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Investors sentiment decreased to 0.81 in Q3 2018. Its down 0.03, from 0.84 in 2018Q2. It dropped, 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.
Epoch Inv Prtn has 3.69% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 8.50 million shares. First Eagle Inv Mngmt Limited Com, New York-based fund reported 8.31 million shares. Loudon Investment Mngmt Limited Co has 4.14% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Campbell Newman Asset Mngmt stated it has 4.86% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Kemper Master Retirement Tru owns 71,200 shares. Eubel Brady & Suttman Asset stated it has 3.47% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Cap Invsts invested 4.81% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Ironsides Asset Advsr Ltd Liability Corporation stated it has 0.25% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Jacobs Levy Equity Mngmt Inc owns 1.76M shares or 2.85% of their US portfolio. Spears Abacus Ltd Limited Liability Company invested in 7.13% or 521,635 shares. Hudson Valley Inv Advisors Adv accumulated 140,522 shares. Shamrock Asset Ltd Llc accumulated 25,897 shares. Copeland Management Lc invested in 0.24% or 35,157 shares. Modera Wealth Management Ltd Liability Corporation invested in 0.81% or 35,017 shares. Van Strum & Towne holds 9.12% or 123,711 shares in its portfolio.

Since August 31, 2018, it had 0 buys, and 11 sales for $82.43 million activity. Capossela Christopher C had sold 59,162 shares worth $6.43 million on Friday, September 7. Hood Amy sold $13.09M worth of stock. 2,000 shares were sold by BROD FRANK H, worth $214,363. $4.06 million worth of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was sold by Hogan Kathleen T.

The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) registered an increase of 3.53% in short interest. MSFT’s total short interest was 42.11M shares in February as published by FINRA. Its up 3.53% from 40.68M shares, reported previously. With 33.25 million shares average volume, it will take short sellers 1 days to cover their MSFT’s short positions. The short interest to Microsoft Corporation’s float is 0.56%.

The stock increased 1.43% or $1.56 during the last trading session, reaching $110.97. About 27.76M shares traded. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 30.43% since February 24, 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 $851.39 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 25.74 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.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Ratings Coverage

Among 8 analysts covering Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), 7 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 88% are positive. Microsoft had 10 analyst reports since September 7, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. The stock has “Overweight” rating by Barclays Capital on Friday, September 7. KeyBanc Capital Markets maintained the stock with “Overweight” rating in Thursday, October 25 report. The firm has “Neutral” rating given on Thursday, October 25 by Citigroup. On Thursday, January 31 the stock rating was maintained by Nomura with “Buy”. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) earned “Buy” rating by Wedbush on Thursday, November 29. Morgan Stanley maintained the shares of MSFT in report on Thursday, February 21 with “Buy” rating. The stock has “Buy” rating by Nomura on Thursday, October 25. The rating was upgraded by Macquarie Research to “Outperform” on Friday, October 12. Deutsche Bank maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rating on Monday, November 26. Deutsche Bank has “Buy” rating and $13000 target.

More notable recent Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) news were published by: Benzinga.com which released: “Where Equal Weight Is Working (NYSE:RYT)(NASDAQ:AAPL)(NASDAQ:MSFT) – Benzinga” on February 21, 2019, also Nasdaq.com with their article: “Technology Sector Update for 01/25/2019: CLRO, WDC, INTC, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG – Nasdaq” published on January 25, 2019, Nasdaq.com published: “Dow 30 Stock Roundup: MCD, BA, 3M, MSFT, PFE, V Earnings Impress – Nasdaq” on February 01, 2019. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Seekingalpha.com and their article: “Microsoft launching cross-platform Xbox Live SDK – Seeking Alpha” published on February 04, 2019 as well as Nasdaq.com‘s news article titled: “After Hours Most Active for Feb 5, 2019 : BRX, SNAP, ET, S, ECA, M, CZR, MSFT, KURA, EA, AMGN, URBN – Nasdaq” with publication date: February 05, 2019.

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