Microsoft Stock Forecast, Price & News

32 Wall Street equities research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Microsoft in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings, 29 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street equities research analysts is that investors should "buy" Microsoft stock.
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Microsoft saw a drop in short interest in August. As of August 13th, there was short interest totaling 41,990,000 shares, a drop of 12.5% from the July 29th total of 47,980,000 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 22,320,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.9 days. Currently, 0.6% of the company's shares are short sold.
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Microsoft is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, October 26th 2021.
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Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) released its quarterly earnings results on Monday, July, 26th. The software giant reported $2.17 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.92 by $0.25. The software giant had revenue of $46.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $44.30 billion. Microsoft had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 45.76% and a net margin of 36.45%. The business's revenue was up 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $1.46 EPS.
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Microsoft's stock was trading at $153.63 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, MSFT shares have increased by 93.0% and is now trading at $296.56.
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Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Tuesday, September 14th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 18th will be paid a dividend of $0.62 per share on Thursday, December 9th. This represents a $2.48 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.84%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, November 17th. This is a boost from Microsoft's previous quarterly dividend of $0.56.
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Microsoft pays an annual dividend of $2.24 per share and currently has a dividend yield of 0.75%. 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 28.11%. This payout ratio is at a healthy, sustainable level, below 75%. Based on earnings estimates, Microsoft will have a dividend payout ratio of 23.00% next year. This indicates that Microsoft will be able to sustain or increase its dividend.
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Microsoft updated its first quarter 2022 earnings guidance on Wednesday, August, 4th. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of for the period. The company issued revenue guidance of $43.30 billion-$44.20 billion, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $42.54 billion.

32 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Microsoft's stock. Their forecasts range from $250.00 to $411.00. On average, they anticipate Microsoft's share price to reach $325.44 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 9.7% 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (8.13%), State Street Corp (3.92%), FMR LLC (2.90%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (2.56%), Geode Capital Management LLC (1.64%) and Capital International Investors (1.24%). Company insiders that own Microsoft stock include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, 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 UBS Asset Management Americas Inc., Parallax Volatility Advisers L.P., Bank of Nova Scotia, Lone Pine Capital LLC, Credit Suisse AG, The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company , Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and SG Americas Securities LLC. Company insiders that have sold Microsoft company stock in the last year include Amy Hood, Bradford L Smith, Christopher C Capossela, Jean Philippe Courtois, Kathleen T Hogan, and Satya Nadella.
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MSFT stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Amundi, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Macquarie Group Ltd., Liberty Wealth Management LLC, Geode Capital Management LLC, Healthcare of Ontario Pension Plan Trust Fund, Citadel Advisors LLC, and Morgan Stanley.
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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 $296.56.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $2.23 trillion and generates $168.09 billion in revenue each year. The software giant earns $61.27 billion in net income (profit) each year or $7.97 on an earnings per share basis.

Microsoft employs 181,000 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, Kinvolk, LinkedIn Corporation, LinkedIn Ireland Unlimited Company, Linkedln Corporation, LiveLoop, Lobe, Maluuba, Marsden Group, Metanautix, Metaswitch Networks, Microsoft Global Finance, Microsoft Ireland, Microsoft Ireland Research, Microsoft Online Inc., Microsoft Regional Sales Pte Ltd, MinecraftEdu, Mixer, Mobile Data Labs, Mover, Movere, N-Trig, Nokia, Nuance, Open Build Service, Orions Systems, PlayFab, PromoteIQ, ReFirm Labs, 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].