Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) Price Target Cut to $450.00 by Analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) had its price target cut by equities researchers at Rothschild & Co Redburn from $500.00 to $450.00 in a research note issued to investors on Wednesday,MarketScreener reports. The brokerage presently has a “neutral” rating on the software giant’s stock. Rothschild & Co Redburn’s price objective points to a potential upside of 0.13% from the company’s current price.

A number of other analysts have also weighed in on MSFT. Arete Research upped their target price on Microsoft from $710.00 to $730.00 in a report on Monday, October 27th. Robert W. Baird assumed coverage on Microsoft in a research report on Friday, November 14th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $600.00 price objective on the stock. HSBC lifted their target price on Microsoft from $643.00 to $648.00 in a research note on Monday, October 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. restated a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Wednesday, November 19th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Monday, January 5th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and three have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $626.90.

Microsoft Price Performance

MSFT opened at $449.42 on Wednesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $481.96 and its 200-day simple moving average is $502.15. The company has a market capitalization of $3.34 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.94, a PEG ratio of 1.72 and a beta of 1.07. Microsoft has a 12-month low of $344.79 and a 12-month high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The software giant reported $4.13 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.65 by $0.48. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.71% and a return on equity of 32.45%. The company had revenue of $77.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $75.49 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $3.30 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Microsoft will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, CEO Judson Althoff sold 12,750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $491.52, for a total value of $6,266,880.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 129,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,577,620.48. This trade represents a 8.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, insider Bradford L. Smith sold 38,500 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $518.64, for a total transaction of $19,967,640.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 461,597 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $239,402,668.08. The trade was a 7.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last quarter, insiders have sold 54,100 shares of company stock worth $27,598,872. 0.03% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Institutional Inflows and Outflows

A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Norges Bank purchased a new position in shares of Microsoft during the second quarter worth $50,493,678,000. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC grew its position in Microsoft by 564,387.1% during the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 90,549,369 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $45,040,162,000 after purchasing an additional 90,533,328 shares during the period. Nuveen LLC acquired a new position in shares of Microsoft in the 1st quarter valued at about $18,733,827,000. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 500.0% in the third quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 59,543,261 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $30,840,432,000 after buying an additional 49,618,571 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 49,640.3% in the second quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 29,967,038 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $14,905,904,000 after buying an additional 29,906,791 shares during the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

More Microsoft News

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Board launched domain?specific enterprise AI agents built on Microsoft Foundry — a direct Azure/Foundry customer adoption signal that should drive recurring cloud consumption for planning use cases. Board Collaborates with Microsoft
• Positive Sentiment: Bristol Myers Squibb partnership to use Microsoft’s AI radiology platform for earlier lung?cancer detection—adds a large regulated healthcare use case that can increase Azure usage and credibility in life sciences. Bristol Myers partners with Microsoft
• Positive Sentiment: OpenAI reached ~$20B revenue in 2025 — a material growth signal for Microsoft given its strategic partnership and Azure hosting relationships, implying continued demand for MSFT cloud capacity and product tie?ins. OpenAI hits $20B
• Positive Sentiment: Major analysts continue to back MSFT: Goldman maintained a Buy rating highlighting AI/cloud offsets to higher power costs, and many firms still show buy consensus — supports longer?term investor confidence. Goldman maintains Buy
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft announced a partnership with Mercedes F1 — positive for brand, telemetry/edge compute exposure, but limited immediate revenue impact. Microsoft and Mercedes F1 deal
• Neutral Sentiment: Coverage notes on data?center energy strategies (efficiency projects, possible nuclear partnerships) — helps long?term supply but uncertain timing and capex implications remain. Nuclear power push for AI
• Neutral Sentiment: TD Cowen trimmed its price target (from $655 to $625) but kept a Buy rating — a signal of high long?term conviction with a more cautious near?term view on margins/capex. TD Cowen adjusts PT
• Negative Sentiment: Reports that Azure growth and forward guidance fell short of expectations have pressured the stock — investors are sensitive to any signs cloud demand or margin expansion is slowing while AI capex rises. Azure growth/guidance miss
• Negative Sentiment: Broad concern about an AI investment bubble (raised by investors and commentators like Michael Burry) and CEO warnings that benefits must spread beyond big tech are creating risk?off sentiment for high?capex AI winners. Michael Burry warns on AI bubble

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft develops, licenses and supports a broad range of software products, services and devices for consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide. Its operations span personal computing, productivity software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools and gaming.

Microsoft’s product portfolio includes the Windows operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools (Office apps, Outlook, Teams).