NASDAQ:MSFTMicrosoft Stock Price, Forecast & News

Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 6.4% and is now trading at $163.49. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 31 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating 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 Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Microsoft.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The software giant reported $1.51 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.19. The software giant had revenue of $36.91 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $35.68 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 40.41% and a net margin of 33.02%. The company's revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.10 EPS. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.25%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 20th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

Microsoft announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback program 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 purchase up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are generally a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

33 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price targets for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $210.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $184.43 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

Media stories about MSFT stock have trended very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a media sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the software giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent press coverage is extremely unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news aboutMicrosoft.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 55,155,200 shares, an increase of 48.9% from the February 27th total of 37,030,000 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 59,754,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's shares are sold short. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), VMware (VMW), ServiceNow (NOW), Fortinet (FTNT), Symantec (SYMC), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), CommVault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), TiVo (TIVO) and FalconStor Software (FALC).

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), AT&T (T), Walt Disney (DIS), Netflix (NFLX), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Intel (INTC).

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

Microsoft's stock is owned by many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), LGT Capital Partners LTD. (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.00%), Thomasville National Bank (0.00%) and Woodstock Corp (0.00%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, 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 CLARET ASSET MANAGEMENT Corp, Cullinan Associates Inc., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Corrado Advisors LLC, Park National Corp OH, Centre Asset Management LLC, Private Trust Co. NA, and Pensionfund DSM Netherlands. 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 activity for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including LGT Capital Partners LTD., IBM Retirement Fund, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Gateway Advisory LLC, Deane Retirement Strategies Inc., Foundations Investment Advisors LLC, Gradient Investments LLC, and Lake Street Financial 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 $163.49.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.24 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. View additional information about Microsoft.

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]