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 (WHO). Since then, MSFT stock has increased by 38.5% and is now trading at $212.83. 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 Wednesday, July 22nd 2020. View our earnings forecast for Microsoft.

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April, 29th. The software giant reported $1.40 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $1.27 by $0.13. The software giant had revenue of $35.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $33.70 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 33.36% and a return on equity of 40.37%. The firm's revenue was up 14.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company posted $1.14 earnings per share. View Microsoft's earnings history.

Microsoft announced a quarterly dividend on Wednesday, June 17th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.51 per share on Thursday, September 10th. This represents a $2.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.96%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Wednesday, August 19th. View Microsoft's dividend history.

Microsoft announced that its board has initiated a share repurchase plan 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 reacquire up to 3.8% of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are usually an indication that the company's board of directors believes its shares are undervalued.

36 brokers have issued 12-month target prices for Microsoft's shares. Their forecasts range from $155.00 to $260.00. On average, they expect Microsoft's stock price to reach $198.87 in the next twelve months. This suggests that the stock has a possible downside of 6.6%. View analysts' price targets for Microsoft.

Headlines about MSFT stock have trended negative on Thursday, InfoTrie reports. The research group rates the sentiment of media coverage by reviewing more than six thousand news and blog sources in real time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of -5 to 5, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Microsoft earned a daily sentiment score of -2.1 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned news stories about the software giant a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the immediate future. View the latest news about Microsoft.

Microsoft saw a increase in short interest during 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 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 short sold. 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 many different institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.06%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.04%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.02%), Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.01%), Riverbridge Partners LLC (0.01%) and Park National Corp OH (0.01%). 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, DNB Asset Management AS, Thomasville National Bank, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Cacti Asset Management LLC, Robecosam AG, and Cullinan Associates Inc.. 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 bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Verde Servicos Internacionais S.A., Clarius Group LLC, State of Alaska Department of Revenue, Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, Fulton Bank N. A., Riverbridge Partners LLC, and West Oak Capital LLC. 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 $212.83.

Microsoft has a market capitalization of $1.61 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]