Microsoft - MSFT 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 3 hold ratings and 30 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" MSFT shares.
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33 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month target prices for Microsoft's stock. Their MSFT share price forecasts range from $234.00 to $411.00. On average, they predict the company's share price to reach $300.64 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 18.0% from the stock's current price.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $336.32 at the beginning of the year. Since then, MSFT shares have decreased by 24.3% and is now trading at $254.69.
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The company is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, January 24th 2023.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings results on Tuesday, October, 25th. The software giant reported $2.35 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $2.29 by $0.06. The software giant earned $50.12 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $49.70 billion. Microsoft had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 42.10% and a net margin of 34.37%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 10.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.27 earnings per share.
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Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, November 29th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, February 15th will be given a dividend of $0.68 per share on Thursday, March 9th. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.07%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, February 15th.
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Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) pays an annual dividend of $2.72 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 1.07%. The company has been increasing its dividend for 19 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio is 29.31%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, MSFT will have a dividend payout ratio of 24.91% next year. This indicates that the company will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft announced that its Board of Directors has initiated a stock buyback program on Tuesday, September 14th 2021, which allows the company to buyback $60,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to reacquire up to 2.7% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

Microsoft issued an update on its second quarter 2023 earnings guidance on Tuesday, November, 1st. The company provided earnings per share guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $52.35 billion-$53.35 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $56.05 billion.

11,127 employees have rated Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella on Glassdoor.com. Satya Nadella has an approval rating of 98% among the company's employees. This puts Satya Nadella in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

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), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Visa (V).

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

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.51%), State Street Corp (3.96%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.30%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.04%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.66%) and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA (0.54%). Insiders that own company stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Judson Althoff, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson, Satya Nadella and Teri List.
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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $254.69.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market capitalization of $1.90 trillion and generates $198.27 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $72.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $9.28 on an earnings per share basis.

The company employs 221,000 workers across the globe.

Microsoft's mailing address is ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052. The official website for the company is www.microsoft.com. The software giant can be reached via phone at (425) 706-4400, via email at msft@microsoft.com, or via fax at 425-706-7329.