$MSFT stock fell 8% this week. Here's what we see in our data.

$MSFT stock fell 8% this week, according to our price data from Polygon.

It has been the 11th most-searched ticker on Quiver Quantitative over the last week, out of 50 total tickers searched.

Here is what we see in our data on $MSFT (you can track the company live on Quiver's $MSFT stock page):

$MSFT Insider Trading Activity

$MSFT insiders have traded $MSFT stock on the open market 12 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 12 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MSFT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:

• SATYA NADELLA (Chief Executive Officer) has made 0 purchases and 6 sales selling 149,205 shares for an estimated $75,315,120.
• BRADFORD L SMITH (Vice Chair and President) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 38,500 shares for an estimated $19,967,707.
• JUDSON ALTHOFF (CEO Microsoft Commercial) sold 12,750 shares for an estimated $6,266,829
• TAKESHI NUMOTO (EVP, Chief Marketing Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 7,700 shares for an estimated $3,921,858.

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.

$MSFT Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 2,696 institutional investors add shares of $MSFT stock to their portfolio, and 2,666 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

• UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC added 109,161,832 shares (+1099.9%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $56,540,370,884
• KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC removed 90,533,781 shares (-100.0%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $46,891,971,868
• GATES FOUNDATION TRUST removed 17,000,000 shares (-64.9%) from their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $8,805,150,000
• VANGUARD GROUP INC added 15,955,898 shares (+2.3%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $7,716,591,390
• BLACKROCK, INC. added 10,283,002 shares (+1.8%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $5,326,080,885
• GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC added 7,841,111 shares (+16.8%) to their portfolio in Q3 2025, for an estimated $4,061,303,442
• SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC added 6,617,245 shares (+5138.7%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $3,200,232,026

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.

$MSFT Government Contracts

We have seen $382,496,160 of award payments to $MSFT over the last year.

Here are some of the awards which we have have seen pay out the most over the last year:

• MICROSOFT AZURE STRATUS HSTXXX0000002144 93A34F: $42,604,669
• MICROSOFT CONSULTING SERVICES (MCS) AND UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NAVY / PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE DIGITA...: $37,515,594
• ARMY CYBER COMMANDS MICROSOFT CONSULTING SERVICES AND MICROSOFT PREMIER SUPPORT: $34,490,868
• MICROSOFT CONSULTING SERVICES (MCS) AND MICROSOFT PREMIER SUPPORT (MPS) FOR THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ...: $34,135,435
• THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD MANAGEMENT AGENCY (ECMA) REQUIRES MICROSOFT AZURE CLOUD COMPUTING CAPABILITIES AT DEPA...: $31,740,635

To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard.

$MSFT Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $MSFT stock 33 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 14 have been purchases and 19 have been sales.

Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MSFT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:

• REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 01/08 and 0 sales.
• SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $750,000 on 12/29, 11/03 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 5 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $145,000 on 11/18, 11/12, 10/09, 08/05 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 12/19.
• REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales worth up to $45,000 on 12/18, 11/13, 08/14.
• SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN purchased up to $15,000 on 12/17.
• SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO has traded it 4 times. They made 0 purchases and 4 sales worth up to $130,000 on 12/16, 10/29, 10/22, 09/18.
• REPRESENTATIVE CLEO FIELDS has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 12/11 and 0 sales.
• REPRESENTATIVE DWIGHT EVANS sold up to $15,000 on 11/21.
• REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD MCCORMICK has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $15,000 on 11/05 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 09/18.
• REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 4 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 10/30 and 3 sales worth up to $115,000 on 10/31, 10/30, 09/11.
• REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HERN has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $100,000 on 10/28, 09/26.
• REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE purchased up to $15,000 on 10/24.
• SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE sold up to $50,000 on 10/07.
• REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE sold up to $50,000 on 09/23.
• SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE sold up to $50,000 on 09/04.
• REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. sold up to $15,000 on 08/25.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.

$MSFT Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MSFT in the last several months. We have seen 15 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

• DA Davidson issued a "Buy" rating on 01/29/2026
• Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/29/2026
• Citigroup issued a "Buy" rating on 01/21/2026
• Mizuho issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/21/2026
• TD Cowen issued a "Buy" rating on 01/20/2026
• Wedbush issued a "Outperform" rating on 12/22/2025
• JP Morgan issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/30/2025

To track analyst ratings and price targets for $MSFT, check out Quiver Quantitative's $MSFT forecast page.

$MSFT Price Targets

Multiple analysts have issued price targets for $MSFT recently. We have seen 26 analysts offer price targets for $MSFT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $600.0.

Here are some recent targets:

• Tyler Radke from Citigroup set a target price of $635.0 on 01/30/2026
• Gil Luria from DA Davidson set a target price of $650.0 on 01/29/2026
• Michael Turrin from Wells Fargo set a target price of $615.0 on 01/29/2026
• Jackson Ader from Keybanc set a target price of $600.0 on 01/29/2026
• Hannah Rudoff from Piper Sandler set a target price of $600.0 on 01/29/2026
• Patrick Colville from Scotiabank set a target price of $600.0 on 01/29/2026
• Brad Reback from Stifel set a target price of $540.0 on 01/29/2026

You can track data on $MSFT on Quiver Quantitative.

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