In the last trading session, 20.92 million shares of the Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were traded, and its beta was 1.01. Most recently the company’s share price was $460.69, and it changed around $10.51 or 2.33% from the last close, which brings the market valuation of the company to $3424.10B. MSFT currently trades at a discount to its 52-week high of $468.35, offering almost -1.66% off that amount. The share price’s 52-week low was $344.79, which indicates that the current value has risen by an impressive 25.16% since then. We note from Microsoft Corporation’s average daily trading volume that its 10-day average is 20.12 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 24.60 million.
Microsoft Corporation stock received a consensus recommendation rating of Buy, based on a mean score of 1.30. If we narrow it down even further, the data shows that 0 out of 63 analysts rate the stock as a Sell; another 15 rate it as Overweight. Among the rest, 6 recommended MSFT as a Hold, whereas 42 deemed it a Buy, and 0 rated it as Underweight. Microsoft Corporation is expected to report earnings per share of 3.37 for the current quarter.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) trade information
Instantly MSFT has showed a green trend with a performance of 2.33% at the end of last trading. The performance over the last five days has remained in the green territory. The rise to weekly highs of 460.95 on recent trading dayincreased the stock’s daily price by 0.06%. The company’s shares are currently up 9.30% year-to-date, but still up 0.40% over the last five days. On the other hand, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is 17.57% up in the 30-day period. We can see from the shorts that 50.31 million shares have been sold at a short interest cover period of 1.85 day(s).
The consensus price target as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $475, which translates to bulls needing to increase their stock price by 3.01% from its current value. Analyst projections state that MSFT is forecast to be at a low of $470 and a high of $595.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) estimates and forecasts
The year-over-year growth rate is expected to be 13.84%, up from the previous year.
Consensus estimates provided by 39 financial analysts predict the company will bring in an average of 73.79B in revenue for the current quarter. 32 analysts expect Microsoft Corporation to make 74.1B in revenue for the current ending quarter. The company’s sales for the same quarters a year ago were 64.73B and 65.58B respectively. Analysts predict that the company’s current quarter sales will jump, forecast at 14.00%. Forecasts for the next quarter put sales growth at 12.98%.
Looking at the company’s year-over-year earnings, the past five years showed a positive earnings growth rate of 18.45%. Microsoft Corporation earnings are expected to increase by 13.41% in 2025, but the outlook is positive 14.48% per year for the next five years.
MSFT Dividends
Microsoft Corporation’s next quarterly earnings report is expected to be released on 2025-Apr-29. The annual dividend yield of the stock is 0.52 percent and its annual dividend per share was 2.41. It is important to note, however, that the 0.52% dividend yield ratio should be regarded as a guide only, as many other factors should be taken into consideration before making any investment decision. The average dividend yield for the past five years averaged 0.84 per year.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)’s Major holders
Upon looking at major shareholders, it appears that insiders hold 0.06% of Microsoft Corporation shares, and 74.66% of them are in the hands of institutional investors. The stock currently has a share float of 74.70%. Microsoft Corporation stock is held by 7500.0 institutions, with VANGUARD GROUP INC being the largest institutional investor. By 2024-06-30, it held 9.0933% of the shares, which is about 675.91 million shares worth $302.1 billion.
BLACKROCK INC., with 7.4529% or 553.98 million shares worth $247.6 billion as of 2024-06-30, holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares.
VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund were the top two Mutual Funds as of Dec 31, 2024 . The former held 232.92 shares worth $107.31 billion, making up 3.13% of all outstanding shares. On the other hand, VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund held roughly 201.26 shares worth around $92.72 billion, which represents about 2.71% of the total shares outstanding.
