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

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

Microsoft announced 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 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 20th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The software giant reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.18. The software giant earned $29.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $27.92 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 39.86% and a net margin of 16.38%. The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.84 earnings per share. 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 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's stock price to reach $122.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.3% 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.

News stories about MSFT stock have trended somewhat positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies negative and positive news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a news sentiment score of 1.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the software giant a news buzz of 6.0 out of 10, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat likely to have an effect on the company's share price in the near term.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in the month of November. As of November 30th, there was short interest totalling 49,917,579 shares, an increase of 18.5% from the November 15th total of 42,112,290 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 35,420,435 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. 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), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) and Shopify (SHOP).

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc (7.51%), Morgan Stanley (0.79%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.63%), TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC (0.59%), Legal & General Group Plc (0.43%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.40%). 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 Mitsubishi UFJ Trust & Banking Corp, First Eagle Investment Management LLC, Veritas Asset Management LLP, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., TIAA CREF Investment Management LLC, Swedbank, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC and First Manhattan Co.. 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 Vanguard Group Inc, Morgan Stanley, Russell Investments Group Ltd., ADAMCAPITAL Gestao de Recursos Ltda., Nan Shan Life Insurance Co. Ltd., Federated Investors Inc. PA, Kentucky Retirement Systems and USS Investment Management Ltd. 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 $106.03.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $842.74 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]