Q3 Earnings Estimate for Microsoft Issued By DA Davidson

Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) - Stock analysts at DA Davidson issued their Q3 2025 earnings estimates for shares of Microsoft in a research note issued on Tuesday, April 15th. DA Davidson analyst G. Luria anticipates that the software giant will earn $3.14 per share for the quarter. DA Davidson has a "Buy" rating and a $450.00 price target on the stock. The consensus estimate for Microsoft's current full-year earnings is $13.08 per share. DA Davidson also issued estimates for Microsoft's FY2025 earnings at $12.87 EPS and FY2026 earnings at $14.20 EPS.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.08. Microsoft had a return on equity of 33.36% and a net margin of 35.43%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.93 earnings per share.

Several other equities research analysts have also recently issued reports on the stock. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $530.00 to $472.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday. UBS Group decreased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $510.00 to $480.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Scotiabank assumed coverage on Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. They set a "sector outperform" rating and a $470.00 target price on the stock. KeyCorp restated a "sector weight" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday. Finally, Wedbush cut their price objective on Microsoft from $550.00 to $475.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 10th. Five equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $499.97.

Microsoft Trading Down 1.0 %

Shares of MSFT stock traded down $3.83 on Wednesday, hitting $367.78. 20,940,221 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 21,282,398. Microsoft has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $468.35. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $389.13 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $413.21. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.73 trillion, a PE ratio of 29.61, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.35.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Microsoft

Hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Ball & Co Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the fourth quarter valued at $31,000. Fiduciary Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in Microsoft in the fourth quarter worth $38,000. IFS Advisors LLC increased its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 53.8% during the 4th quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 100 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $42,000 after acquiring an additional 35 shares during the last quarter. LSV Asset Management acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter worth $44,000. Finally, Avondale Wealth Management boosted its position in shares of Microsoft by 144.4% during the 4th quarter. Avondale Wealth Management now owns 110 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $46,000 after acquiring an additional 65 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.83 per share. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. Microsoft's payout ratio is 26.73%.

Microsoft Company Profile

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.