FY2025 EPS Estimates for Microsoft Lifted by William Blair

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) – Analysts at William Blair lifted their FY2025 earnings estimates for shares of Microsoft in a note issued to investors on Thursday, May 1st. William Blair analyst J. Ader now anticipates that the software giant will post earnings per share of $13.33 for the year, up from their previous forecast of $13.03. The consensus estimate for Microsoft’s current full-year earnings is $13.08 per share. William Blair also issued estimates for Microsoft’s Q4 2025 earnings at $3.34 EPS, Q3 2026 earnings at $3.75 EPS and Q4 2026 earnings at $3.88 EPS.

Several other equities analysts have also recently weighed in on the stock. Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday. Raymond James boosted their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $480.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Microsoft from $475.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. Evercore ISI boosted their price target on Microsoft from $435.00 to $500.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald raised their price objective on Microsoft from $502.00 to $512.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $507.77.

Microsoft Stock Up 2.3 %

MSFT stock opened at $435.28 on Monday. Microsoft has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $468.35. The company has a market cap of $3.24 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.99. 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 business has a 50 day moving average price of $384.93 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $411.03.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The software giant reported $3.46 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.22 by $0.24. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.43% and a return on equity of 33.36%. The company had revenue of $70.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $68.54 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $2.94 EPS. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the business. Muirfield Wealth Advisors LLC lifted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.5% in the 4th quarter. Muirfield Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,427 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,866,000 after acquiring an additional 24 shares during the last quarter. Retirement Financial Solutions LLC raised its position in Microsoft by 2.3% in the fourth quarter. Retirement Financial Solutions LLC now owns 1,050 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $443,000 after purchasing an additional 24 shares during the last quarter. Sequent Asset Management LLC boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 1.3% during the third quarter. Sequent Asset Management LLC now owns 1,983 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $853,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares in the last quarter. Cypress Point Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 0.8% during the third quarter. Cypress Point Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,208 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,380,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Riverstone Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.6% in the third quarter. Riverstone Advisors LLC now owns 4,510 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,941,000 after buying an additional 25 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.83 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.76%. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is currently 25.66%.

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.