Microsoft Stock Forecast, Price & News

33 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 30 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities 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 quarterly earnings data on Monday, January, 25th. The software giant reported $2.03 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.39. The software giant earned $43.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $40.23 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 32.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.74%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned $1.51 EPS.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus (COVID-19) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MSFT shares have increased by 51.3% and is now trading at $232.38.
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Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, December 2nd. Stockholders 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.96%. 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 0.98%. 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 approved a stock buyback program 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 programs are often an indication that the company's leadership believes its stock is undervalued.

33 equities research analysts have issued twelve-month price targets for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $315.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $268.65 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.6% 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 a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors 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%), Morgan Stanley (0.92%) and Nuveen Asset Management LLC (0.80%). 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including 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, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., and Flossbach Von Storch AG.
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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 $232.38.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.75 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]