Blackrock Inc. Now Owns 506636253 Shares In Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is at least 31.55% than its current record low price of $80.7. There was a 0.23% gain on 11/02/2018 that led the price to move at $106.16. At recent session, the prices were hovering between $104.975 and $107.32. This company shares are 17.89% off its target price of $125.15 and the current market capitalization stands at $813.06B. The recent change has given its price a -3.88% deficit over SMA 50 and -8.62% deficit over its 52-week high. The stock witnessed -5.88% declines, -1.82% declines and 10.33% gains for the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month period, respectively. To measure price-variation, we found MSFT’s volatility during a week at 3.55% and during a month it has been found around 3.3%.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Top Holders

Institutional investors currently hold around $598.51 billion or 74.8% in MSFT stock. Look at its top three institutional owners. Vanguard Group Inc owns $60.41 billion in Microsoft Corporation, which represents roughly 7.43% of the company’s market cap and approximately 10.09% of the institutional ownership. Similar statistics are true for the second largest owner, Blackrock Inc., which owns 506,636,253 shares of the stock are valued at $53.78 billion. The third largest holder is State Street Corp, which currently holds $30.75 billion worth of this stock and that ownership represents nearly 3.78% of its market capitalization.

Microsoft Corporation 13F Filings

At the end of June reporting period, 1,263 institutional holders increased their position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by some 164,205,816 shares, 1,390 decreased positions by 182,635,759 and 237 held positions by 5,291,000,000. That puts total institutional holdings at 5,638,000,000 shares, according to SEC filings. The stock grabbed 109 new institutional investments totaling 17,708,282 shares while 51 institutional investors sold out their entire positions totaling 7,364,546 shares.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Insider Trades

Multiple company employees have indulged in significant insider trading. Microsoft Corporation disclosed in a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that Chief Accounting Officer Brod Frank H has sold 20,000 shares of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in trading session dated Oct. 31, 2018. These shares are worth $2,154,000 and were traded at $107.7 each. The SEC filing shows that Nadella Satya performed a sale of 203,418 shares. The CEO disposed these shares by way of transaction on Oct. 26, 2018. The company’s shares were given away at $106.68 per share worth to an income of some $21,700,632 on account of Nadella Satya.

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Capossela Christopher C, sold 59,162 common shares of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in the open market. In a transaction dated Sep. 10, 2018, the shares were put up for sale at an average price of $108.71, raking in a sum of $6,431,501. After this sale, 167,233 common shares of MSFT are directly owned by the insider, with total stake valued at $17,753,455.

In the transaction dated Sep. 04, 2018, the great number of shares disposed came courtesy the EVP, Human Resources; Hogan Kathleen T disposed a total of 40,000 shares at an average price of $111.31, amounting to approximately $4,452,400. The insider now directly owns 245,290 shares worth $26,039,986.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Analyst Guide

Several analysts have released their opinion on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), with 19 analysts believing it is a strong buy. Whereas 1 of them predict the stock is a hold. Also, there are 13 buy, 0 sell and 1 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 1.56 average brokerage recommendation.

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