NASDAQ:MSFT - Microsoft Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, November 28th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 21st will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Thursday, March 14th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.73%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, February 20th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October, 24th. The software giant reported $1.14 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.96 by $0.18. The software giant had revenue of $29.08 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $27.92 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 16.38% and a return on equity of 39.86%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 18.5% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $0.84 EPS. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Wednesday, January 30th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

32 brokerages have issued twelve-month price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their predictions range from $75.00 to $140.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's stock price to reach $122.2857 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Microsoft.

32 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, 29 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

News stories about MSFT stock have been trending negative this week, according to InfoTrie. InfoTrie ranks the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of 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 -2.8 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news stories about the software giant a news buzz of 2.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is very unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest during the month of December. As of December 31st, there was short interest totalling 55,925,306 shares, an increase of 5.4% from the December 14th total of 53,082,108 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 57,252,976 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 1.0 days. Approximately 0.7% of the shares of the stock are sold short. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), SAP (SAP), Adobe (ADBE), salesforce.com (CRM), VMware (VMW), Intuit (INTU), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), ServiceNow (NOW), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Autodesk (ADSK), Square (SQ), Electronic Arts (EA), CA (CA), Splunk (SPLK) and Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP).

Microsoft's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include USS Investment Management Ltd (0.06%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.05%), Nisa Investment Advisors LLC (0.04%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.03%), BTIM Corp. (0.02%) and Gulf International Bank UK Ltd (0.02%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, G Mason Morfit, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson, 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 Gulf International Bank UK Ltd, DNB Asset Management AS, Boussard & Gavaudan Investment Management LLP, Sit Investment Associates Inc., Nisa Investment Advisors LLC, Hexavest Inc., Saratoga Research & Investment Management and Atalanta Sosnoff Capital LLC. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Christopher C Capossela, Frank H Brod, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, Margaret L Johnson and Satya Nadella. View Insider Buying and Selling for Microsoft.

MSFT stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including USS Investment Management Ltd, Rockland Trust Co., KAMES CAPITAL plc, Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, Town & Country Bank & Trust CO dba First Bankers Trust CO, Bright Rock Capital Management LLC, Hotaling Investment Management LLC and Steward Partners Investment Advisory 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 $106.12.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $808.56 billion and generates $110.36 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $16.57 billion in net income (profit) each year or $3.88 on an earnings per share basis. Microsoft employs 131,000 workers across the globe.

The official website for Microsoft is http://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]