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Investors sentiment increased to 0.94 in 2018 Q4. Its up 0.13, from 0.81 in 2018Q3. It increased, 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.
The Missouri-based Signalpoint Asset Management Ltd Liability Corp has invested 1.71% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Mitchell Cap Mngmt Com reported 79,768 shares. Fcg Advisors Llc has 0.97% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Tiemann Inv Advisors Llc reported 48,069 shares. Farmers And Merchants Investments holds 310,591 shares or 2.4% of its portfolio. Torch Wealth Limited Liability Company invested 1.27% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). S&Co Inc reported 110,635 shares. Rnc Cap Limited owns 2.77% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 361,072 shares. Credit Agricole S A stated it has 414,470 shares or 2.38% of all its holdings. Bnp Paribas Arbitrage holds 0% or 3.37 million shares. Tiedemann Advsrs Ltd Liability Corp stated it has 114,522 shares or 0.59% of all its holdings. Park National Corporation Oh has 3.86% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 613,467 shares. Weiss Multi stated it has 0.79% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). The New York-based Tocqueville Asset Mgmt L P has invested 2.2% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). 501,952 were reported by Polaris Management Limited.

Since September 7, 2018, it had 0 insider buys, and 9 insider sales for $64.89 million activity. $2.15M worth of stock was sold by BROD FRANK H on Wednesday, October 31. Another trade for 4,000 shares valued at $422,000 was sold by Capossela Christopher C. Hogan Kathleen T sold 36,500 shares worth $4.06 million.

The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) registered an increase of 3.53% in short interest. MSFT’s total short interest was 42.11 million shares in March as published by FINRA. Its up 3.53% from 40.68 million 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 decreased 0.24% or $0.27 during the last trading session, reaching $112.26. About 819 shares traded. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 20.90% since March 5, 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 $861.28 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 26.04 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 11 analyst reports since September 7, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. Wedbush maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rating on Monday, February 25. Wedbush has “Buy” rating and $140 target. The company was maintained on Thursday, October 25 by Nomura. KeyBanc Capital Markets maintained it with “Overweight” rating and $125 target in Thursday, October 25 report. Nomura maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rating on Thursday, January 31. Nomura has “Buy” rating and $113 target. Wedbush maintained it with “Buy” rating and $14000 target in Thursday, November 29 report. The firm has “Neutral” rating given on Thursday, October 25 by Citigroup. Barclays Capital maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Friday, September 7 with “Overweight” rating. The firm has “Outperform” rating by Macquarie Research given on Friday, October 12. The company was maintained on Monday, November 26 by Deutsche Bank. Morgan Stanley maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Thursday, February 21 with “Buy” rating.

More notable recent Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) news were published by: Nasdaq.com which released: “Notable Thursday Option Activity: ALB, NKE, MSFT – Nasdaq” on February 21, 2019, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “Microsoft’s anti-Office 2019 ad campaign – Seeking Alpha” published on February 06, 2019, Nasdaq.com published: “Technology Sector Update for 02/12/2019: VRNS, MIME, SHOP, MSFT, AAPL, CSCO, IBM, GOOG – Nasdaq” on February 12, 2019. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Fool.com and their article: “Better Buy: Microsoft vs. Alphabet – The Motley Fool” published on February 16, 2019 as well as Nasdaq.com‘s news article titled: “Financial Sector Update for 02/07/2019: USAT, IRBT, TWTR, MSFT, AAPL, CSCO, IBM, GOOG – Nasdaq” with publication date: February 07, 2019.

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