In Monday’s Wall Street session, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares traded at $449.26, up 2.40% from the previous session.
MSFT stock price is now 14.76% away from the 50-day moving average and 8.48% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $3339.14B.
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With the price target enhanced from $475 to $515, Wedbush maintained Outperform rating for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). On May 01, 2025, Stifel reiterated its ‘Buy’ rating on the stock by increasing its target price from $475 to quote $500, while ‘Scotiabank’ rates the stock as ‘Sector Outperform’
In other news, SMITH BRADFORD L, Vice Chair and President sold 75,000 shares of the company’s stock on May 02 ’25. The stock was sold for $32,703,925 at an average price of $436.05. Upon completion of the transaction, the Vice Chair and President now directly owns 476,999 shares in the company, valued at $214.3 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On May 05 ’25, Vice Chair and President SMITH BRADFORD L sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $2,599,020 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $433.17. This leaves the insider owning 471,036 shares of the company worth $211.62 million. A total of 1.47% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, Microsoft Corporation has had a low of $344.79 and a high of $468.35. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33, a current ratio of 1.37, and a quick ratio of 1.36.
The net profit margin was 35.79% and return on equity was 33.61% for MSFT. The company reported revenue of $70.07 billion for the quarter, compared to $61.86 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 13.27 percent.
