A new trading day began on Friday, with Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) stock price up 3.28% from the previous day of trading, before settling in for the closing price of $451.14. MSFT’s price has ranged from $344.79 to $555.45 over the past 52 weeks.
Technology Sector giant saw their annual sales surged by 18.80% over the last five years. Meanwhile, its annual earnings per share averaged 18.00%. With a float of $7.32 billion, this company’s outstanding shares have now reached $7.43 billion.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Insider Activity
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 74.62%. 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) Earnings and Forecasts
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 3.91 per share during the current fiscal year.
According to the Wall Street analysts, stocks earnings will be around 18.00% per share during the next fiscal year. For the long-term projections, market analysts anticipate that the company’s EPS will surge by 17.77% 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 11.79. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 44.39.
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 18.78 in one year’s time.
