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. Investors of record on Thursday, August 16th will be paid a dividend of $0.42 per share on Thursday, September 13th. This represents a $1.68 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.59%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 15th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its earnings results on Thursday, April, 26th. The software giant reported $0.95 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 return on equity of 36.49% and a net margin of 13.72%. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 15.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.73 EPS. 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 price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $70.00 to $130.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $105.6207 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 0.2% 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, 28 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy."

Microsoft saw a drop in short interest during the month of 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 days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.7 days. Approximately 0.6% of the shares of the stock are short sold. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about MSFT stock has trended positive on Sunday, according to Accern. Accern ranks the sentiment of media coverage by analyzing more than 20 million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a coverage optimism score of 0.28 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media stories about the software giant an impact score of 45.74 out of 100, indicating that recent media coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the stock's share price in the next several days.

Microsoft's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include Fisher Asset Management LLC (0.24%), Swedbank (0.17%), Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt (0.14%), NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V. (0.09%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%) and DnB Asset Management AS (0.04%). 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, Mckinley Capital Management LLC Delaware, NN Investment Partners Holdings N.V., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Manning & Napier Group LLC, Fjarde AP Fonden Fourth Swedish National Pension Fund, Caledonia Investments PLC and Gateway Investment Advisers 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt, Fisher Asset Management LLC, Swedbank, DAVENPORT & Co LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, KAMES CAPITAL plc, Addenda Capital Inc. and IFM Investors Pty Ltd. 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 $105.43.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $811.79 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]