Weekly Analysts’ Ratings Updates for Microsoft (MSFT)

Several analysts have recently updated their ratings and price targets for Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT):

• 2/9/2026 – Microsoft was given a new $430.00 price target on by analysts at Melius Research.
• 2/9/2026 – Microsoft was downgraded by analysts at Melius Research from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 2/6/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC.
• 2/5/2026 – Microsoft had its “hold” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus. They now have a $392.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $540.00.
• 2/4/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Daiwa Securities Group Inc. from $630.00 to $600.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 2/1/2026 – Microsoft was upgraded by analysts at Phillip Securities from a “moderate buy” rating to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at TD Cowen.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada. They now have a $640.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft was given a new $540.00 price target on by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft was given a new $550.00 price target on by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Scotiabank from $650.00 to $600.00. They now have a “sector outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc..
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Piper Sandler. They now have a $600.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $650.00.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein. They now have a $641.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $645.00.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at KeyCorp from $630.00 to $600.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $630.00 to $615.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Morgan Stanley.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $655.00 to $600.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft was given a new $540.00 price target on by analysts at Robert W. Baird. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Barclays PLC. They now have a $600.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $610.00.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Wolfe Research from $625.00 to $530.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at New Street Research from $670.00 to $675.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at HSBC Holdings plc from $667.00 to $588.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at DZ Bank AG.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at DA Davidson. They now have a $650.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $660.00 to $635.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft from $630.00 to $575.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $575.00 to $550.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Wedbush from $625.00 to $575.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.. They now have a $600.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $655.00.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald. They now have a $590.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Evercore Inc from $640.00 to $580.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/29/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $625.00 to $575.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/27/2026 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at BNP Paribas Exane from $632.00 to $659.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/26/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus from $640.00 to $520.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/26/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Bank of America Corporation from $640.00 to $520.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/23/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at UBS Group AG from $650.00 to $600.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/23/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG. They now have a $600.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $650.00.
• 1/22/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy (b)” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Weiss Ratings.
• 1/22/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald from $639.00 to $590.00.
• 1/22/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Guggenheim. They now have a $586.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/22/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc..
• 1/22/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $665.00 to $630.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2026 – Microsoft was given a new $450.00 price target on by analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn.
• 1/21/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Mizuho from $640.00 to $620.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn from $500.00 to $450.00. They now have a “neutral” rating on the stock.
• 1/21/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $690.00 to $660.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/20/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at TD Cowen from $655.00 to $625.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/18/2026 – Microsoft was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 1/12/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $625.00 to $610.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/12/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $625.00 to $610.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 1/12/2026 – Microsoft was upgraded by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 1/11/2026 – Microsoft is now covered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.. They set a “buy” rating and a $655.00 price target on the stock.
• 1/10/2026 – Microsoft was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 1/8/2026 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $700.00 to $665.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 1/5/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc..
• 1/5/2026 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada.
• 12/22/2025 – Microsoft had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $625.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/20/2025 – Microsoft was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 12/15/2025 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Wolfe Research from $675.00 to $625.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 19th will be paid a $0.91 dividend. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.9%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 19th. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 22.76%.

Insider Transactions at Microsoft

In other news, CEO Judson Althoff sold 12,750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $491.52, for a total transaction of $6,266,880.00. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 129,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,577,620.48. This trade represents a 8.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 2,850 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $478.72, for a total transaction of $1,364,352.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 55,782 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $26,703,959.04. The trade was a 4.86% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft develops, licenses and supports a broad range of software products, services and devices for consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide. Its operations span personal computing, productivity software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools and gaming.

Microsoft’s product portfolio includes the Windows operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools (Office apps, Outlook, Teams).