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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.
6.34 million are held by First Eagle Invest Management Lc. Millennium Management holds 712,837 shares. 48,980 were accumulated by Cornerstone Inv Prtn Llc. Goodwin Daniel L stated it has 0.21% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Puzo Michael J holds 2.97% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 65,746 shares. Duff Phelps Invest Management invested 0.12% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Clark Gru holds 1.37% or 502,460 shares. Moreover, Chesapeake Asset Ltd Company has 8.24% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 44,004 shares. Becker Cap Mngmt stated it has 2.64% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). California Employees Retirement has invested 2.25% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Accuvest Global Advsrs holds 0.18% or 3,501 shares. Next Grp Incorporated has invested 0.73% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). The California-based Glynn Limited Co has invested 0.27% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Strategy Asset Managers Limited Liability Company holds 4.2% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) or 169,414 shares. Wms Ptnrs Limited Liability Corporation invested 4% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).

Since October 26, 2018, it had 0 insider purchases, and 8 selling transactions for $58.46 million activity. On Thursday, December 6 the insider Capossela Christopher C sold $432,000. The insider Nadella Satya sold $21.70 million. Shares for $4.06 million were sold by Hogan Kathleen T.

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 39.77 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 1.15% or $1.32 during the last trading session, reaching $115.91. About 54.63M shares traded or 61.44% up from the average. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has risen 20.90% since March 17, 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 $889.29 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 26.89 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 October 12, 2018 according to SRatingsIntel. The rating was maintained by Wedbush with “Buy” on Monday, February 25. The stock has “Outperform” rating by Macquarie Research on Friday, October 12. On Thursday, January 31 the stock rating was maintained by Nomura with “Buy”. Nomura maintained the shares of MSFT in report on Thursday, October 25 with “Buy” rating. The stock has “Neutral” rating by Citigroup on Thursday, October 25. Deutsche Bank maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) on Monday, November 26 with “Buy” rating. The stock has “Overweight” rating by KeyBanc Capital Markets on Thursday, October 25. Morgan Stanley maintained Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) rating on Thursday, February 21. Morgan Stanley has “Buy” rating and $140 target. Wedbush maintained the stock with “Buy” rating in Thursday, November 29 report.

More notable recent Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: “Microsoft brings PC games to Xbox – Seeking Alpha” on March 13, 2019, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: “Microsoft Portfolio: Halftime Report – Seeking Alpha” published on March 15, 2019, Nasdaq.com published: “Microsoft’s (MSFT) HoloLens 2 Steals the Show at MWC 2019 – Nasdaq” on February 26, 2019. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Seekingalpha.com and their article: “Microsoft’s South African data centers go online – Seeking Alpha” published on March 06, 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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