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

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

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 21st will be paid 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 is Wednesday, February 20th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October, 24th. The software giant reported $1.14 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.18. The software giant earned $29.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $27.92 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 39.86% and a net margin of 16.38%. Microsoft's revenue for the quarter was up 18.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm earned $0.84 EPS. 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.

32 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price targets for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's stock price to reach $122.2857 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 13.8% 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.

Media headlines about MSFT stock have been trending somewhat positive recently, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a daily sentiment score of 1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news coverage about the software giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 57,252,976 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the company are short sold. 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 many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 acquired 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, Hotaling Investment Management LLC and Nachman Norwood & Parrott 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 $107.46.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $811.40 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]