$MSFT stock rose 7% this week. Here's what we see in our data.

$MSFT stock rose 7% this week, according to our price data from Polygon.

It has been the 25th 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 5 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 1 have been purchases and 4 have been sales.

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

JUDSON ALTHOFF (CEO Microsoft Commercial) sold 12,750 shares for an estimated $6,266,829
KATHLEEN T HOGAN (EVP, Strategy) sold 12,320 shares for an estimated $5,045,642
JOHN W STANTON purchased 5,000 shares for an estimated $1,986,750
TAKESHI NUMOTO (EVP, Chief Marketing Officer) sold 2,850 shares for an estimated $1,364,352
AMY COLEMAN (EVP, Chief Human Resources Off) sold 1,262 shares for an estimated $519,241

To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard. You can access data on insider stock transactions through the Quiver Quantitative API insider transaction endpoint.

$MSFT Hedge Fund Activity

We have seen 3,343 institutional investors add shares of $MSFT stock to their portfolio, and 2,723 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

AUTO-OWNERS INSURANCE CO removed 59,992,081 shares (-99.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $21,886,910,911
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS removed 26,747,859 shares (-32.8%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $9,758,421,398
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS added 22,768,626 shares (+31.1%) to their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $8,306,677,823
CARDANO RISK MANAGEMENT B.V. removed 21,143,944 shares (-89.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $7,713,945,089
VANGUARD GROUP INC added 15,955,898 shares (+2.3%) to their portfolio in Q4 2025, for an estimated $7,716,591,390
TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD removed 14,053,541 shares (-83.7%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $5,127,153,363
CORIENT PRIVATE WEALTH LLC removed 12,153,795 shares (-68.2%) from their portfolio in Q1 2026, for an estimated $4,434,069,029

To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard. You can access data on hedge funds moves and 13F filings through the Quiver Quantitative API 13F endpoint.

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$MSFT Government Contracts

We have seen $393,647,367 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: $54,106,045
MICROSOFT CONSULTING SERVICES (MCS) AND UNIFIED SUPPORT FOR THE U.S. NAVY / PROGRAM EXECUTIVE OFFICE DIGITA...: $35,419,844
MICROSOFT CONSULTING SERVICES (MCS) AND MICROSOFT PREMIER SUPPORT (MPS) FOR THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS ...: $31,498,010
THE ENTERPRISE CLOUD MANAGEMENT AGENCY (ECMA) REQUIRES MICROSOFT AZURE CLOUD COMPUTING CAPABILITIES AT DEPA...: $24,965,856
NETCOM, ARCYBER, USARC MICROSOFT CONSULTING SERVICES: $15,682,208

To track government contracts to publicy traded companies, check out Quiver Quantitative's government contracts dashboard. You can access data on government contracts through the Quiver Quantitative API government contracts endpoint.

$MSFT Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $MSFT stock 33 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 22 have been purchases and 11 have been sales.

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

REPRESENTATIVE MARIA ELVIRA SALAZAR purchased up to $50,000 on 04/17.
REPRESENTATIVE JOHN MCGUIRE has traded it 3 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 04/15, 01/21 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 01/30.
REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 4 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 03/13 and 3 sales worth up to $150,000 on 04/14, 02/10, 12/19.
REPRESENTATIVE LIZZIE FLETCHER sold up to $15,000 on 04/08.
SENATOR JOHN FETTERMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 03/30, 03/27 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD MCCORMICK has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 03/19 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE CLEO FIELDS has traded it 4 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 03/12, 12/11 and 0 sales.
SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN has traded it 3 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $45,000 on 03/05, 02/13, 12/17 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR has traded it 6 times. They made 6 purchases worth up to $90,000 on 02/26, 02/09, 01/29, 01/16, 01/08 and 0 sales.
SENATOR ANGUS S. KING JR. sold up to $15,000 on 02/13.
REPRESENTATIVE JULIA LETLOW sold up to $15,000 on 02/02.
REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER sold up to $15,000 on 02/02.
REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. sold up to $15,000 on 01/23.
SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN purchased up to $250,000 on 12/29.
REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON sold up to $15,000 on 12/18.
SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO sold up to $15,000 on 12/16.

To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard. You can access data on congressional stock trades through the Quiver Quantitative API Congress trades endpoint.

$MSFT Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MSFT in the last several months. We have seen 11 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Evercore ISI Group issued a "Outperform" rating on 04/30/2026
Guggenheim issued a "Buy" rating on 04/30/2026
Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 04/30/2026
Benchmark issued a "Buy" rating on 04/30/2026
Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 04/30/2026
Piper Sandler issued a "Overweight" rating on 01/29/2026
DA Davidson issued a "Buy" rating on 01/29/2026

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 28 analysts offer price targets for $MSFT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $547.5.

Here are some recent targets:

Dan Ives from Wedbush set a target price of $575.0 on 05/13/2026
Ivan Feinseth from Tigress Financial set a target price of $680.0 on 05/06/2026
Brad Reback from Stifel set a target price of $415.0 on 05/01/2026
John Difucci from Guggenheim set a target price of $586.0 on 04/30/2026
Billy Fitzsimmons from Piper Sandler set a target price of $540.0 on 04/30/2026
Thomas Blakey from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $502.0 on 04/30/2026
Patrick Colville from Scotiabank set a target price of $550.0 on 04/30/2026

You can track data on $MSFT on Quiver Quantitative.

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