Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Stock Price Expected to Rise, DA Davidson Analyst Says

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) had its target price boosted by equities research analysts at DA Davidson from $450.00 to $500.00 in a note issued to investors on Thursday,Benzinga reports. The firm presently has a “buy” rating on the software giant’s stock. DA Davidson’s price target points to a potential upside of 14.87% from the stock’s current price. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Microsoft’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.46 EPS.

Several other brokerages also recently commented on MSFT. BMO Capital Markets lifted their target price on Microsoft from $470.00 to $485.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday. Barclays upped their target price on Microsoft from $430.00 to $494.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price target on shares of Microsoft from $450.00 to $480.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday. Scotiabank upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $470.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Needham & Company LLC reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday. Six investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $507.77.

Microsoft Trading Up 2.3 %

NASDAQ MSFT opened at $435.28 on Thursday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The company has a market cap of $3.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.05, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. Microsoft has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $468.35. The business’s fifty day moving average is $384.93 and its 200 day moving average is $411.12.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The software giant reported $3.46 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.22 by $0.24. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.43% and a return on equity of 33.36%. The business had revenue of $70.07 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $68.54 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.94 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Microsoft will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the company. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its stake in Microsoft by 1.5% in the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 684,071,705 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $288,336,224,000 after purchasing an additional 10,431,988 shares in the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 168,128,024 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $70,720,874,000 after buying an additional 3,103,212 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank bought a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the 4th quarter worth $44,343,058,000. Northern Trust Corp grew its position in Microsoft by 16.1% in the fourth quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 83,787,746 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $35,316,535,000 after acquiring an additional 11,600,470 shares in the last quarter. Finally, UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC increased its stake in Microsoft by 9.8% in the fourth quarter. UBS AM a distinct business unit of UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC now owns 59,961,337 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $25,273,704,000 after acquiring an additional 5,370,546 shares during the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.