Microsoft Stock Forecast, Price & News

34 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 31 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Microsoft stock.
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Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, July 28th 2021.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 27th. The software giant reported $1.95 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.76 by $0.19. The software giant earned $41.71 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $40.83 billion. Microsoft had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 43.75% and a net margin of 35.02%. Microsoft's revenue for the quarter was up 19.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $1.40 EPS.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 72.8% and is now trading at $265.42.
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Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.56 per share on Thursday, September 9th. This represents a $2.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 18th.
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Microsoft pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.85%. Microsoft has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Microsoft is 38.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Microsoft will have a dividend payout ratio of 27.02% next year. This indicates that Microsoft will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a share buyback plan on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $40,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are typically an indication that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Microsoft issued an update on its fourth quarter 2021 earnings guidance on Wednesday, May, 5th. The company provided EPS guidance of - for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $43.60 billion-$44.50 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $41.85 billion.

34 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $245.00 to $340.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's share price to reach $292.49 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 10.2% from the stock's current price.
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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), Proofpoint (PFPT), C3.ai (AI), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), 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), The 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.37%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.60%), Capital International Investors (1.20%), Northern Trust Corp (1.19%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.12%) and Morgan Stanley (0.87%). 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.
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MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Morgan Stanley, Viking Global Investors LP, APG Asset Management N.V., Jennison Associates LLC, Jackson Square Partners LLC, D1 Capital Partners L.P., Capital International Investors, and MUFG Securities EMEA plc. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, and Satya Nadella.
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MSFT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including TCI Fund Management Ltd., Altshuler Shaham Ltd, Prentice Wealth Management LLC, Oak Ridge Investments LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, FIL Ltd, BlueSpruce Investments LP, and Bank of New York Mellon Corp.
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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $265.42.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $2.00 trillion and generates $143.02 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $44.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.76 on an earnings per share basis.

Microsoft employs 163,000 workers across the globe.

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Microsoft was founded in 1975.

The official website for Microsoft is www.microsoft.com.

Microsoft is headquartered at ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052.

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]