Microsoft Stock Forecast, Price & News

33 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 29 buy ratings and 2 strong buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street analysts is that investors should "buy" Microsoft stock.
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Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its earnings results on Monday, January, 25th. The software giant reported $2.03 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $1.64 by $0.39. The software giant earned $43.08 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $40.23 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 32.28% and a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 40.74%. The business's revenue was up 16.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm earned $1.51 earnings per share.
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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 66.2% and is now trading at $255.35.
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Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, March 16th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.56 per share on Thursday, June 10th. This represents a $2.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.88%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 19th.
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Microsoft pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.88%. Microsoft has been increasing its dividend for 11 consecutive years, indicating the company has a strong committment to maintain and grow its dividend. The dividend payout ratio of Microsoft is 38.89%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Microsoft will have a dividend payout ratio of 30.31% next year. This indicates that Microsoft will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft declared that its board has authorized a share buyback program on Wednesday, September 18th 2019, which allows the company to buyback $40,000,000,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase up to 3.8% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually an indication that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

33 Wall Street analysts have issued 12-month price targets for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $200.00 to $315.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $269.99 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 5.7% from the stock's current price.
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11,127 employees have rated Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on Glassdoor.com. Satya Nadella has an approval rating of 98% among Microsoft's employees. This puts Satya Nadella in the top 20% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Microsoft include Oracle (ORCL), ServiceNow (NOW), VMware (VMW), Fortinet (FTNT), Axon Enterprise (AXON), Proofpoint (PFPT), C3.ai (AI), Qualys (QLYS), Commvault Systems (CVLT), Progress Software (PRGS) and FalconStor Software (FALC).
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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), Tesla (TSLA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Netflix (NFLX), (CGC) and Visa (V).

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

Microsoft's stock is owned by a number of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Royal London Asset Management Ltd. (0.07%), WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.04%), Calamos Advisors LLC (0.03%), Loring Wolcott & Coolidge Fiduciary Advisors LLP MA (0.03%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%) and Tybourne Capital Management HK Ltd. (0.02%). 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.
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MSFT stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including FDx Advisors Inc., Hexavest Inc., Wedge Capital Management L L P NC, Pacer Advisors Inc., Scharf Investments LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, M&R Capital Management Inc., and Park National Corp OH. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year 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.
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MSFT stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Royal London Asset Management Ltd., Everence Capital Management Inc., Tybourne Capital Management HK Ltd., Calamos Advisors LLC, Louisiana State Employees Retirement System, Thomasville National Bank, FDx Advisors Inc., and Liberty One Investment Management LLC.
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Shares of MSFT can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of MSFT stock can currently be purchased for approximately $255.35.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.93 trillion and generates $143.02 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $44.28 billion in net income (profit) each year or $5.76 on an earnings per share basis.

Microsoft employs 163,000 workers across the globe.

The following companies are subsidiares of Microsoft: 6Wunderkinder / Wunderlist, ADRM Software, Adallom, Adxstudio, Affirmed Networks, AltspaceVR, Avere Systems, BleuTalon, BlueStripe, BlueTalon, Bonsai, Citus Data, Cloudyn, CyberX, Cycle Computing, Datasense™, Datazen Software, Deis.com, Donya Labs, Double Fine Productions, Double Labs, Event Zero, Express Logic Inc, FSLogix, FantasySalesTeam, FieldOne Systems, Flipgrid, Genee, GitHub, Groove (dba Zikera), Havok, Hexadite, Intentional Software, JClarity, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Linkedln Corporation, LiveLoop, Lobe, Maluuba, Marsden Group, Metanautix, Metaswitch Networks, Microsoft Global Finance, Microsoft Ireland Operations Limited, Microsoft Ireland Research, Microsoft Online Inc., Microsoft Regional Sales Pte Ltd, MinecraftEdu, Mixer, Mobile Data Labs, Mover, Movere, N-Trig, Nokia, Open Build Service, Orions Systems, PlayFab, PromoteIQ, Revolution Analytics, Secure Islands Technologies, Siwng Technologies, Smash.gg, Softomotive, Solair, Sunrise, SwiftKey, Talko, VoloMetrix, Wand Labs, XOXCO, Xamarin, ZeniMax, and inXile Entertainment.

Microsoft was founded in 1975.

The official website for Microsoft is www.microsoft.com.

Microsoft is headquartered at ONE MICROSOFT WAY, REDMOND WA, 98052.

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]