Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is -9.85% away from its 52 week high. Analysts at Morgan Stanley raised their price target on shares of Microsoft from $46.00 to $51.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. After the session commenced at $43.96, the stock reached the higher end at $44.48 while it hit a low of $43.95. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Microsoft Corporation are listed in the Technology sector within NASDAQ. Value stock investors typically look for equities that are trading at a lower price relative to the company’s fundamentals, such as earnings, sales and dividends. The 52-week low of the share price is $40.12.
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On a different note, The Company has disclosed insider buying and selling activities to the Securities Exchange, Gates William H Iii, Director of Microsoft Corp, unloaded 4,000,000 shares at an average price of $47.68 on May 18, 2015.
Using a simplified 1 to 5 rating system produces a score of 2.13 for Microsoft Corporation, where 1 represents a Strong Buy rating and 5 would indicate a Strong Sell rating. Analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, July 3rd. The company has a market cap of $358,919 million and there are 8,113,000,000 shares in outstanding. The software giant reported $0.61 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $0.51 by $0.10. The average number taken from the 19 surveyed analysts, often referred to as the consensus price target, stands at $50.789.
Furthermore, fiscal fourth quarter (F4Q) results will include a one-time impairment charge of around $7.6 billion as well as $800 million in restructuring related to the phone hardware business. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted $0.68 earnings per share. Now the company Insiders own 2.9% of Microsoft Corporation Company shares. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share. Nokia Corporation (NOK)’S monthly performance stands at -11.610% with an analyst rating of 2.4and dividend yield of 2.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Tuesday, August 18th.
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Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ:MSFT is engaged in developing, licensing and supporting a range of software products and services. The Company operates in five segments: Windows & Windows Live Division (Windows Division), Server and Tools, Online Services Division (OSD), Microsoft Business Division (MBD), and Entertainment and Devices Division (EDD). It also designs and sells hardware, including the Xbox 360 gaming and entertainment console. It also offers cloud-based solutions that provide customers with software, services and content over the Internet by way of shared computing resources located in centralized data centers.
