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

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

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 11th. Shareholders of record on Wednesday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Thursday, June 13th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.46%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 15th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April, 24th. The software giant reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.00 by $0.14. The software giant had revenue of $30.57 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $29.86 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 39.34% and a net margin of 28.58%. Microsoft's quarterly revenue was up 14.0% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $0.95 earnings per share. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 18th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Microsoft's shares. Their predictions range from $75.00 to $155.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $136.7692 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 8.3% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Microsoft.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings, 23 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

Media stories about MSFT stock have trended somewhat negative on Sunday, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a daily sentiment score of -1.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave headlines about the software giant a news buzz of 9.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in April. As of April 30th, there was short interest totalling 44,892,598 shares, an increase of 4.6% from the April 15th total of 42,920,632 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 23,442,825 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares 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), Shopify (SHOP), Electronic Arts (EA), Square (SQ), Veeva Systems (VEEV) and CA (CA).

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), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC) and Visa (V).

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include BlackRock Inc. (6.48%), FMR LLC (3.27%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.32%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%), Wellington Management Group LLP (1.03%) and Morgan Stanley (0.78%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, G Mason Morfit, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson, Sandra E Peterson and Satya Nadella. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., TCI Fund Management Ltd., Thrive Capital Management LLC, Viking Global Investors LP, FMR LLC and Jennison Associates LLC. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, 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 Baillie Gifford & Co., Magellan Asset Management Ltd, C WorldWide Group Holding A S, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Artisan Partners Limited Partnership, Renaissance Technologies LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. and Ronna Sue Cohen. 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 $126.24.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $972.02 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]