NASDAQ:MSFTMicrosoft Stock Price, Forecast & News

Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 34.3% and is now trading at $206.26. 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 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 34 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) issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The software giant reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' 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 net margin of 33.36% and a return on equity of 40.37%. Microsoft's revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $1.14 earnings per share. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 19th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

Microsoft declared that its board has approved a stock repurchase plan on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which authorizes the company to repurchase $40,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are generally a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

36 analysts have issued 1-year price targets 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 year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 4.6%. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

News coverage about MSFT stock has been trending negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research group identifies negative and positive news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. 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 coverage optimism score of -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage 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 company's share price in the near future. View the latest news about Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a decline in short interest in the month of June. As of June 15th, there was short interest totaling 40,830,000 shares, a decline 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 currently 0.8 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's stock are short sold. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

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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), 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 variety of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%), First Financial Bank Trust Division (0.00%), M&R Capital Management Inc. (0.00%) and Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE (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, Cacti Asset Management LLC, Cox Capital Mgt LLC, Park National Corp OH, M&R Capital Management Inc., First Financial Bank Trust Division, and Smithbridge Asset Management Inc. DE. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Modus Advisors LLC, Nelson Van Denburg & Campbell Wealth Management Group LLC, and Red Spruce Capital 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 $206.26.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.56 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]