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

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

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 28th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Thursday, March 14th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.74%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 20th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The software giant reported $1.14 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.18. The software giant had revenue of $29.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $27.92 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 16.38% and a return on equity of 39.86%. Microsoft's quarterly revenue was up 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $0.84 EPS. 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.

Microsoft will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, January 30th at 5:30 PM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link.

32 equities research analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $122.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.7% 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.

Press coverage about MSFT stock has been trending very positive this week, InfoTrie reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by monitoring 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 five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a coverage optimism score of 3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news coverage about the software giant a news buzz of 4.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the near term.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 55,925,306 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the December 14th total of 53,082,108 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 57,252,976 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.0 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), Splunk (SPLK) and Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP).

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.08%), USS Investment Management Ltd (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%) and BTIM Corp. (0.02%). 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, QV Investors Inc. and Hexavest Inc.. 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 purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including USS Investment Management Ltd, Rockland Trust Co., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Gillespie Robinson & Grimm Inc., James Investment Research Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Klingenstein Fields & Co. LLC and Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO. 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 $105.68.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $813.71 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]