Microsoft Stock Forecast, Price & News

33 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last twelve months. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 29 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Microsoft stock.
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Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, May 5th 2021.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its earnings results on Monday, January, 25th. The software giant reported $2.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.39. The software giant had revenue of $43.08 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $40.23 billion. Microsoft had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.74% and a net margin of 32.28%. The firm's revenue was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned $1.51 earnings per share.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 48.0% and is now trading at $227.39.
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Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 2nd. Investors of record on Thursday, February 18th will be given a dividend of $0.56 per share on Thursday, March 11th. This represents a $2.24 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.99%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 17th.
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Microsoft pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.97%. Microsoft has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Microsoft is 38.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Microsoft will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.31% next year. This indicates that Microsoft will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft announced that its board has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which allows the company to repurchase $40,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to buy up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares repurchase plans are usually an indication that the company's board believes its stock is undervalued.

33 equities research analysts have issued 1 year price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $315.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $268.82 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.2% from the stock's current price.
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11,127 employees have rated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Glassdoor.com. Satya Nadella has an approval rating of 98% among Microsoft's employees. This puts Satya Nadella in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC).
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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), Tesla (TSLA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), (CGC) and Visa (V).

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 FMR LLC (2.95%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.35%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.10%), Norges Bank (1.05%) and Morgan Stanley (0.92%). 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.
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MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FMR LLC, Sanders Capital LLC, Sands Capital Management LLC, Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Northern Trust Corp, and Primecap Management Co. CA. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year 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.
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MSFT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Norges Bank, Morgan Stanley, Itau Unibanco Holding S.A., Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Viking Global Investors LP, D1 Capital Partners L.P., Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, and Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc..
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Shares of MSFT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $227.39.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.72 trillion and generates $143.02 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $44.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.76 on an earnings per share basis.

Microsoft employs 163,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Microsoft: 6Wunderkinder / Wunderlist, ADRM Software, Adallom, Adxstudio, Affirmed Networks, AltspaceVR, Avere Systems, BleuTalon, BlueStripe, BlueTalon, Bonsai, Citus Data, Cloudyn, CyberX, Cycle Computing, Datasense™, Datazen Software, Deis.com, Donya Labs, Double Fine Productions, Double Labs, Event Zero, Express Logic Inc, FSLogix, FantasySalesTeam, FieldOne Systems, Flipgrid, Genee, GitHub, Groove (dba Zikera), Havok, Hexadite, Intentional Software, JClarity, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Linkedln Corporation, LiveLoop, Lobe, Maluuba, Metanautix, Metaswitch Networks, Microsoft Capital Group, Microsoft Global Finance, Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft Ireland Research, Microsoft Online Inc., Microsoft Operations, Microsoft Operations Puerto Rico LLC, Microsoft Regional Sales Corporation, MinecraftEdu, Mixer, Mobile Data Labs, Mojang Synergies AB, Mover, Movere, N-Trig, Nokia, Open Build Service, Orions Systems, PlayFab, PromoteIQ, Revolution Analytics, Secure Islands Technologies, Siwng Technologies, Skype Communications S.á r.l., Smash.gg, Softomotive, Solair, Sunrise, SwiftKey, Talko, VoloMetrix, Wand Labs, XOXCO, Xamarin, ZeniMax, and inXile Entertainment.

Microsoft was founded in 1975.

The official website for Microsoft is www.microsoft.com.

Microsoft is headquartered at ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052.

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]