Microsoft Corporation’s filing revealed that its EVP, Chief Marketing Officer Numoto Takeshi unloaded Company’s shares for reported $1.12 million on Dec 09 ’24. In the deal valued at $447.41 per share,2,500 shares were sold. As a result of this transaction, Numoto Takeshi now holds 49,352 shares worth roughly $17.72 million.
Then, Numoto Takeshi sold 2,000 shares, generating $874,634 in total proceeds. Upon selling the shares at $437.32, the EVP, Chief Marketing Officer now owns 51,852 shares.
Before that, Numoto Takeshi sold 2,500 shares. Microsoft Corporation shares valued at $1,077,182 were divested by the EVP, Chief Marketing Officer at a price of $430.87 per share. As a result of the transaction, Numoto Takeshi now holds 53,852 shares, worth roughly $19.34 million.
KeyBanc Capital Markets downgraded its Microsoft Corporation [MSFT] rating to a Sector weight from a an Overweight in a research note published recently. A number of analysts have revised their coverage, including Morgan Stanley’s analysts, who remained covering the stock and in mid April has reiterated a ‘”an Overweight”‘ rating for it. BMO Capital Markets also remained covering MSFT and reiterated its “an Outperform” recommendation on April 16, 2025. Wells Fargo maintained its rating on April 14, 2025. It rated MSFT as “an Overweight”.
Price Performance Review of MSFT
On Monday, Microsoft Corporation [NASDAQ:MSFT] saw its stock fall -2.35% to $359.12. Over the last five days, the stock has lost -7.55%. Microsoft Corporation shares have fallen nearly -14.80% since the year began. Nevertheless, the stocks have fallen -12.80% over the past one year. While a 52-week high of $468.35 was reached on 01/28/25, a 52-week low of $344.79 was recorded on 04/07/25. SMA at 50 days reached $389.68, while 200 days put it at $417.03.
Levels Of Support And Resistance For MSFT Stock
The 24-hour chart illustrates a support level at 355.03, which if violated will result in even more drops to 350.95. On the upside, there is a resistance level at 363.84. A further resistance level may holdings at 368.57. The Relative Strength Index (RSI) on the 14-day chart is 38.04, which indicates neutral technical sentiment, while the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) stands at -8.26, which suggests price will go down in the next trading period. Percent R suggests that price movement has been bearish at 71.26%. Stochastics %K at 40.32% indicates the stock is a holding.
How much short interest is there in Microsoft Corporation?
A steep rise in short interest was recorded in Microsoft Corporation stocks on 2025-03-31, dropping by -16.17 million shares to a total of 50.17 million shares. Yahoo Finance data shows the prior-month short interest on 2025-02-28 was 66.33 million shares. There was a decline of -32.22%, which implies that there is a negative sentiment for the stock.
The most recent change occurred on April 14, 2025 when UBS resumed its ‘”a Buy”‘ rating for the stock and retained the price target to $480.
