MicrosoftMSFT
About: Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).
Employees: 228,000
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q3 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
10% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 2,401 | Existing positions reduced: 2,187
3% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 182 | Existing positions closed: 177
0% more funds holding
Funds holding: 5,138 [Q2] → 5,143 (+5) [Q3]
9% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $41.7B | Put options by funds: $45.8B
2.9% less ownership
Funds ownership: 72.93% [Q2] → 70.04% (-2.9%) [Q3]
6% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 2,964 [Q2] → 2,796 (-168) [Q3]
8% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.43T [Q2] → $2.23T (-$199B) [Q3]
Research analyst outlook
16 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
16 analyst ratings
RBC Capital Rishi Jaluria 66% 1-year accuracy 41 / 62 met price target | 13%upside $500 | Outperform Reiterated | 5 Nov 2024 |
UBS Karl Keirstead 100% 1-year accuracy 16 / 16 met price target | 13%upside $500 | Buy Maintained | 31 Oct 2024 |
JP Morgan Mark Murphy 63% 1-year accuracy 15 / 24 met price target | 5%upside $465 | Overweight Maintained | 31 Oct 2024 |
TD Cowen Derrick Wood 93% 1-year accuracy 13 / 14 met price target | 7%upside $475 | Buy Maintained | 31 Oct 2024 |
Piper Sandler Brent Bracelin 69% 1-year accuracy 59 / 86 met price target | 6%upside $470 | Overweight Maintained | 31 Oct 2024 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 246 articles about MSFT published over the past 30 days