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Investors sentiment decreased to 0.81 in 2018 Q3. Its down 0.03, from 0.84 in 2018Q2. It worsened, as 33 investors sold Microsoft Corporation shares while 981 reduced holdings. 145 funds opened positions while 681 raised stakes. 5.28 billion shares or 0.60% less from 5.31 billion shares in 2018Q2 were reported.
Moreover, Segment Wealth Management Limited has 1.43% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Intrust Bank Na holds 67,414 shares or 1.96% of its portfolio. Gabelli Funds Ltd Limited Liability Company holds 756,649 shares. Moreover, Royal London Asset Management Limited has 0% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Premier Asset Mngmt Limited Company reported 0.27% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Wisconsin-based Thompson Investment Mgmt has invested 3.07% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Miller Inv Mgmt L P has invested 1.21% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Boys Arnold And accumulated 55,098 shares or 0.88% of the stock. Alecta Pensionsforsakring Omsesidigt holds 10.99M shares. Wellcome (The) As Trustee Of The Wellcome has 11.75% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Davy Asset owns 188,495 shares. Nichols & Pratt Advisers Llp Ma accumulated 244,803 shares. Perkins Capital Mngmt Inc has 20,810 shares for 1.43% of their portfolio. Adell Harriman & Carpenter reported 147,962 shares. Montrusco Bolton Invs Inc invested 1.59% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

Since August 31, 2018, it had 0 buys, and 10 sales for $54.07 million activity. $13.09 million worth of stock was sold by Hood Amy on Friday, August 31. On Thursday, November 8 the insider Hogan Kathleen T sold $4.06 million. $214,363 worth of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was sold by BROD FRANK H. 203,418 Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares with value of $21.70M were sold by Nadella Satya.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Ratings Coverage

Among 7 analysts covering Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), 6 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 86% are positive. Microsoft had 9 analyst reports since September 7, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) earned “Buy” rating by Nomura on Thursday, October 25. Barclays Capital maintained the shares of MSFT in report on Friday, September 7 with “Overweight” rating. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, November 29 by Wedbush. The rating was upgraded by Macquarie Research on Friday, October 12 to “Outperform”. Deutsche Bank maintained the shares of MSFT in report on Monday, November 26 with “Buy” rating. The rating was maintained by Citigroup with “Neutral” on Thursday, October 25. The stock has “Overweight” rating by KeyBanc Capital Markets on Thursday, October 25. The stock has “Buy” rating by Nomura on Thursday, January 31. Below is a list of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) latest ratings and price target changes.

31/01/2019 Broker: Nomura Old Rating: Buy New Rating: Buy Old Target: $115 New Target: $113 Maintain
29/11/2018 Broker: Wedbush Rating: Buy New Target: $140.0000 Maintain
26/11/2018 Broker: Deutsche Bank Rating: Buy New Target: $130.0000 Maintain
25/10/2018 Broker: Citigroup Old Rating: Neutral New Rating: Neutral Old Target: $113 New Target: $114 Maintain
25/10/2018 Broker: Nomura Old Rating: Buy New Rating: Buy Old Target: $118 New Target: $115 Maintain
25/10/2018 Broker: KeyBanc Capital Markets Old Rating: Overweight New Rating: Overweight Old Target: $123 New Target: $125 Maintain
19/10/2018 Broker: Wedbush Rating: Outperform New Target: $140 Initiates Coverage On
12/10/2018 Broker: Macquarie Research Old Rating: Neutral New Rating: Outperform New Target: $21 Upgrade
07/09/2018 Broker: Barclays Capital Old Rating: Overweight New Rating: Overweight Old Target: $117 New Target: $120 Maintain

The stock increased 0.38% or $0.4 during the last trading session, reaching $105.67. About 21.46M shares traded. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 30.43% since February 10, 2018 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 30.43% the S&P500.

Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports software products, services, and devices worldwide. The company has market cap of $810.72 billion. The companyÂ’s Productivity and Business Processes segment offers Office 365 commercial services and products for businesses, including Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype for Business, and related Client Access Licenses ; Office 365 consumer services, such as Skype, Outlook.com, and OneDrive; Dynamics business solutions, such as financial management, enterprise resource planning, customer relationship management, supply chain management, and analytics applications for small and mid-size businesses, large organizations, and divisions of enterprises; and LinkedIn online professional network. It has a 24.51 P/E ratio. The Company’s Intelligent Cloud segment licenses server products and cloud services, such as Microsoft SQL Server, Windows Server, Visual Studio, System Center, and related CALs, as well as Azure, a cloud platform with computing, networking, storage, database, and management services; and enterprise services, such as Premier Support and Microsoft Consulting that assist in developing, deploying, and managing Microsoft server and desktop solutions, as well as provide training and certification to developers and IT professionals on Microsoft products.

More notable recent Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) news were published by: Nasdaq.com which released: “Better Long-Term Buy: Amazon (AMZN) vs. Microsoft (MSFT) Stock – Nasdaq” on November 30, 2018, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “FT: Microsoft Bing blocked by China – Seeking Alpha” published on January 24, 2019, Seekingalpha.com published: “Microsoft’s anti-Office 2019 ad campaign – Seeking Alpha” on February 06, 2019. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Seekingalpha.com and their article: “Microsoft Corporation 2019 Q2 – Results – Earnings Call Slides – Seeking Alpha” published on January 30, 2019 as well as Nasdaq.com‘s news article titled: “Microsoft (MSFT) Shares Cross Below 200 DMA – Nasdaq” with publication date: December 17, 2018.

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