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

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

Microsoft declared a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 18th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 15th will be given a dividend of $0.46 per share on Thursday, December 13th. This represents a $1.84 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.62%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, November 14th. This is a boost from Microsoft's previous quarterly dividend of $0.42. View Microsoft's Dividend History.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, July, 19th. The software giant reported $1.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.08 by $0.05. The software giant had revenue of $30.09 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $29.23 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 15.02% and a return on equity of 36.69%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 17.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $0.75 earnings per share. View Microsoft's Earnings History.

Microsoft is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Microsoft.

31 brokerages have issued 1 year price targets for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $75.00 to $135.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's share price to reach $120.1852 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Microsoft.

31 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 1 sell rating, 2 hold ratings, 27 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 31st, there was short interest totalling 42,068,394 shares, a drop of 5.7% from the August 15th total of 44,633,868 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 19,950,534 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 2.1 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's stock are sold short. View Microsoft's Current Options Chain.

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Media coverage about MSFT stock has been trending somewhat positive recently, Accern Sentiment reports. The research firm ranks the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than 20 million news and blog sources in real-time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of -1 to 1, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a media and rumor sentiment score of 0.18 on Accern's scale. They also assigned media coverage about the software giant an impact score of 46.57 out of 100, meaning that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an impact on the company's share price in the immediate future. View Recent Headlines for Microsoft.

Microsoft's stock is owned by a variety of of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (6.58%), FMR LLC (3.01%), Northern Trust Corp (1.21%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (1.18%), Morgan Stanley (0.75%) and Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.63%). 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 Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust, Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Legal & General Group Plc, California Public Employees Retirement System, Yacktman Asset Management LP and Russell Investments Group Ltd.. 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 BlackRock Inc., OppenheimerFunds Inc., FMR LLC, Charles Schwab Investment Advisory Inc., Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Fusion Family Wealth LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC and Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA. 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 $113.30.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $871.69 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.

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]