NASDAQ:MSFTMicrosoft Stock Price, Forecast & News

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. Since then, MSFT shares have increased by 39.1% and is now trading at $213.67. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

36 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 1 hold rating and 34 buy ratings 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, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Microsoft.

Microsoft will be holding an earnings conference call on Wednesday, July 22nd at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The software giant reported $1.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.13. The software giant earned $35.02 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $33.70 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 40.37% and a net margin of 33.36%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $1.14 earnings per share. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 19th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

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

36 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $260.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $198.87 in the next year. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.9%. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

News coverage about MSFT stock has been trending very negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie 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 coverage optimism score of -3.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned headlines 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 next few days. View the latest news about Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totaling 42,930,000 shares, an increase of 5.1% from the June 15th total of 40,830,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 41,790,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

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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), Canopy Growth (CGC), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Cisco Systems (CSCO), AT&T (T) and Netflix (NFLX).

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

Microsoft's stock is owned by many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Manning & Napier Group LLC (0.01%) and Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%). 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. View institutional ownership trends for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Hexavest Inc., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, HNP Capital LLC, DNB Asset Management AS, Thomasville National Bank, and Confluence Investment Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Emma N Walmsley, 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 Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, LGT Capital Partners LTD., UNIVEST FINANCIAL Corp, Clarius Group LLC, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $213.67.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.62 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.

The official website for Microsoft is 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]