$30,000 of MICROSOFT CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q3 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Competitiveness in software markets Competitiveness in the high tech sector Monitor issues related to government access to customer data Monitor cloud computing issues Monitor issues relating to data breach legislation Monitor issues relating to Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act Monitor issues relating to cybersecurity Issues relating to artifical intelligence Monitor software piracy, counterfeiting, and intellectual property rights Monitor patent reform Monitor issues relating to the Patent Trial and Appeal Board Monitor H1-B visas Monitor issues related to high-skilled immigration Monitor cybersecurity legislation Monitor privacy oversight issues Issues relating to reauthorization of Section 702 of FISA Monitor issues relating to trade agreements Monitor postal reform"
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MSFT Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MSFT stock 44 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 26 have been purchases and 18 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MSFT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE VAL T. HOYLE has traded it 3 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 06/09, 06/06 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 09/23.
- REPRESENTATIVE RICHARD MCCORMICK sold up to $15,000 on 09/18.
- SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO has traded it 3 times. They made 0 purchases and 3 sales worth up to $80,000 on 09/18, 07/18, 06/18.
- SENATOR SHELDON WHITEHOUSE sold up to $50,000 on 09/04.
- REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. sold up to $15,000 on 08/25.
- REPRESENTATIVE JULIE JOHNSON has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 08/14, 07/29.
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $65,000 on 08/05, 04/29 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE CLEO FIELDS has traded it 12 times. They made 12 purchases worth up to $2,015,000 on 08/01, 07/29, 07/28, 07/16, 06/25, 06/03 and 0 sales.
- SENATOR ANGUS S. KING JR. purchased up to $15,000 on 07/21.
- REPRESENTATIVE LISA C. MCCLAIN has traded it 3 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $65,000 on 07/16, 06/09 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 06/11.
- REPRESENTATIVE RITCHIE TORRES sold up to $15,000 on 07/11.
- REPRESENTATIVE SCOTT FRANKLIN sold up to $50,000 on 06/16.
- REPRESENTATIVE JOHN W. ROSE sold up to $500,000 on 06/03.
- REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 05/22, 05/21 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE DAVID TAYLOR has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $30,000 on 05/13, 05/12.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $1,000,000 on 05/08 and 1 sale worth up to $1,000,000 on 05/12.
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN purchased up to $15,000 on 05/09.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE purchased up to $15,000 on 05/05.
- SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 04/22, 04/16 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN sold up to $50,000 on 04/21.
- SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE sold up to $50,000 on 04/15.
To track congressional stock trading, check out Quiver Quantitative's congressional trading dashboard.
MSFT Insider Trading Activity
MSFT insiders have traded $MSFT stock on the open market 17 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 17 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 3 sales selling 81,000 shares for an estimated $35,302,944.
- KATHLEEN T HOGAN (EVP, Strategy) sold 21,500 shares for an estimated $9,756,151
- JUDSON ALTHOFF (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) has made 0 purchases and 2 sales selling 16,000 shares for an estimated $7,330,817.
- AMY COLEMAN (EVP, Chief Human Resources Off) sold 13,242 shares for an estimated $5,985,886
- TAKESHI NUMOTO (EVP, Chief Marketing Officer) has made 0 purchases and 4 sales selling 8,850 shares for an estimated $4,406,514.
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MSFT Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 2,663 institutional investors add shares of MSFT stock to their portfolio, and 2,680 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- KINGSTONE CAPITAL PARTNERS TEXAS, LLC added 90,533,328 shares (+564387.1%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $45,032,182,680
- UBS AM, A DISTINCT BUSINESS UNIT OF UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS LLC removed 52,343,132 shares (-84.1%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $26,035,997,288
- JPMORGAN CHASE & CO added 15,048,970 shares (+10.6%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $7,485,508,167
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 13,691,572 shares (+2.0%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $6,810,324,828
- FMR LLC added 10,348,184 shares (+5.3%) to their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $5,147,290,203
- AMUNDI removed 7,227,353 shares (-18.4%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $3,594,957,655
- HSBC HOLDINGS PLC removed 5,877,472 shares (-24.0%) from their portfolio in Q2 2025, for an estimated $2,923,513,347
To track hedge funds' stock portfolios, check out Quiver Quantitative's institutional holdings dashboard.
MSFT Analyst Ratings
Wall Street analysts have issued reports on $MSFT in the last several months. We have seen 26 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 0 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Wells Fargo issued a "Overweight" rating on 10/06/2025
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 09/26/2025
- Barclays issued a "Overweight" rating on 08/29/2025
- Truist Securities issued a "Buy" rating on 08/18/2025
- Stifel issued a "Buy" rating on 07/31/2025
- Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 07/31/2025
- Keybanc issued a "Overweight" rating on 07/31/2025
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 $627.5.
Here are some recent targets:
- Michael Turrin from Wells Fargo set a target price of $675.0 on 10/06/2025
- Keith Weiss from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $625.0 on 09/26/2025
- Raimo Lenschow from Barclays set a target price of $625.0 on 08/29/2025
- Terry Tillman from Truist Securities set a target price of $675.0 on 08/18/2025
- Brent Thill from Jefferies set a target price of $675.0 on 07/31/2025
- Gil Luria from DA Davidson set a target price of $650.0 on 07/31/2025
- Rishi Jaluria from RBC Capital set a target price of $640.0 on 07/31/2025
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