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Investors sentiment increased to 0.94 in Q4 2018. Its up 0.13, from 0.81 in 2018Q3. It improved, as 55 investors sold Microsoft Corporation shares while 925 reduced holdings. 168 funds opened positions while 758 raised stakes. 5.48 billion shares or 3.82% more from 5.28 billion shares in 2018Q3 were reported.
Walter & Keenan Fin Consulting Company Mi Adv has invested 3.67% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Woodmont Investment Counsel Lc owns 67,522 shares. California Public Employees Retirement accumulated 15.81M shares. Wms Prtn reported 4% stake. Supplemental Annuity Collective Trust Of Nj holds 3.64% or 70,000 shares. Fmr Lc has 254.91 million shares. 23,200 were reported by Platinum Investment Ltd. Geode Mgmt Ltd Company has 3.14% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Proffitt And Goodson reported 16,031 shares. Webster Bankshares N A owns 126,079 shares. Smith Chas P And Assoc Pa Cpas reported 211,849 shares stake. Mig Cap Limited Liability holds 5,847 shares. Chatham Cap Group Inc invested in 0.16% or 5,549 shares. Transamerica Fin Advsrs invested 0.27% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Rockland Trust invested 1.92% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

Since October 26, 2018, it had 0 insider buys, and 8 sales for $58.46 million activity. Hogan Kathleen T sold 36,500 shares worth $4.06 million. The insider Capossela Christopher C sold 4,000 shares worth $432,000. Nadella Satya sold $28.35M worth of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Wednesday, February 6.

The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) registered a decrease of 1.25% in short interest. MSFT’s total short interest was 39.27 million shares in March as published by FINRA. Its down 1.25% from 39.77M shares, reported previously. With 25.15M shares average volume, it will take short sellers 2 days to cover their MSFT’s short positions. The short interest to Microsoft Corporation’s float is 0.52%.

The stock decreased 2.64% or $3.17 during the last trading session, reaching $117.05. About 33.62 million shares traded or 9.73% up from the average. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 20.90% since March 24, 2018 and is uptrending. It has outperformed by 16.53% the S&P500.

Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports software products, services, and devices worldwide. The company has market cap of $898.03 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 27.15 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 9 analysts covering Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), 8 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 89% are positive. Microsoft had 12 analyst reports since October 12, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. Citigroup maintained it with “Neutral” rating and $114 target in Thursday, October 25 report. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, February 21 by Morgan Stanley. On Friday, March 22 the stock rating was maintained by Credit Suisse with “Buy”. As per Thursday, October 25, the company rating was maintained by KeyBanc Capital Markets. The rating was maintained by Nomura with “Buy” on Thursday, January 31. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) earned “Outperform” rating by Macquarie Research on Friday, October 12. Wedbush maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Thursday, November 29 report. Deutsche Bank maintained it with “Buy” rating and $13000 target in Monday, November 26 report. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, October 25 by Nomura. Wedbush maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Monday, February 25 with “Buy” rating.

More notable recent Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) news were published by: Nasdaq.com which released: “Technology Sector Update for 03/01/2019: ZS,RUBI,NTNX – Nasdaq” on March 01, 2019, also Nasdaq.com with their article: “Western Digital Stock Could Be Too Iffy Now As China Remains Risk Factor – Nasdaq” published on March 24, 2019, Nasdaq.com published: “Technology Sector Update for 03/14/2019: MDB, UXIN, FRSX, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG – Nasdaq” on March 14, 2019. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Nasdaq.com and their article: “Technology Sector Update for 03/15/2019: VUZI, AVGO, ORCL, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG – Nasdaq” published on March 15, 2019 as well as Seekingalpha.com‘s news article titled: “Microsoft’s South African data centers go online – Seeking Alpha” with publication date: March 06, 2019.

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