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

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

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Thursday, June 13th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.49%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 15th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The software giant reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.01. The software giant earned $32.47 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.53 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 39.52% and a net margin of 28.31%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 12.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.96 EPS. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, April 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

Microsoft will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, April 24th at 5:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

30 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $150.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $125.5172 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 1.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Microsoft.

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings, 26 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

Media stories about MSFT stock have been trending somewhat negative on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a news sentiment score of -1.6 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the software giant a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near future.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 29th, there was short interest totalling 45,928,562 shares, an increase of 2.3% from the March 15th total of 44,887,908 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 28,017,222 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's stock 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), ServiceNow (NOW), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Autodesk (ADSK), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Square (SQ), Electronic Arts (EA), Shopify (SHOP), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) and Splunk (SPLK).

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), Canopy Growth (CGC), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC) and Visa (V).

Microsoft's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include First Manhattan Co. (0.08%), Strs Ohio (0.08%), Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.05%) and Calamos Advisors LLC (0.05%). 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 PGGM Investments, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Saratoga Research & Investment Management, Harel Insurance Investments & Financial Services Ltd., Retirement Systems of Alabama, Confluence Investment Management LLC and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Ronna Sue Cohen, DNB Asset Management AS, Pacer Advisors Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Mercer Global Advisors Inc. ADV, Selz Capital LLC, Country Trust Bank and Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA. 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 $123.76.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $952.93 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]