Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s traded shares stood at 3.1 million during the latest session, with the company’s beta value hitting 0.90. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $416.48, to imply a decrease of -0.16% or -$0.65 in intraday trading. The MSFT share’s 52-week high remains $468.35, putting it -12.45% down since that peak but still an impressive 25.28% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $311.21. The company has a valuation of $3095.71B, with an average of 20.42 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 19.90 million shares over the past 3 months.

Analysts have given a consensus recommendation of Buy for Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), translating to a mean rating of 1.29. Of 40 analyst(s) looking at the stock, 2 analyst(s) give MSFT a Sell rating. 0 of those analysts rate the stock as Overweight while 3 advise Hold as 34 recommend it as a Buy. 1 analyst(s) have given it an Underweight rating. Estimates put the company’s current-quarter earnings per share at 3.1.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) trade information

After registering a -0.16% downside in the latest session, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has traded red over the past five days. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -3.44%, and 1.85% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 10.75%. Short interest in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) saw shorts transact 67.5 million shares and set a 3.82 days time to cover.

The extremes give us $232 and $600 for target low and target high price respectively. As such, MSFT has been trading -44.06% off suggested target high and 44.3% from its likely low.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) estimates and forecasts

Looking at statistics comparing Microsoft Corporation share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has underperformed competitors. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) shares are -0.34% down over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate lower than industry average at 10.51% against 11.80%. Revenue is forecast to grow 13.60% this quarter before jumping 10.20% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 13.80% compared to the previous financial year.

Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 30 analysts is 64.48B. Meanwhile, for the current quarter, a total of 30 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to 69.76B.

An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 18.45% for the past 5-year period. While 2024 is set for a 11.92% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 14.60% annually.

MSFT Dividends

Microsoft Corporation has its next earnings report out on 2024-Oct-22. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Microsoft Corporation has a forward dividend ratio of 3.00, with the share yield ticking at 0.72% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.89%.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Major holders

Microsoft Corporation insiders hold 0.06% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 73.67% of the shares at 73.71% float percentage. In total, 73.67% institutions holds shares in the company, led by VANGUARD GROUP INC. As of 2024-06-30, the company held over 675.91 million shares (or 9.0958% of shares), all amounting to roughly $302.1 billion.

The next major institution holding the largest number of shares is BLACKROCK INC. with 553.98 million shares, or about 7.4549% of shares outstanding. As of the market price on 2024-06-30, these shares were worth $247.6 billion.