Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) kicked off on Monday, down -0.44% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $479.28. Over the past 52 weeks, MSFT has traded in a range of $344.79-$555.45.
A company in the Technology sector has jumped its sales by 18.80% annually for the last half of the decade. While this was happening, its average annual earnings per share was recorded 18.12%. With a float of $7.32 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $7.43 billion.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Insider Updates
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 74.69%. 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) Performance Highlights and Predictions
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 18.12% 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
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 12.07. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 45.46.
For the trailing twelve months, Company’s Diluted EPS (Earnings per Share) is 14.06, a number that is poised to hit 3.93 in the next quarter and is forecasted to reach 18.82 in one year’s time.
