Lobbying Update: $2,440,000 of MICROSOFT CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed

$2,440,000 of MICROSOFT CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2026, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.

This included lobbying on issues like:

"S. 2153, Open App Markets Act. Competition Policy and antitrust enforcement. S. 4784, H.R. 8880, National Defense Authorization Act. S. 4615, H.R. 9624, Intelligence Authorization Act. Defense Appropriations. Quantum Computing. Cybersecurity: Focused on procurement and adoption of zero trust at DoD. Artificial Intelligence: Focused on DoD policy and adoption of AI. Mixed Reality: Focused on DoD procurement of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System. Cascadia High Speed Rail Funding opportunities. Licensing, competition, trade, and government procurement. Health IT procurement; health reform and related IT issues. Private sector preparedness; cyber research and development. Standards and interoperability. Competitiveness and high-tech sector. Policy issues in cloud computing. Open government, government IT modernization, open data, and technology choice. Supply chain security efforts within US government. Cybersecurity policies, legislation, protecting critical infrastructure, and International Cybersecurity norms. Legislative proposals related to government surveillance and data collection, including issues of transparency, FISA Section 702 reforms and ECPA reform. Non-disclosure order reform issues. Appropriations. Trade and trade agreements. Issues related to the EU US Privacy Shield agreement. Expanding access to K-12 computer science education. Issues related to the Privacy and Civil Liberty Review Board. Issues related to proposed changes to electronic communications transactional records (ECTRs). Issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Facial Recognition. Data breach legislation. Smart Spaces/Smart Infrastructure. Issues related to privacy; Federal privacy legislation. Issues related to children's privacy and safety. American Data Privacy and Protection Act (no bill number). Issues related to IT procurement, digital transformation, and modernization. Actions and guidance related to securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain. Open-Source Software Security. S. 2253, Unsubscribe Act. AI Legislation. Issues related to non-consensual intimate imagery. Issues related to Cloud Act and implementing agreements. Digital replicas. S. 1367, NO FAKES Act. AI Fraud and Open Data. Software copyright and related policy issues. Software patents and related policy issues. S. 1553, Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act. S. 1546, Patent Eligibility Restoration Act. S. 1367, NO FAKES Act. S. 4098, AI Ready Data Act. Online Child Safety and video gaming issues. Intermediary liability. S. 1748, Kids Online Safety Act. S. 836, Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection 2.0 Reform Act. Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction Act (no bill number). S. 278, Kids Off Social Media Act. S. 3062, GUARD Act. H.R. 3149, App Store Accountability Act. S. 3982, AI Fraud Accountability Act. Promoting excellence in technology, education, standards, and science. Promoting excellence in education through K-12 reforms. STEM for youth. Expanding access to K-12 computer science education. Cybersecurity skill and talent pipelines. High-skilled immigration reforms. Legislation on Dreamers. Innovation and competitiveness; science development; technical computing; basic research priorities. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education (STEM) issues. S. 5054, Data Center Tax Accountability and Disclosure Act of 2026. Proposal for the Taxation of Data Centers - Senate Finance Committee Democratic Staff White Paper. H.R.33 and S. 199 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States. H.R. 1, One Big Beautiful Bill Act tax provisions. S. 3931, Taxpayer Assistance and Service Act ("TAS Act"). Corporate tax, transfer pricing, treaty, foreign tax credit, tax administration, mobile worker, international tax, and foreign tax issues. Robocalling. Robotexting. H.R 1027, QUIET Act. H.R. 866, S. 244, ROUTERS Act. Subsea Cables. H.R. 261 Undersea Cable Protection Act of 2025. S. 3249, Strategic Subsea Cables Act of 2025. Telecom supply chain and network security. H.R. 6152, Robocall Elimination Act. Fiber Optics. Digital Trade Policies in Trade Agreements. U.S.-China Trade Relations. Sanctions. Climate change policies. Renewable, energy storage, and advanced clean energy policies. Grid reliability, resilience and digitization. Carbon pricing. Clean energy, carbon reduction & carbon removal R&D. Nature based carbon removal solutions & standards. Direct air capture & other net negative engineered carbon removal policies. U.S. Reentry in Paris Climate Agreement. U.S. Nationally Determined Contribution."

You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.

MSFT Congressional Stock Trading

Members of Congress have traded $MSFT stock 25 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 12 have been purchases and 13 have been sales.

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

REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN purchased up to $15,000 on 09/30.
REPRESENTATIVE MICHAEL A. RULLI has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 09/28, 06/25.
REPRESENTATIVE MARIA ELVIRA SALAZAR sold up to $15,000 on 09/24.
REPRESENTATIVE CLEO FIELDS has traded it 4 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 09/10, 06/11 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $65,000 on 08/27, 06/02.
REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR has traded it 4 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 07/24 and 2 sales worth up to $65,000 on 08/26, 08/11.
REPRESENTATIVE KEVIN HERN sold up to $50,000 on 08/21.
REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 4 times. They made 3 purchases worth up to $200,000 on 08/18, 07/17, 05/15 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 06/16.
REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD MCCORMICK sold up to $15,000 on 07/30.
SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO sold up to $50,000 on 07/21.
REPRESENTATIVE JARED MOSKOWITZ has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 06/17 and 0 sales.
REPRESENTATIVE MATTHEW VAN EPPS sold up to $15,000 on 06/16.
REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN L. JACKSON sold up to $50,000 on 05/12.

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 Insider Trading Activity

MSFT insiders have traded $MSFT stock on the open market 23 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 23 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 8 sales selling 86,525 shares for an estimated $43,388,532.
AMY HOOD (EVP, Chief Financial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 9 sales selling 48,979 shares for an estimated $24,749,147.
JUDSON ALTHOFF (CEO Microsoft Commercial) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 25,500 shares for an estimated $12,024,244.
TAKESHI NUMOTO (EVP, Chief Marketing Officer) has made 0 purchases and 3 sales selling 11,810 shares for an estimated $5,232,149.
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 3,264 institutional investors add shares of MSFT stock to their portfolio, and 2,610 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.

Here are some of the largest recent moves:

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 135,173,516 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $50,422,424,938
INVESCO LTD. added 57,952,598 shares (+137.0%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $21,617,478,105
SIXTH STREET PARTNERS MANAGEMENT COMPANY, L.P. added 52,298,999 shares (+inf%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $19,508,572,606
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ removed 29,955,771 shares (-25.6%) from their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $11,174,101,698
SG AMERICAS SECURITIES, LLC added 18,362,719 shares (+338.7%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $6,849,661,441
BLACKROCK, INC. added 14,038,542 shares (+2.4%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $5,236,656,936
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC added 9,352,495 shares (+24.4%) to their portfolio in Q2 2026, for an estimated $3,488,667,684

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.

MSFT Analyst Ratings

Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MSFT in the last several months. We have seen 6 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.

Here are some recent analyst ratings:

Wolfe Research issued a "Outperform" rating on 07/06/2026
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

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

Here are some recent targets:

Keith Bachman from BMO Capital set a target price of $515.0 on 07/07/2026
Gil Luria from DA Davidson set a target price of $550.0 on 07/06/2026
Alex Zukin from Wolfe Research set a target price of $525.0 on 07/06/2026
Brad Reback from Stifel set a target price of $400.0 on 06/25/2026
Thomas Blakey from Cantor Fitzgerald set a target price of $502.0 on 06/04/2026
Patrick Walravens from Citizens set a target price of $550.0 on 06/04/2026
Derrick Wood from TD Cowen set a target price of $540.0 on 06/04/2026

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