NASDAQ:MSFT - Microsoft Stock Price, Price Target & More

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

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 16th will be given a dividend of $0.42 per share on Thursday, September 13th. This represents a $1.68 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.60%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 15th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The software giant reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $0.85 by $0.10. The software giant had revenue of $26.82 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $25.78 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 13.72% and a return on equity of 36.49%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 15.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $0.73 earnings per share. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July, 19th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

34 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $108.5172 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

34 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 4 hold ratings, 27 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Microsoft saw a drop in short interest in June. As of June 29th, there was short interest totalling 47,843,448 shares, a drop of 12.9% from the June 15th total of 54,943,793 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 28,836,374 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

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Media stories about MSFT stock have been trending somewhat positive on Thursday, Accern reports. The research firm scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a coverage optimism score of 0.13 on Accern's scale. They also assigned news articles about the software giant an impact score of 46.34 out of 100, meaning that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next several days.

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.24%), Bank of Montreal Can (0.21%), Swedbank (0.17%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (0.14%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.09%) and Retirement Systems of Alabama (0.06%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, G Mason Morfit, Jean Philippe Courtois, Sandra E Peterson, Satya Nadella and William H Gates III. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including DnB Asset Management AS, Jensen Investment Management Inc., Meag Munich Ergo Kapitalanlagegesellschaft MBH, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, Selz Capital LLC, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A. and Manning & Napier Group LLC. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, G Mason Morfit and Jean Philippe Courtois. View Insider Buying and Selling for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Assenagon Asset Management S.A., Fisher Asset Management LLC, Bank of Montreal Can, Swedbank, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue and Boston Advisors LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $105.12.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $807.79 billion and generates $89.95 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $21.20 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.31 on an earnings per share basis. Microsoft employs 124,000 workers across the globe.

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]