A new trading day began on Tuesday, with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock price up 0.08% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $487.1. MSFT’s price has ranged from $344.79 to $555.45 over the past 52 weeks.
During the last 5-year period, the sales growth of Technology Sector giant was 18.80%. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 17.97%. With a float of $7.32 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $7.43 billion.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Breakdown of a Key Holders of the stock
As we move forward, let’s examine how large-scale investors are investing in this stock of the Software – Infrastructure Industry. The insider ownership of Microsoft Corporation is 1.47%, while institutional ownership is 74.59%. The most recent insider transaction that took place on Apr 23 ’25, was worth 1,450,221. In this transaction Vice Chair and President of this company bought 3,842 shares at a rate of $377.46, taking the stock ownership to the 455,439 shares. Before that another transaction happened on May 05 ’25, when Company’s Vice Chair and President sold 3,812 for $438.82, making the entire transaction worth $1,672,781. This insider now owns 451,597 shares in total.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Recent Fiscal highlights
In its latest quarterly report, released on 12/31/2024, the company reported earnings of 3.23 per share, which was $0.1 higher than the consensus estimate of $0.26. In terms of return on equity, this company recorded -19.55% in contrast with 50.0% return on Investment (trailing twelve months). Wall Street market experts anticipate that the next fiscal year will bring earnings of 3.92 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 17.97% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.89% during the next five years compared to 18.80% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Trading Performance Indicators
Here are Microsoft Corporation’s current performance indicators. According to the last quarter’s results, the stock had a quick ratio of 1.39. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 12.33. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 46.44.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 14.06, a number that is poised to hit 3.91 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 18.77 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 10.84 million, which is a drop from its year-to-date volume of 22.22 million. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 87.19%.
During the past 100 days, Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) raw stochastic average was set at 25.43%, which indicates a significant decrease from 88.30% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 6.19 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 7.85 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $497.17, while its 200-day Moving Average is $477.11. However, in the short run, Microsoft Corporation’s stock first resistance to watch stands at $489.61. Second resistance stands at $491.73. The third major resistance level sits at $493.79. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $485.43, it is likely to go to the next support level at $483.37. Now, if the price goes above the second support level, the third support stands at $481.25.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Key Stats
With a market capitalization of 3623.14 billion, the company has a total of 7,432,378K Shares Outstanding. Currently, annual sales are 281,724 M while annual income is 101,832 M. The company’s previous quarter sales were 77,673 M while its latest quarter income was 27,747 M.
