In yesterday’s Wall Street session, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares traded at $413.72, down -0.25% from the previous session.
MSFT stock price is now -0.01% away from the 50-day moving average and 11.13% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $3074.90B.
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With the price target enhanced from $460 to $480, Wells Fargo maintained Overweight rating for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). On April 12, 2024, BMO Capital Markets reiterated its ‘Outperform’ rating on the stock by increasing its target price from $455 to quote $465, while ‘Morgan Stanley’ rates the stock as ‘Overweight’
In other news, Hogan Kathleen T, EVP, Chief Human Resources Off sold 21,955 shares of the company’s stock on Mar 11 ’24. The stock was sold for $8,869,076 at an average price of $403.96. Upon completion of the transaction, the EVP, Chief Human Resources Off now directly owns 159,764 shares in the company, valued at $66.1 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On Mar 11 ’24, EVP, Chief Commercial Officer Althoff Judson sold 10,000 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $4,036,490 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $403.65. This leaves the insider owning 129,949 shares of the company worth $53.76 million. A total of 1.50% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, Microsoft Corporation has had a low of $306.26 and a high of $430.82. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.24, and a quick ratio of 1.23.
According to the Software – Infrastructure Company, earnings per share came in at 2.69, beating analysts’ expectations of 2.55 by 0.14. This compares to $2.45 EPS in the same period last year. The net profit margin was 36.43% and return on equity was 38.49% for MSFT. The company reported revenue of $61.86 billion for the quarter, compared to $52.86 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 17.03 percent. For the current quarter, analysts expect MSFT to generate $64.35B in revenue.
