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

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

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 11th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.46 per share on Thursday, June 13th. This represents a $1.84 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.57%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 15th. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January, 30th. The software giant reported $1.10 EPS for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.09 by $0.01. The software giant had revenue of $32.47 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $32.53 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 28.31% and a return on equity of 39.52%. The business's revenue was up 12.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.96 earnings per share. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, April 25th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

30 brokers have issued 12-month price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $140.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $123.0690 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Microsoft.

30 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, 27 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

Press coverage about MSFT stock has been trending positive this week, according to InfoTrie. The research firm identifies negative and positive press coverage by reviewing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a media sentiment score of 2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave media headlines about the software giant a news buzz of 5.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat likely to have an impact on the company's share price in the next few days.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in February. As of February 28th, there was short interest totalling 41,155,216 shares, an increase of 4.8% from the February 15th total of 39,272,903 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 24,030,677 shares, the short-interest ratio is presently 1.7 days. Currently, 0.5% of the shares of the stock are short sold. 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), ServiceNow (NOW), Dassault Systemes (DASTY), Activision Blizzard (ATVI), Autodesk (ADSK), Square (SQ), Electronic Arts (EA), Shopify (SHOP), Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) and CA (CA).

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), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), Cisco Systems (CSCO), Bank of America (BAC) and AT&T (T).

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.58%), FMR LLC (3.31%), Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (2.21%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.30%), Northern Trust Corp (1.25%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.11%). 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 Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Swedbank, London Co. of Virginia, Acadian Asset Management LLC, New York State Common Retirement Fund, PGGM Investments and Toronto Dominion Bank. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Norges Bank, Lunia Capital LP, FMR LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Magellan Asset Management Ltd, Parnassus Investments CA and Northern Trust Corp. 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 $117.05.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $901.26 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]