NASDAQ:MSFTMicrosoft Stock Price, Forecast & News

Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSFT shares have increased by 35.6% and is now trading at $208.25. 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 Thursday, July 16th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Microsoft.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The software giant reported $1.40 earnings per share 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 analysts' expectations of $33.70 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 33.36% and a return on equity of 40.37%. Microsoft's revenue was up 14.6% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.14 EPS. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $2.04 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.98%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 19th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

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

36 brokerages have issued 12 month price targets for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $250.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $196.68 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 5.6%. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

Press coverage about MSFT stock has trended negative on Wednesday, according to InfoTrie Sentiment Analysis. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of news coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources. The firm ranks coverage of public 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 -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the software giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View the latest news about Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in the month of 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 daily trading volume, of 41,790,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.0 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's stock are sold short. 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 a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Park National Corp OH (0.01%), Robecosam AG (0.00%), Woodstock Corp (0.00%) and Cullinan Associates Inc. (0.00%). 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 Municipal Employees Retirement System of Michigan, HNP Capital LLC, Thomasville National Bank, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Cacti Asset Management LLC, Robecosam AG, Cullinan Associates Inc., and Renaissance Investment Group 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 State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., West Oak Capital LLC, Private Asset Management Inc., Bath Savings Trust Co, Modus Advisors LLC, and Ayalon Holdings Ltd.. 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 $208.25.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.58 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]