Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) on Friday, soared 0.40% from the previous trading day, before settling in for the closing price of $483.98. Within the past 52 weeks, MSFT’s price has moved between $344.79 and $555.45.
It was noted that within the last five years, the titan of the Technology sector saw sales topped by 18.80%. The company achieved an average annual earnings per share of 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
Observing investor behavior towards Software – Infrastructure industry stocks is more important than anything else. 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
As on 12/31/2024, Multinational firm has announced its last quarter scores, in which it reported 3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the period topping the consensus outlook (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 17.89% during the next five years compared to 18.80% growth over the previous five years of trading.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Trading Performance Indicators
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is currently performing well based on its current performance indicators. A quick ratio of 1.39 was reported for the most recent quarter. In addition, a publicly-traded company’s price to sales ratio for the trailing twelve months stands at 12.29. Likewise, its price to free cash flow for the trailing twelve months is 46.29.
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)
The latest stats from [Microsoft Corporation, MSFT] show that its last 5-days average volume of 33.67 million was superior to 22.48 million than last year’s volume. As of the previous 9 days, the stock’s Stochastic %D was 52.14%.
During the past 100 days, Microsoft Corporation’s (MSFT) raw stochastic average was set at 23.22%, which indicates a significant decrease from 66.49% during the past two weeks. Based on volatility metrics of the stock, it showed a historical volatility of 7.13 in the past 14 days, which was lower than the 8.38 volatility it showed in the past 100 days.
At the time of writing, stock’s 50-day Moving Average is $500.27, while its 200-day Moving Average is $474.02. Now, the first resistance to watch is $488.35. This is followed by the second major resistance level at $490.78. The third major resistance level sits at $493.71. If the price goes on to break the first support level at $482.99, it is likely to go to the next support level at $480.06. The third support level lies at $477.63 if the price breaches the second support level.
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Key Stats
Market capitalization of the company is 3611.54 billion based on 7,432,378K outstanding shares. Right now, sales total 281,724 M and income totals 101,832 M. The company made 77,673 M in profit during its latest quarter, and 27,747 M in sales during its previous quarter.
