Microsoft Stock Forecast, Price & News

30 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last twelve months. There are currently 1 hold rating and 29 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "moderate buy" Microsoft stock.
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30 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Microsoft's shares. Their MSFT stock forecasts range from $298.00 to $411.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's stock price to reach $353.93 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 36.3% from the stock's current price.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $336.32 on January 1st, 2022. Since then, MSFT shares have decreased by 22.8% and is now trading at $259.58.
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Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, July 26th 2022.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 26th. The software giant reported $2.22 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.18 by $0.04. The software giant earned $49.36 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $49.05 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 37.63% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 44.85%. The company's revenue was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company posted $1.95 earnings per share.
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Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, June 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 18th will be given a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, September 8th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend 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 0.96%. 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 25.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Microsoft will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.42% next year. This indicates that Microsoft will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft declared that its Board of Directors has approved a share repurchase program on Tuesday, September 14th 2021, which permits the company to buyback $60,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization permits the company to buy up to 2.7% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Microsoft issued an update on its fourth quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Thursday, June, 30th. The company provided earnings per share guidance of $2.24-$2.32 for the period, compared to the consensus earnings per share estimate of $2.33. The company issued revenue guidance of $51.94 billion-$52.74 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $52.87 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.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), C3.ai (AI), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC).
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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), (CGC) and Visa (V).

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

Microsoft's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Park National Corp OH (0.01%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%), Rempart Asset Management Inc. (0.00%), Chemung Canal Trust Co. (0.00%), Stonebridge Capital Management Inc. (0.00%) and Insight Wealth Strategies LLC (0.00%). 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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MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Chemung Canal Trust Co., Park National Corp OH, Stonebridge Capital Management Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division, Rempart Asset Management Inc., and Insight Wealth Strategies LLC. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last two years include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Jean Philippe Courtois, Judson Althoff, Kathleen T Hogan, Satya Nadella, and Teri List.
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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $259.58.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $1.94 trillion and generates $168.09 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $61.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.579990 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.