Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) kicked off on Friday, down -2.21% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $483.62. Over the past 52 weeks, MSFT has traded in a range of $344.79-$555.45.
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 18.80%. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 17.97%. With a float of $7.32 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $7.43 billion.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Insider and Institutional Ownership
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 1.47%, 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) Latest Financial update
In the latest quarterly report, which was put into the public domain on 12/31/2024, the organization reported 3.23 earnings per share (EPS), higher than consensus estimate (set at 3.1) by 0.13. 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 17.87% 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 1.39. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 11.96. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 45.06.
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)
As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 37.15%.
During the past 100 days, Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) raw stochastic average was set at 9.06%, which indicates a significant decrease from 14.24% 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 7.91 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $495.61, while its 200-day Moving Average is $478.03. Now, the first resistance to watch is $481.68. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $490.42. The third major resistance level sits at $496.18. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $467.18, it is likely to go to the next support level at $461.42. The third support level lies at $452.68 if the price breaches the second support level.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Key Stats
The company with the Market Capitalisation of 3515.07 billion has total of 7,432,378K 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 77,673 M and last quarter income was 27,747 M.
