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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.
90,992 are owned by Kj Harrison & Prtnrs. Jupiter Asset Mngmt Ltd reported 181,110 shares or 0.59% of all its holdings. Strs Ohio reported 5.85 million shares stake. Moreover, Commerzbank Aktiengesellschaft Fi has 1.54% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 1.43M shares. New England Rech, Illinois-based fund reported 17,232 shares. Trustco Bank & Trust N Y holds 2.97% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 23,980 shares. Jump Trading Ltd Llc holds 0.1% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 15,519 shares. 59,116 were reported by Chase Invest Counsel Corporation. Thomas J Herzfeld Advsrs Inc holds 0% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 121 shares. Gilman Hill Asset Mgmt Limited Liability owns 12,093 shares. Driehaus Ltd Com reported 8,660 shares. Loomis Sayles Ltd Partnership accumulated 11.67 million shares or 2.62% of the stock. Peregrine Asset Advisers Inc reported 21,635 shares. Baltimore invested in 3.24% or 156,821 shares. 2,664 were accumulated by Garrison Fincl.

Since September 7, 2018, it had 0 buys, and 9 selling transactions for $64.89 million activity. $2.15M worth of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was sold by BROD FRANK H. Another trade for 36,500 shares valued at $4.06M was sold by Hogan Kathleen T. 267,466 shares valued at $28.35 million were sold by Nadella Satya on Wednesday, February 6.

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 the stock with “Buy” rating in Monday, February 25 report. As per Thursday, November 29, the company rating was maintained by Wedbush. As per Friday, October 12, the company rating was upgraded by Macquarie Research. The firm has “Overweight” rating by KeyBanc Capital Markets given on Thursday, October 25. The firm earned “Buy” rating on Thursday, October 25 by Nomura. Citigroup maintained the stock with “Neutral” rating in Thursday, October 25 report. Nomura maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Thursday, January 31 with “Buy” rating. On Monday, November 26 the stock rating was maintained by Deutsche Bank with “Buy”. The firm has “Overweight” rating by Barclays Capital given on Friday, September 7. Morgan Stanley maintained it with “Buy” rating and $140 target in Thursday, February 21 report. Below is a list of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) latest ratings and price target changes.

25/02/2019 Broker: Wedbush Rating: Buy New Target: $140 Maintain
21/02/2019 Broker: Morgan Stanley Rating: Buy New Target: $140 Maintain
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

The stock increased 0.45% or $0.5 during the last trading session, reaching $112.53. About 23.50 million shares traded. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 30.43% since March 2, 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 $863.35 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 26.1 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: “Technology Sector Update for 03/01/2019: ZS,RUBI,NTNX – Nasdaq” on March 01, 2019, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “Microsoft Is Firing On All Cylinders – Seeking Alpha” published on February 20, 2019, Nasdaq.com published: “Technology Sector Update for 02/19/2019: LDOS, ERIC, TSEM, MSFT, AAPL, IBM, CSCO, GOOG – Nasdaq” on February 19, 2019. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Fool.com and their article: “Like Dividends? I Bet You’ll Love These 3 Stocks – Motley Fool” published on March 02, 2019 as well as Nasdaq.com‘s news article titled: “Technology Sector Update for 02/27/2019: WATT, SE, PANW, MSFT, AAPL, CSCO, IBM, GOOG – Nasdaq” with publication date: February 27, 2019.

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