The software giant reported $1.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.05. The software giant earned $30.09 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $29.23 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 36.69% and a net margin of 15.02%. The company's revenue was up 17.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business posted $0.75 earnings per share. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

32 brokerages have issued 12 month target prices for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $118.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.1% 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, 3 hold ratings, 27 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in July. As of July 31st, there was short interest totalling 46,122,482 shares, an increase of 2.2% from the July 13th total of 47,158,592 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 32,478,028 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.6% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

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News stories about MSFT stock have trended somewhat positive on Thursday, according to Accern. The research firm identifies negative and positive media coverage by reviewing more than 20 million blog and news sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a coverage optimism score of 0.12 on Accern's scale. They also gave media stories about the software giant an impact score of 46.64 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Microsoft.

Microsoft's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.58%), FMR LLC (3.01%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.18%), Morgan Stanley (0.75%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.63%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.43%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, G Mason Morfit, Jean Philippe Courtois, 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 Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Legal & General Group Plc, California Public Employees Retirement System, Yacktman Asset Management LP, Russell Investments Group Ltd. and DnB Asset Management AS. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Margaret L Johnson and Satya Nadella. View Insider Buying and Selling for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Fusion Family Wealth LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA and American Century Companies Inc.. 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 $107.66.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $839.28 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.

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]