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 shares have increased by 7.0% and is now trading at $164.33. 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 data on Wednesday, January, 29th. The software giant reported $1.51 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.32 by $0.19. The software giant earned $36.91 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $35.68 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 33.02% and a return on equity of 40.41%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.10 EPS. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 9th. Stockholders 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 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.24%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 20th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

Microsoft declared that its board has initiated a stock repurchase program on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $40,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are typically an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

33 brokerages have issued 12-month target prices for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's share price to reach $184.43 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

Headlines about MSFT stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis reports. The research group identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a news sentiment score of -3.3 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media coverage about the software giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. 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 shares of the stock are short sold. 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 a number of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors 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 $164.33.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.25 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]