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Investors sentiment increased to 0.94 in Q4 2018. Its up 0.13, from 0.81 in 2018Q3. It is positive, 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.
Tdam Usa reported 573,982 shares or 4.23% of all its holdings. Tiemann Invest Advisors Limited Liability Corporation holds 4.37% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 48,069 shares. Klingenstein Fields And Ltd Llc owns 163,515 shares. Norinchukin Natl Bank The owns 2.58 million shares for 3.67% of their portfolio. Intact Investment Mngmt Inc has invested 0.08% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Retail Bank Pictet & Cie (Asia) stated it has 19,102 shares. Fort Point Capital Prtnrs Lc reported 21,699 shares stake. Cheviot Value Management Ltd Llc owns 101,552 shares. F&V Management Ltd Liability owns 94,373 shares. Nuveen Asset Mngmt Limited Liability Co owns 2.50M shares or 1.6% of their US portfolio. Laffer Invests holds 0% or 112,366 shares. Asset Group Inc Inc has invested 0.14% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Nippon Life Americas holds 4.89% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 557,317 shares. Aspiriant Ltd Liability Co holds 53,044 shares. Marshall Wace Ltd Liability Partnership holds 0.58% or 555,287 shares.

Since September 7, 2018, it had 0 insider purchases, and 8 sales for $58.46 million activity. 10,000 shares valued at $1.12M were sold by Capossela Christopher C on Monday, December 3. BROD FRANK H sold $2.15M worth of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Wednesday, October 31. Nadella Satya sold 267,466 shares worth $28.35M.

The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) registered a decrease of 1.25% in short interest. MSFT’s total short interest was 39.27M shares in March as published by FINRA. Its down 1.25% from 39.77 million 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 increased 0.11% or $0.12 during the last trading session, reaching $110.51. About 22.82M shares traded. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 20.90% since March 10, 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 $847.86 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 25.63 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 7 analysts covering Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT), 6 have Buy rating, 0 Sell and 1 Hold. Therefore 86% are positive. Microsoft had 10 analyst reports since October 12, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. On Thursday, January 31 the stock rating was maintained by Nomura with “Buy”. The company was maintained on Monday, February 25 by Wedbush. Citigroup maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Thursday, October 25 with “Neutral” rating. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) earned “Buy” rating by Nomura on Thursday, October 25. The firm has “Buy” rating by Morgan Stanley given on Thursday, February 21. As per Thursday, October 25, the company rating was maintained by KeyBanc Capital Markets. Macquarie Research upgraded Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Friday, October 12 to “Outperform” rating. The firm has “Buy” rating given on Thursday, November 29 by Wedbush. On Monday, November 26 the stock rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with “Buy”.

More notable recent Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) news were published by: Nasdaq.com which released: “Technology Sector Update for 02/08/2019: VCRA, EGAN, QNST, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG – Nasdaq” on February 08, 2019, also Livetradingnews.com with their article: “Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Reportedly Planning to Launch a Disc-Less Xbox One S – Live Trading News” published on March 07, 2019, Nasdaq.com published: “5 Futuristic Artificial Intelligence Stocks to Buy – Nasdaq” on February 12, 2019. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Nasdaq.com and their article: “Technology Sector Update for 03/05/2019: VNET, WB, CRM, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG – Nasdaq” published on March 05, 2019 as well as Nasdaq.com‘s news article titled: “Technology Sector Update for 02/19/2019: LDOS, ERIC, TSEM, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG – Nasdaq” with publication date: February 19, 2019.

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