NASDAQ:MSFTMicrosoft Stock Price, Forecast & News

Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 38.5% and is now trading at $212.83. 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 quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 29th. The software giant reported $1.40 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.13. The software giant had revenue of $35.02 billion for 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 was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $1.14 earnings per share. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Shareholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 19th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

Microsoft announced that its board has authorized a share buyback 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 reacquire up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

36 brokers have issued 12-month price targets for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $250.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $196.68 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 7.6%. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

News coverage about MSFT stock has trended negative recently, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. The research firm rates the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a media sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the software giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 42,930,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the June 15th total of 40,830,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 41,790,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock are sold short. 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 retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, HNP Capital LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Thomasville National Bank, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Cacti Asset Management LLC, Robecosam AG, and Cullinan Associates Inc.. 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Clarius Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., Riverbridge Partners LLC, and West Oak 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 $212.83.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.61 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]