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. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.70%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 20th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January, 30th. The software giant reported $1.10 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.09 by $0.01. The software giant earned $32.47 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $32.53 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 39.52% and a net margin of 28.31%. Microsoft's quarterly revenue was up 12.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company earned $0.96 EPS. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

30 equities research analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $122.6429 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 13.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Microsoft.

30 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, 27 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

News articles about MSFT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Tuesday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a news sentiment score of 0.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines 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 immediate future.

Microsoft saw a decrease in short interest in the month of January. As of January 31st, there was short interest totalling 39,768,623 shares, a decrease of 31.9% from the January 15th total of 58,402,379 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 34,027,502 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.2 days. Approximately 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), ServiceNow (NOW), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Autodesk (ADSK), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Electronic Arts (EA), Square (SQ), Splunk (SPLK), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) and Shopify (SHOP).

Microsoft's stock is owned by many different of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.58%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (2.21%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.30%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%) and Legal & General Group Plc (0.46%). 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Swedbank, London Co. of Virginia, Acadian Asset Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, PGGM Investments and Toronto Dominion Bank. 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 Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Lunia Capital LP, Geode Capital Management LLC, Parnassus Investments CA, Northern Trust Corp, Brown Advisory Inc., BlackRock Inc. and Legal & General Group Plc. 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 $108.17.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $832.89 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]