NASDAQ:MSFT - Microsoft Stock Price, Forecast & News

Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 4.3% and is now trading at $160.23. View which stocks have been mosted impacted by Coronavirus.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 31 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating 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 Wednesday, April 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Microsoft.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January, 29th. The software giant reported $1.51 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $1.32 by $0.19. The software giant had revenue of $36.91 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $35.68 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 40.41% and a net margin of 33.02%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $1.10 EPS. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Monday, March 9th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, May 21st will be paid a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, June 11th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.27%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, May 20th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

Microsoft announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a stock buyback plan on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which authorizes the company to buyback $40,000,000,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization authorizes the company to buy up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are typically a sign that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

33 brokers have issued 1-year price targets for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $210.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's share price to reach $185.47 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 15.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

Headlines about MSFT stock have been trending very negative this week, InfoTrie reports. The research group ranks the sentiment of press coverage by analyzing more than six thousand blog and news sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded 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 -3.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news articles about the software giant a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent press coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future. View the latest news aboutMicrosoft.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest in the month of March. As of March 13th, there was short interest totaling 55,155,200 shares, an increase of 48.9% from the February 27th total of 37,030,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 59,754,300 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.9 days. Currently, 0.7% of the shares of the company are sold short. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Symantec (SYMC), Proofpoint (PFPT), Qualys (QLYS), CommVault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS), TiVo (TIVO) and FalconStor Software (FALC).

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), AT&T (T), Netflix (NFLX), Walt Disney (DIS), Verizon Communications (VZ) and Intel (INTC).

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

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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $160.23.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.22 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. View additional information about Microsoft.

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]