Microsoft (MSFT) – Research Analysts’ Recent Ratings Updates

A number of firms have modified their ratings and price targets on shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) recently:

• 12/22/2025 – Microsoft had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Wedbush. They now have a $625.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/20/2025 – Microsoft was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 12/15/2025 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Wolfe Research from $675.00 to $625.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 12/6/2025 – Microsoft was upgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating.
• 12/4/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at DA Davidson. They now have a $650.00 price target on the stock.
• 12/3/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc.. They now have a $675.00 price target on the stock.
• 11/28/2025 – Microsoft was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 11/24/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc..
• 11/19/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $675.00 price target on by analysts at Guggenheim.
• 11/19/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada.
• 11/19/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co..
• 11/18/2025 – Microsoft was downgraded by analysts at Mizuho from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 11/18/2025 – Microsoft was downgraded by analysts at Rothschild Redb from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating.
• 11/18/2025 – Microsoft had its “neutral” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Rothschild & Co Redburn. They now have a $500.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $560.00.
• 11/17/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Jefferies Financial Group Inc..
• 11/14/2025 – Microsoft is now covered by analysts at Robert W. Baird. They set an “outperform” rating and a $600.00 price target on the stock.
• 11/14/2025 – Microsoft was upgraded by analysts at Baird R W to a “strong-buy” rating.
• 11/7/2025 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Daiwa Capital Markets from $640.00 to $630.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 11/3/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at BNP Paribas Exane from $630.00 to $632.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $639.00 price target on by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $650.00 price target on by analysts at DA Davidson.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at KeyCorp.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $640.00 price target on by analysts at Stifel Nicolaus.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from $682.00 to $690.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at Sanford C. Bernstein from $637.00 to $645.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its “outperform” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Oppenheimer Holdings, Inc..
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $640.00 price target on by analysts at Evercore ISI.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at Wells Fargo & Company from $675.00 to $700.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at UBS Group AG. They now have a $650.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at DZ Bank AG.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at JPMorgan Chase & Co. from $565.00 to $575.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at Raymond James Financial, Inc. from $630.00 to $600.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at TD Cowen from $640.00 to $655.00. They now have a “buy” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Piper Sandler. They now have a $650.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at Morgan Stanley from $625.00 to $650.00. They now have an “overweight” rating on the stock.
• 10/30/2025 – Microsoft had its price target lowered by analysts at BMO Capital Markets from $650.00 to $625.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/29/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $640.00 price target on by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada.
• 10/28/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $640.00 price target on by analysts at Mizuho.
• 10/28/2025 – Microsoft was given a new $675.00 price target on by analysts at Wolfe Research. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc.. They now have a $630.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/28/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at Evercore ISI to $625.00. They now have an “outperform” rating on the stock.
• 10/28/2025 – Microsoft had its “buy” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Royal Bank Of Canada.
• 10/27/2025 – Microsoft had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald.
• 10/27/2025 – Microsoft was upgraded by analysts at Guggenheim from a “neutral” rating to a “buy” rating. They now have a $586.00 price target on the stock.
• 10/27/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at Arete Research from $710.00 to $730.00.
• 10/27/2025 – Microsoft had its price target raised by analysts at HSBC Holdings plc from $643.00 to $648.00.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, February 19th will be given a $0.91 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 19th. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.89%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 2,850 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, December 4th. The stock was sold at an average price of $478.72, for a total transaction of $1,364,352.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president owned 55,782 shares in the company, valued at approximately $26,703,959.04. The trade was a 4.86% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed 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 that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $518.64, for a total value of $19,967,640.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider owned 461,597 shares in the company, valued at approximately $239,402,668.08. This trade represents a 7.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. In the last 90 days, insiders have sold 54,100 shares of company stock valued at $27,598,872. 0.03% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

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).