MSFT) Executives are Making Moves with Their Shares — Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ

Gates III sold 4,000,000 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 19th. The Insider selling transaction was disclosed on Jul 29, 2015 to the Securities and Exchange Commission. The total value of transaction was $190,720,000. The disclosure for this sale can be found here.

From the other direction, a popular analyst pick could mean that many sharp minds individually came to the same bullish conclusion, and therefore the stock should do well, but it could also mean that if the company stumbles, that would come as a negative surprise. Barclays reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, July 23rd. Finally, analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein reiterated a buy rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Wednesday. FBR & Co.’s price target points to a potential upside of 16.89% from the stock’s previous close. Company shares have received an average consensus rating of Hold for the current week Microsoft Corporation has dropped 3.41% during the last 3-month period. The stock has been rated by six research analysts with a sell rating, nine have issued a hold rating and nineteen have given a buy rating to the stock. Microsoft now has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $49.47.

Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) traded up 2.38% on Monday, hitting $46.42. During last 3 month period, -0.06% of total institutional ownership has changed in the company shares. The company has a market cap of $364,024 million and there are 8,027,000,000 shares in outstanding. The stock’s 50-day moving average is $45.59 and its 200 day moving average is $44.63. Microsoft has a one year low of $40.12 and a one year high of $50.05.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced the availability of the Arabic version of office 2016 for iOS to cater for its Arabic speaking customers. The company’s quarterly revenue was down 5.1% compared to the same quarter past year.

MasterCard Incorporated (MA) shares are down 2.46% in pre-market trading hours Wednesday after the company missed sales estimates for the second quarter in a row. CAVM EPS growth in last 5 year was 11.00%. Based on the analysts taken into account by Zacks, the average rating now stands at 2.13 for Microsoft Corporation.

The organization also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 20th will be given a dividend of $0.31 per share. On 24 July, Facebook Inc (NASDAQ:FB) shares moved up 1.58% and was closed at $96.95. The ex-dividend date is Tuesday, August 18th.

Microsoft Corporation is engaged in licensing developing and supporting a variety of services and software products. The Organization operates in five sections: Equipment and Customer (NASDAQ:MSFT) Licensing, D&C Components, D&C Other, Industrial Licensing, and Commercial Other.