Microsoft Ownership

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Microsoft maintains a total of 7.43 Billion outstanding shares. The majority of Microsoft outstanding shares are owned by institutional investors. These third-party entities are usually referred to as non-private investors looking to shop for positions in Microsoft to benefit from reduced commissions. Consequently, institutional holders are subject to a different set of regulations than regular investors in Microsoft. Please pay attention to any change in the institutional holdings of Microsoft as this could imply that something significant has changed or is about to change at the company. On September 26, 2025, Representative Michael McCaul of US Congress acquired $250k to $500k worth of Microsoft's common stock.

Shares in Circulation

First Issued

1985-09-30

Previous Quarter

7.5 B

Current Value

7.5 B

Avarage Shares Outstanding

8.9 B

Quarterly Volatility

1.4 B

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At this time, Microsoft's Dividends Paid is comparatively stable compared to the past year. Dividend Payout Ratio is likely to gain to 0.31 in 2025, whereas Dividend Yield is likely to drop 0.01 in 2025. Net Income Applicable To Common Shares is likely to gain to about 106.9 B in 2025, whereas Common Stock Shares Outstanding is likely to drop slightly above 7.1 B in 2025.

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Microsoft Stock Ownership Analysis

About 75.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors. The company has Price/Earnings To Growth (PEG) ratio of 2.24. Microsoft recorded earning per share (EPS) of 13.66. The entity last dividend was issued on the 20th of November 2025. The firm had 2:1 split on the 18th of February 2003. Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide. Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft Corp operates under SoftwareInfrastructure classification in the United States and is traded on NASDAQ Exchange. It employs 221000 people. To find out more about Microsoft contact Satya Nadella at 425 882 8080 or learn more at https://www.microsoft.com.

Besides selling stocks to institutional investors, Microsoft also allocates a substantial amount of its earnings to a pull of share-based compensation to be paid out to its employees, managers, executives, and members of the board of directors. Share-Based compensation (also sometimes called Stock-Based Compensation) is a way of paying different Microsoft's stakeholders with equity in the business. It is typically used as a motivation factor for employees to contribute beyond their regular compensation (salary and bonus). It is also used as a tool to align Microsoft's strategic interests with those of the company's shareholders. Shares issued to employees are usually subject to a vesting period before they are earned and sold.

Microsoft Quarterly Liabilities And Stockholders Equity

619 Billion

Microsoft Insider Trades History

Less than 1% of Microsoft are currently held by insiders. Unlike Microsoft's institutional investors, corporate insiders most likely have a limit on the maximum percentage of share ownership. This is done to align insiders' influence against Microsoft's private investors even though both sides will benefit from rising prices or experience loss when the share price declines. The good rule to have in mind is that the maximum share ownership percentage of the corporate insiders should not surpass 25%. View all of Microsoft's insider trades

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Microsoft Stock Institutional Investors

Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Microsoft is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Microsoft backward and forwards among themselves. Microsoft's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Microsoft's securities or originate loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.

		Shares
Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 3	2025-06-30	79.5 M
Capital Research Global Investors	2025-06-30	71.8 M
Bank Of America Corp	2025-06-30	70.2 M
Capital World Investors	2025-06-30	66.4 M
Bank Of New York Mellon Corp	2025-06-30	56.2 M
Wellington Management Company Llp	2025-06-30	53.3 M
Nuveen, Llc	2025-06-30	50.9 M
Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc	2025-06-30	50.8 M
Legal & General Group Plc	2025-06-30	50 M
Barclays Plc	2025-06-30	821.1 M
Vanguard Group Inc	2025-06-30	705.1 M

Note, although Microsoft's institutional investors appear to be way more sophisticated than retail investors, it remains unclear if professional active investment managers can reliably enhance risk-adjusted returns by an amount that exceeds fees and expenses.

Microsoft Insider Trading Activities

Some recent studies suggest that insider trading raises the cost of capital for securities issuers and decreases overall economic growth. Trading by specific Microsoft insiders, such as employees or executives, is commonly permitted as long as it does not rely on Microsoft's material information that is not in the public domain. Local jurisdictions usually require such trading to be reported in order to monitor insider transactions. In many U.S. states, trading conducted by corporate officers, key employees, directors, or significant shareholders must be reported to the regulator or publicly disclosed, usually within a few business days of the trade. In these cases Microsoft insiders are required to file a Form 4 with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) when buying or selling shares of their own companies.

		Mason Mark over six months ago Acquisition by Mason Mark of 151 shares of Microsoft subject to Rule 16b-3
		Hoffman Reid over six months ago Acquisition by Hoffman Reid of 225 shares of Microsoft subject to Rule 16b-3
		Christopher Young over a year ago Payment of 10302 shares by Christopher Young of Microsoft subject to Rule 16b-3
		Padmasree Warrior over a year ago Acquisition by Padmasree Warrior of 175 shares of Microsoft subject to Rule 16b-3

Microsoft's latest congressional trading

Congressional trading in companies like Microsoft, is subject to rigorous scrutiny to prevent conflicts of interest and insider trading. This is governed by multiple SEC regulations which were established to foster transparency and deter members of Congress from leveraging non-public information for personal gain. This oversight helps maintain public trust and ensures that investments in Microsoft by those in governmental positions are based on the same information available to the general public.

2025-09-26	Representative Michael McCaul	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2025-09-19	Representative Thomas H Kean	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-09-18	Representative Rich McCormick	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-09-12	Representative Gilbert Cisneros	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-09-04	Representative Cleo Fields	Acquired $100K to $250K	Verify
2025-08-21	Representative Ritchie Torres	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-08-18	Senator Angus King	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-08-17	Senator Angus King	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-08-15	Representative Julie Johnson	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-08-11	Representative Adam Smith	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-08-08	Representative Adam Smith	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-08-07	Representative Cleo Fields	Acquired $50K to $100K	Verify
2025-08-04	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-08-03	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-07-15	Representative Scott Franklin	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2025-07-10	Representative Ro Khanna	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-07-09	Representative Michael McCaul	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2025-07-07	Representative John Rose	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2025-07-04	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-07-03	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-07-02	Representative Cleo Fields	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2025-06-24	Representative William R Keating	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-06-12	Representative Josh Gottheimer	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-06-03	Representative David Taylor	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-05-19	Representative Dan Newhouse	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-05-15	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2025-05-14	Senator John Boozman	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-05-13	Senator John Boozman	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-05-09	Representative Jefferson Shreve	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2025-05-08	Representative Rob Bresnahan	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2025-04-08	Representative Jonathan Jackson	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-03-05	Senator John Boozman	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-02-26	Senator Markwayne Mullin	Acquired $50K to $100K	Verify
2025-02-20	Representative Thomas H Kean	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-02-13	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2025-02-12	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2025-01-05	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-12-20	Representative Pete Sessions	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-11-14	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2024-10-04	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-09-09	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $100K to $250K	Verify
2024-08-10	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-07-30	Representative Nancy Pelosi	Acquired $1,000,001 - $5,000,000	Verify
2024-07-15	Senator Sheldon Whitehouse	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-07-10	Senator John Boozman	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-05-15	Representative Shri Thanedar	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-05-12	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-05-05	Representative Deborah K Ross	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-03-08	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $100K to $250K	Verify
2024-02-23	Representative Shri Thanedar	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-02-05	Senator Richard Blumenthal	Acquired $500,001 - $1,000,000	Verify
2024-01-16	Senator Jerry Moran	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2024-01-11	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-12-14	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-12-10	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-10-31	Senator Markwayne Mullin	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-10-11	Senator Markwayne Mullin	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2023-09-23	Representative Pete Sessions	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-09-22	Senator Dan Sullivan	Acquired $50K to $100K	Verify
2023-09-17	Senator Dan Sullivan	Acquired $50K to $100K	Verify
2023-09-14	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-09-11	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $500,001 - $1,000,000	Verify
2023-07-26	Senator Dan Sullivan	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2023-07-16	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-07-13	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2023-06-22	Representative Nancy Pelosi	Acquired $500,001 - $1,000,000	Verify
2023-06-14	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $1,000,001 - $5,000,000	Verify
2023-06-02	Representative John Curtis	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-05-11	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2023-05-10	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2023-04-14	Representative Deborah K Ross	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-03-05	Representative Robert J Wittman	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2023-03-03	Representative Michael C Burgess	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2023-02-13	Representative Deborah K Ross	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-12-21	Senator Dan Sullivan	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-12-14	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-12-13	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired $100K to $250K	Verify
2022-09-10	Representative Robert J Wittman	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-06-16	Representative Ed Perlmutter	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-06-03	Representative Nancy Pelosi	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2022-05-25	Representative August Lee Pfluger	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2022-04-17	Representative Pete Sessions	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-03-09	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $5,000,001 - $25,000,000	Verify
2022-02-19	Representative Deborah K Ross	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-02-18	Representative Pete Sessions	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2022-02-09	Representative David Kustoff	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2021-12-10	Senator John W Hickenlooper	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2021-12-09	Senator John W Hickenlooper	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2021-12-01	Representative Thomas Suozzi	Acquired $50K to $100K	Verify
2021-10-29	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $5,000,001 - $25,000,000	Verify
2021-10-15	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $5,000,001 - $25,000,000	Verify
2021-09-15	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2021-09-14	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2021-08-06	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2021-07-16	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2021-07-15	Senator Tommy Tuberville	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2021-04-13	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $500,001 - $1,000,000	Verify
2021-01-13	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $250K to $500K	Verify
2020-11-09	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2020-10-16	Representative John Curtis	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2020-09-14	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $5,000,001 - $25,000,000	Verify
2020-08-10	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $1,000,001 - $5,000,000	Verify
2020-07-15	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2020-06-03	Representative David B McKinley	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2020-05-19	Representative Cheri Bustos	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2020-05-01	Representative John Rutherford	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2020-04-14	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2020-04-01	Representative Nancy Pelosi	Acquired $500,001 - $1,000,000	Verify
2020-03-02	Representative David Kustoff	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2020-01-15	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-12-19	Senator James Inhofe	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2019-11-11	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-11-10	Senator Shelley Moore Capito	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-11-03	Senator Pat Roberts	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-10-15	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $5,000,001 - $25,000,000	Verify
2019-09-21	Representative Alan S Lowenthal	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-09-15	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $500,001 - $1,000,000	Verify
2019-08-13	Representative Josh Gottheimer	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2019-07-16	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-06-24	Senator Chris Coons	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-05-08	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $1,000,001 - $5,000,000	Verify
2019-04-12	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-03-15	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $500,001 - $1,000,000	Verify
2019-03-04	Representative K Michael Conaway	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2019-02-25	Senator James Inhofe	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2019-01-15	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2018-10-16	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $5,000,001 - $25,000,000	Verify
2018-09-14	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired $5,000,001 - $25,000,000	Verify
2018-09-05	Representative Roger W Marshall	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2018-08-29	Representative Suzan K DelBene	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2018-06-11	Representative Barbara J Honorable Comstock	Acquired $15K to $50K	Verify
2018-06-09	Representative Bob Gibbs	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2018-04-26	Representative Pete Sessions	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2018-04-19	Representative Barbara J Honorable Comstock	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2015-05-06	Senator John Reed	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2014-04-08	Senator Susan M Collins	Acquired Under $15K	Verify
2014-04-01	Senator Susan M Collins	Acquired Under $15K	Verify

Microsoft Outstanding Bonds

Microsoft issues bonds to finance its operations. Corporate bonds make up one of the largest components of the U.S. bond market, which is considered the world's largest securities market. Microsoft uses the proceeds from bond sales for a wide variety of purposes, including financing ongoing mergers and acquisitions, buying new equipment, investing in research and development, buying back their own stock, paying dividends to shareholders, and even refinancing existing debt. Most Microsoft bonds can be classified according to their maturity, which is the date when Microsoft has to pay back the principal to investors. Maturities can be short-term, medium-term, or long-term (more than ten years). Longer-term bonds usually offer higher interest rates but may entail additional risks.

	MICROSOFT P 35 Corp Bond US594918AR51	View
	MICROSOFT P 375 Corp Bond US594918AU80	View
	MICROSOFT P 45 Corp Bond US594918AJ36	View
	MICROSOFT P 53 Corp Bond US594918AM64	View
	MICROSOFT P 375 Corp Bond US594918BD56	View
	MICROSOFT P 35 Corp Bond US594918BC73	View
	MICROSOFT P 4 Corp Bond US594918BE30	View
	MICROSOFT P 52 Corp Bond US594918AD65	View

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Microsoft Corporate Filings

F4	17th of September 2025 The report filed by a party regarding the acquisition or disposition of a company's common stock, as well as derivative securities such as options, warrants, and convertible securities	View Verify
	11th of September 2025 Other Reports	View Verify
8K	30th of July 2025 Report filed with the SEC to announce major events that shareholders should know about	View Verify
	23rd of June 2025 Other Reports	View Verify

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