$40,000 of MICROSOFT CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"Information technology, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS), quantum, government procurement, and transportation issues; monitoring the FY2025 continuing resolution appropriations process; FY2026 National Defense Authorization Act, FY2026 DOD appropriations and other FY2026 appropriations bills."
You can find more data on corporate lobbying on Quiver Quantitative.
MSFT Congressional Stock Trading
Members of Congress have traded $MSFT stock 41 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 15 have been purchases and 26 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MSFT stock by members of Congress over the last 6 months:
- REPRESENTATIVE GILBERT RAY CISNEROS, JR. has traded it 3 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $65,000 on 02/26, 01/24 and 1 sale worth up to $50,000 on 03/31.
- REPRESENTATIVE GREG LANDSMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $200,000 on 03/27.
- REPRESENTATIVE BRUCE WESTERMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 1 purchase worth up to $50,000 on 03/03 and 1 sale worth up to $15,000 on 03/20.
- REPRESENTATIVE JONATHAN L. JACKSON sold up to $15,000 on 03/04.
- REPRESENTATIVE ROBERT BRESNAHAN has traded it 5 times. They made 0 purchases and 5 sales worth up to $75,000 on 02/25, 02/10, 01/30, 01/13.
- REPRESENTATIVE JOSH GOTTHEIMER has traded it 8 times. They made 0 purchases and 8 sales worth up to $5,105,000 on 02/24, 02/21, 02/14, 01/31, 01/21, 01/16, 11/14, 11/12.
- REPRESENTATIVE JEFFERSON SHREVE sold up to $100,000 on 02/24.
- SENATOR JOHN BOOZMAN has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 02/14, 02/05 and 0 sales.
- SENATOR MARKWAYNE MULLIN purchased up to $100,000 on 02/13.
- REPRESENTATIVE MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE has traded it 4 times. They made 4 purchases worth up to $60,000 on 02/12, 12/24, 11/25, 10/21 and 0 sales.
- REPRESENTATIVE WILLIAM R. KEATING has traded it 2 times. They made 2 purchases worth up to $30,000 on 02/05, 10/31 and 0 sales.
- SENATOR SHELLEY MOORE CAPITO has traded it 4 times. They made 0 purchases and 4 sales worth up to $60,000 on 02/04, 01/17, 01/03, 12/16.
- REPRESENTATIVE THOMAS H. KEAN, JR. purchased up to $15,000 on 01/31.
- SENATOR TOMMY TUBERVILLE has traded it 2 times. They made 0 purchases and 2 sales worth up to $100,000 on 01/10, 10/29.
- REPRESENTATIVE JAMES COMER purchased up to $15,000 on 01/02.
- REPRESENTATIVE PETE SESSIONS purchased up to $15,000 on 12/18.
- REPRESENTATIVE MORGAN MCGARVEY sold up to $15,000 on 11/13.
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 7 times in the past 6 months. Of those trades, 0 have been purchases and 7 have been sales.
Here’s a breakdown of recent trading of $MSFT stock by insiders over the last 6 months:
- JUDSON ALTHOFF (EVP, Chief Commercial Officer) sold 25,000 shares for an estimated $10,425,000
- TAKESHI NUMOTO (EVP, Chief Marketing Officer) has made 0 purchases and 5 sales selling 9,000 shares for an estimated $3,908,546.
- CHRISTOPHER DAVID YOUNG (EVP, Business Development) sold 7,200 shares for an estimated $3,050,340
To track insider transactions, check out Quiver Quantitative's insider trading dashboard.
MSFT Hedge Fund Activity
We have seen 2,549 institutional investors add shares of MSFT stock to their portfolio, and 2,376 decrease their positions in their most recent quarter.
Here are some of the largest recent moves:
- PROFICIO CAPITAL PARTNERS LLC added 16,788,816 shares (+34643.3%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $7,076,485,944
- BLACKROCK, INC. added 14,744,532 shares (+2.6%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $6,214,820,238
- LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC removed 14,385,041 shares (-21.9%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $6,063,294,781
- FMR LLC removed 14,118,025 shares (-6.7%) from their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $5,950,747,537
- NORTHERN TRUST CORP added 11,600,470 shares (+16.1%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $4,889,598,105
- VANGUARD GROUP INC added 10,431,988 shares (+1.5%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $4,397,082,942
- NORGES BANK added 8,131,702 shares (+8.4%) to their portfolio in Q4 2024, for an estimated $3,427,512,393
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 12 firms issue buy ratings on the stock, and 1 firms issue sell ratings.
Here are some recent analyst ratings:
- Morgan Stanley issued a "Overweight" rating on 04/16/2025
- Jefferies issued a "Buy" rating on 04/07/2025
- UBS issued a "Reduce" rating on 03/28/2025
- Tigress Financial issued a "Buy" rating on 03/20/2025
- Wedbush issued a "Outperform" rating on 03/20/2025
- Scotiabank issued a "Outperform" rating on 03/19/2025
- Wells Fargo issued a "Outperform" rating on 01/14/2025
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 5 analysts offer price targets for $MSFT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $472.0.
Here are some recent targets:
- Keith Weiss from Morgan Stanley set a target price of $472.0 on 04/16/2025
- Brent Thill from Jefferies set a target price of $475.0 on 04/07/2025
- An analyst from Scotiabank set a target price of $470.0 on 03/19/2025
- Gil Luria from D.A. Davidson set a target price of $425.0 on 10/31/2024
- Tyler Radke from Citigroup set a target price of $497.0 on 10/23/2024
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