$2,350,000 of MICROSOFT CORPORATION lobbying was just disclosed, from Q1 of 2025, in a new Lobbying Disclosure Act filing.
This included lobbying on issues like:
"High-skilled immigration reforms. Legislation on Dreamers. Innovation and competitiveness; science development; technical computing; basic research priorities. Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics education (STEM) issues. Licensing, competition, trade, and government procurement. Health IT procurement; health reform and related IT issues. Private sector preparedness; cyber research and development. Standards and interoperability. Competitiveness and high-tech sector. Policy issues in cloud computing. Open government, government IT modernization, open data, and technology choice. Supply chain security efforts within US government. Cybersecurity policies, legislation, protecting critical infrastructure, and International Cybersecurity norms. Legislative proposals related to government surveillance and data collection, including issues of transparency, FISA Section 702 reforms and ECPAreform. Non-disclosure order reform issues. Appropriations. Trade and trade agreements. Issues related to the EU US Privacy Shield agreement. Expanding access to K-12 computer science education. Issues related to the Privacy and Civil Liberty Review Board. Issues related to proposed changes to electronic communications transactional records (ECTRs). Issues related to Artificial Intelligence (AI), including Facial Recognition. Data breach legislation. Smart Spaces/Smart Infrastructure. Issues related to privacy; Federal privacy legislation. Issues related to children's privacy and safety. American Data Privacy and Protection Act (no bill number). Issues related to IT procurement, digital transformation, and modernization. Actions and guidance related to securing the information and communications technology and services supply chain. Open-Source Software Security. Unsubscribe Act (no bill number). National Community College Cybersecurity Challenge Act (no bill number). Strengthening Agency Management and Oversight of Software Assets Act (no bill number). HR. 2385, CREATE AI Act. Authorization and Funding for the US AI Safety Institute. S. 146, TAKE IT DOWN Act. Issues related to non-consensual intimate imagery. SHIELD Act (no bill number). Software copyright and related policy issues. Software patents and related policy issues. Promoting and Respecting Economically Vital American Innovation Leadership (PREVAIL) Act (no bill number). SHOP SAFE Act (no bill number). Patent Eligibility Restoration Act (no bill number). Online Child Safety and video gaming issues. Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technolgies (EARN IT) Act (no bill number). Intermediary liability. Kids Online Safety Act (no bill number). Children and Teens Online Privacy Protection 2.0 Reform Act (no bill number). Deceptive Experiences To Online Users Reduction Act (no bill number). S. 278, Kids Off Social Media Act. Promoting excellence in technology, education, standards, and science. Promoting excellence in education through K-12 reforms. STEM for youth. Expanding access to K-12 computer science education. Cybersecurity skill and talent pipelines. H.R.1990 - American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act of 2025. H.R.33 and S. 199 - To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to provide special rules for the taxation of certain residents of Taiwan with income from sources within the United States. Corporate tax, transfer pricing, treaty, foreign tax credit, tax administration, mobile worker, international tax, and foreign tax issues. Robocalling. Robotexting. H.R 1027, QUIET Act. Telecom Network Security. H.R. 866, S. 244, ROUTERS Act. Digital Trade Policies in Trade Agreements. U.S.-China Trade Relations. Sanctions. Climate change policies. Renewable, energy storage, and advanced clean energy policies. Grid reliability, resilience and digitization. Carbon pricing. Clean energy, carbon reduction & carbon removal R&D. Nature based carbon removal solutions & standards. Direct air capture & other net negative engineered carbon removal policies. U.S. Reentry in Paris Climate Agreement. U.S. Nationally Determined Contribution. Open App Markets Act (no bill number). Competition Policy and antitrust enforcement. National Defense Authorization Act (no bill number). Intelligence Authorization Act (no bill number) Defense Appropriations. Quantum Computing. Cybersecurity: Focused on procurement and adoption of zero trust at DoD. Artificial Intelligence: Focused on DoD policy and adoption of AI. Mixed Reality: Focused on DoD procurement of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System. Cascadia High Speed Rail Funding opportunities."
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 JEFFERSON SHREVE sold up to $100,000 on 02/24.
- 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.
- 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 2,546 institutional investors add shares of MSFT stock to their portfolio, and 2,399 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 10 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 4 analysts offer price targets for $MSFT in the last 6 months, with a median target of $471.0.
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
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