During the last session, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s traded shares were 16.47 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 0.88. At the end of the trading day, the stock’s price was $420.45, reflecting an intraday loss of -0.23% or -$0.99. The 52-week high for the MSFT share is $430.82, that puts it down -2.47 from that peak though still a striking 34.51% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $275.37. The company’s market capitalization is $3124.13B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 17.84 million shares, and the average trade volume was 22.71 million shares over the past three months.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) trade information
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) registered a -0.23% downside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock plummet -0.23% in intraday trading to $420.45, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -0.28%, and it has moved by 1.33% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 45.84%. The short interest in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is 54.21 million shares and it means that shorts have 2.46 day(s) to cover.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) estimates and forecasts
Statistics show that Microsoft Corporation has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) shares have gone up 30.66% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 18.55% against 16.30. Yet analysts are ramping up their growth forecast for the fiscal year 2024. Revenue is predicted to grow 15.10% this quarter and then jump 7.10% in the quarter after that. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 15.20% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be $60.77 billion as predicted by 33 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 33 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to $64.52 billion by the end of Jun 2024.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 35.37%. While earnings are projected to return 18.85% in 2024, the next five years will return 16.30% per annum.
MSFT Dividends
Microsoft Corporation is due to release its next quarterly earnings between April 23 and April 29. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Microsoft Corporation is 2.86, with the dividend yield indicating at 0.68 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Major holders
Microsoft Corporation insiders own 0.05% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 73.84%, with the float percentage being 73.88%. Vanguard Group Inc is the largest shareholder of the company, while 6,706 institutions own stock in it. As of Jun 29, 2023, the company held over 653.25 million shares (or 8.79% of all shares), a total value of $222.46 billion in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 536.25 million shares, is of Blackrock Inc.’s that is approximately 7.22% of outstanding shares. At the market price on Jun 29, 2023, these shares were valued at $182.61 billion.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) shares are Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard 500 Index Fund. Data provided on Jun 29, 2023 indicates that Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund owns about 231.88 million shares. This amounts to just over 3.12 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $78.97 billion market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 177.03 million, or about 2.38% of the stock, which is worth about $60.29 billion.
