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 2025 Q1 regulatory disclosures by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
1% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 2,582 | Existing positions reduced: 2,565
0% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $34.2B | Put options by funds: $34.1B
2% less first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 159 | Existing positions closed: 162
1.16% less ownership
Funds ownership: 71.83% [Q4 2024] → 70.67% (-1.16%) [Q1 2025]
2% less funds holding
Funds holding: 5,760 [Q4 2024] → 5,643 (-117) [Q1 2025]
8% less funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 3,005 [Q4 2024] → 2,779 (-226) [Q1 2025]
13% less capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $2.27T [Q4 2024] → $1.97T (-$300B) [Q1 2025]
Research analyst outlook
21 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
21 analyst ratings
B of A Securities Brad Sills | 15%upside $585 | Buy Maintained | 18 Jul 2025 |
Cantor Fitzgerald Thomas Blakey | 14%upside $581 | Overweight Maintained | 16 Jul 2025 |
Mizuho Gregg Moskowitz | 6%upside $540 | Outperform Maintained | 16 Jul 2025 |
BMO Capital Keith Bachman | 8%upside $550 | Outperform Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
Piper Sandler Brent Bracelin | 18%upside $600 | Overweight Maintained | 10 Jul 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 285 articles about MSFT published over the past 30 days









