Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) kicked off on Friday, up 0.87% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $507.03. Over the past 52 weeks, MSFT has traded in a range of $344.79-$555.45.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Technology Sector giant was 18.80%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 13.84%. With a float of $7.32 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $7.43 billion.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Insider Activity
Our next focus will be how large-scale investors are participating in this stock of the Software – Infrastructure Industry. The insider ownership of Microsoft Corporation is 1.48%, while institutional ownership is 73.27%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Sep 03 ’25, was worth 75,315,121. In this transaction Chief Executive Officer of this company sold 149,205 shares at a rate of $504.78, taking the stock ownership to the 790,852 shares. Before that another transaction happened on Sep 03 ’25, when Company’s Director proposed sale 149,205 for $505.12, making the entire transaction worth $75,366,430.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Earnings and Forecasts
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 9/30/2024, the organization reported 3.3 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 3.11) by 0.19. Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.81 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 13.84% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 16.64% during the next five years compared to 18.80% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Trading Performance Indicators
Take a look at Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) current performance indicators. Last quarter, stock had a quick ratio of 1.35. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 13.49. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 53.09.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 13.64, a number that is poised to hit 3.65 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 18.30 in one year’s time.
Technical Analysis of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Looking closely at Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), its last 5-days average volume was 17.07 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 22.1 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 33.25%.
During the past 100 days, Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) raw stochastic average was set at 64.62%, which indicates a significant decrease from 65.28% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 6.59 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 6.80 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $512.10, while its 200-day Moving Average is $450.22. However, in the short run, Microsoft Corporation’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $514.73. Second resistance stands at $517.99. The third major resistance level sits at $522.05. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $507.41, it is likely to go to the next support level at $503.35. Should the price break the second support level, the third support level stands at $500.09.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 3801.77 billion has total of 7,433,167K Shares Outstanding. Its annual sales at the moment are 281,724 M in contrast with the sum of 101,832 M annual income. Company’s last quarter sales were recorded 76,441 M and last quarter income was 27,233 M.
