NASDAQ:MSFTMicrosoft Stock Price, Forecast & News

Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 33.2% and is now trading at $204.70. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

36 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 35 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Microsoft.

Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Microsoft.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The software giant reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.13. The software giant earned $35.02 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.70 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 40.37% and a net margin of 33.36%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $1.14 earnings per share. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.00%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 19th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

Microsoft announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $40,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase programs are often an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

36 brokers have issued 1 year price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's share price to reach $196.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 3.9%. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

Headlines about MSFT stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a daily sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the software giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 40,830,000 shares, a decrease of 7.7% from the May 31st total of 44,240,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 49,010,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's shares are sold short. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Symantec (SYMC), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), CommVault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC). View all competitors.

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), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T) and Netflix (NFLX).

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

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%), Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE (0.00%) and Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV (0.00%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson and Satya Nadella. View institutional ownership trends for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Thomasville National Bank, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Park National Corp OH, M&R Capital Management Inc., Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE, and Gantzert Investment Co. LLC ADV. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson, and Satya Nadella. View insider buying and selling activity for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC. View insider buying and selling activity 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, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $204.70.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.55 trillion and generates $125.84 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $39.24 billion in net income (profit) each year or $4.75 on an earnings per share basis. Microsoft employs 144,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Microsoft is 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]