Microsoft (MSFT)

• Market cap: $3.18T
• Sector: Information Technology
• Industry: Prepackaged Software

Fund manager confidence

Based on 2024 Q2 SEC filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)

6% more capital invested

Capital invested by funds: $2.23T [Q1] → $2.37T (+$140B) [Q2]

2% more funds holding in top 10

Funds holding in top 10: 2,897 [Q1] → 2,948 (+51) [Q2]

6% more first-time investments, than exits

New positions opened: 191 | Existing positions closed: 180

6% more repeat investments, than reductions

Existing positions increased: 2,322 | Existing positions reduced: 2,200

5% more call options, than puts

Call options by funds: $47.9B | Put options by funds: $45.8B

0% more funds holding

Funds holding: 5,091 [Q1] → 5,102 (+11) [Q2]

0.34% less ownership

Funds ownership: 71.6% [Q1] → 71.26% (-0.34%) [Q2]

Research analyst outlook

16 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months

• Low target: $470 10% upside
• Avg. target: $504 18% upside
• High target: $600 40% upside

16 analyst ratings

• positive: 14 88%
• neutral: 2 13%
• negative: 0 0%

Keybanc Jackson Ader 88% 1-year accuracy 7 / 8 met price target	18% upside $505	Overweight Maintained	18 Oct 2024
Piper Sandler Brent Bracelin 50% 1-year accuracy 64 / 127 met price target	10% upside $470	Overweight Maintained	18 Oct 2024
Goldman Sachs Kash Rangan 57% 1-year accuracy 12 / 21 met price target	17% upside $500	Buy Maintained	10 Oct 2024
Truist Securities Joel Fishbein 67% 1-year accuracy 22 / 33 met price target	40% upside $600	Buy Reiterated	8 Oct 2024
DA Davidson Gil Luria 50% 1-year accuracy 18 / 36 met price target	11% upside $475	Neutral Maintained	27 Sept 2024