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Microsoft Analyst Ratings and Price Targets | NASDAQ:MSFT | Benzinga
Microsoft Corp has a consensus price target of $494.57 based on the ratings of 33 analysts. The high is $600 issued by Truist Securities on October 28, 2024. The low is $430 issued by Barclays on April 21, 2025. The 3 most-recent analyst ratings were released by Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler, and Barclays on April 24, 2025, April 23, 2025, and April 21, 2025, respectively. With an average price target of $438.33 between Goldman Sachs, Piper Sandler, and Barclays, there's an implied 12.31% upside for Microsoft Corp from these most-recent analyst ratings.
Analyst Firms Making Recommendations1
Goldman Sachs
Piper Sandler
Barclays
BMO Capital
B of A Securities
1calculated from analyst ratings
Analyst Ratings for Microsoft
| Buy Now | Get Alert | |||||||
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| 04/24/2025 | Buy Now | 15.3% | Goldman Sachs | Kash Rangan66% | $500 → $450 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2025 | Buy Now | 11.46% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $520 → $435 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/23/2025 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | John Difucci66% | — | Reiterates | Neutral → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 04/21/2025 | Buy Now | 10.17% | Barclays | Raimo Lenschow70% | $475 → $430 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/17/2025 | Buy Now | — | Keybanc | Jackson Ader67% | — | Downgrade | Overweight → Sector Weight | Get Alert |
| 04/16/2025 | Buy Now | 20.42% | BMO Capital | Keith Bachman81% | $490 → $470 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/15/2025 | Buy Now | 22.99% | B of A Securities | Brad Sills70% | $510 → $480 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/14/2025 | Buy Now | 22.99% | UBS | Karl Keirstead74% | $510 → $480 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/14/2025 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Wells Fargo | Michael Turrin61% | $515 → $500 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/10/2025 | Buy Now | 21.7% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $550 → $475 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/07/2025 | Buy Now | 21.7% | Jefferies | Brent Thill75% | $500 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/01/2025 | Buy Now | — | WestPark Capital | Curtis Shauger41% | — | Initiates | → Hold | Get Alert |
| 03/31/2025 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Jefferies | Brent Thill75% | $550 → $500 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/20/2025 | Buy Now | 52.45% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth72% | $550 → $595 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/20/2025 | Buy Now | 40.92% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $550 → $550 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/20/2025 | Buy Now | 20.42% | Scotiabank | Patrick Colville55% | → $470 | Initiates | → Sector Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/13/2025 | Buy Now | 15.3% | DA Davidson | Gil Luria56% | $425 → $450 | Upgrade | Neutral → Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/07/2025 | Buy Now | 21.7% | Stifel | Brad Reback73% | $515 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2025 | Buy Now | 30.67% | UBS | Karl Keirstead74% | $525 → $510 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2025 | Buy Now | 8.89% | DA Davidson | Gil Luria56% | $425 → $425 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2025 | Buy Now | 28.11% | RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria52% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2025 | Buy Now | 35.8% | Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss75% | $540 → $530 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/30/2025 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Mizuho | Gregg Moskowitz70% | $510 → $500 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 01/29/2025 | Buy Now | 30.42% | Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey65% | $509 → $509 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/27/2025 | Buy Now | 33.23% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $520 → $520 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/24/2025 | Buy Now | — | Guggenheim | John Difucci66% | — | Reiterates | Neutral → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 01/22/2025 | Buy Now | 38.36% | Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss75% | $548 → $540 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/16/2025 | Buy Now | 30.42% | Cantor Fitzgerald | Thomas Blakey65% | → $509 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 01/06/2025 | Buy Now | 33.23% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $470 → $520 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 12/23/2024 | Buy Now | 40.92% | Loop Capital | Eric Beder43% | $500 → $550 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/18/2024 | Buy Now | 31.95% | Stifel | Brad Reback73% | $475 → $515 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/18/2024 | Buy Now | 34.52% | UBS | Karl Keirstead74% | $500 → $525 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 12/13/2024 | Buy Now | 30.67% | Mizuho | Gregg Moskowitz70% | $480 → $510 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 11/05/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria52% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | UBS | Karl Keirstead74% | $510 → $500 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2024 | Buy Now | 19.14% | JP Morgan | Mark Murphy74% | $470 → $465 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | TD Cowen | Derrick Wood70% | $495 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2024 | Buy Now | 20.42% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $470 → $470 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/31/2024 | Buy Now | 40.41% | Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss75% | $506 → $548 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/28/2024 | Buy Now | 53.73% | Truist Securities | Joel Fishbein75% | $600 → $600 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/25/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Bernstein | Mark Moerdler63% | $501 → $500 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 10/23/2024 | Buy Now | 27.34% | Citigroup | Tyler Radke68% | $500 → $497 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/18/2024 | Buy Now | 29.39% | Keybanc | Jackson Ader67% | $490 → $505 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/18/2024 | Buy Now | 20.42% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $485 → $470 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 10/10/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Goldman Sachs | Kash Rangan66% | $515 → $500 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 10/08/2024 | Buy Now | 53.73% | Truist Securities | Joel Fishbein75% | $600 → $600 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 09/27/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | DA Davidson | Gil Luria56% | $475 → $475 | Maintains | Neutral | Get Alert |
| 09/23/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | DA Davidson | Gil Luria56% | $475 → $475 | Downgrade | Buy → Neutral | Get Alert |
| 09/17/2024 | Buy Now | 29.65% | Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss75% | $506 → $506 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | DA Davidson | Gil Luria56% | $500 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 29.65% | Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss75% | $520 → $506 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 40.92% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $550 → $550 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 30.67% | UBS | Karl Keirstead74% | $520 → $510 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria52% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 31.95% | Wells Fargo | Michael Turrin61% | $500 → $515 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Citigroup | Tyler Radke68% | $520 → $500 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/31/2024 | Buy Now | 24.27% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $485 → $485 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/23/2024 | Buy Now | 24.27% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $465 → $485 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/18/2024 | Buy Now | 26.83% | TD Cowen | Derrick Wood70% | $470 → $495 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/17/2024 | Buy Now | 40.92% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $500 → $550 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/17/2024 | Buy Now | 30.67% | B of A Securities | Brad Sills70% | $480 → $510 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 07/16/2024 | Buy Now | 22.99% | Mizuho | Gregg Moskowitz70% | $450 → $480 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2024 | Buy Now | 19.14% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $465 → $465 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 07/12/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | BMO Capital | Keith Bachman81% | $465 → $500 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 07/09/2024 | Buy Now | 34.77% | Argus Research | Joseph Bonner73% | $475 → $526 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/21/2024 | Buy Now | 33.23% | Citigroup | Tyler Radke68% | $495 → $520 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/17/2024 | Buy Now | 53.73% | Truist Securities | Joel Fishbein75% | $600 → $600 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/13/2024 | Buy Now | 40.92% | Tigress Financial | Ivan Feinseth72% | $475 → $550 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/10/2024 | Buy Now | 46.05% | New Street Research | Pierre Ferragu76% | → $570 | Initiates | → Buy | Get Alert |
| 06/07/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Oppenheimer | Timothy Horan72% | $450 → $500 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/24/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria52% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/22/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/17/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | Macquarie | Sarah Hindlian80% | $460 → $475 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 05/17/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | RBC Capital | Rishi Jaluria52% | $450 → $500 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 26.83% | Citigroup | Tyler Radke68% | $475 → $495 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Wells Fargo | Michael Turrin61% | $480 → $500 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 22.99% | Raymond James | Andrew Marok60% | $450 → $480 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | Stifel | Brad Reback73% | $455 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 31.95% | Goldman Sachs | Kash Rangan66% | $450 → $515 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 24.27% | Evercore ISI Group | Kirk Materne65% | $475 → $485 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 20.42% | JP Morgan | Mark Murphy74% | $440 → $470 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 25.29% | Bernstein | Mark Moerdler63% | $465 → $489 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/26/2024 | Buy Now | 19.14% | Piper Sandler | Brent Bracelin73% | $455 → $465 | Reiterates | Overweight → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/22/2024 | Buy Now | 16.58% | Stifel | Brad Reback73% | $455 → $455 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/18/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | Citigroup | Tyler Radke68% | $480 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/17/2024 | Buy Now | 22.99% | Wells Fargo | Michael Turrin61% | $460 → $480 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/12/2024 | Buy Now | 19.14% | BMO Capital | Keith Bachman81% | $455 → $465 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/11/2024 | Buy Now | 33.23% | Morgan Stanley | Keith Weiss75% | $465 → $520 | Maintains | Overweight | Get Alert |
| 04/10/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Outperform → Outperform | Get Alert |
| 04/10/2024 | Buy Now | 22.99% | UBS | Karl Keirstead74% | $480 → $480 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 04/01/2024 | Buy Now | 40.92% | Jefferies | Brent Thill75% | $465 → $550 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/26/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | Wedbush | Daniel Ives80% | $475 → $500 | Maintains | Outperform | Get Alert |
| 03/25/2024 | Buy Now | 53.73% | Truist Securities | Joel Fishbein75% | $600 → $600 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/21/2024 | Buy Now | 25.55% | Keybanc | Jason Ader42% | → $490 | Initiates | → Overweight | Get Alert |
| 03/15/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | DA Davidson | Gil Luria56% | $500 → $500 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/06/2024 | Buy Now | 19.14% | Jefferies | Brent Thill75% | $465 → $465 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 03/05/2024 | Buy Now | 28.11% | DA Davidson | Gil Luria56% | $500 → $500 | Reiterates | Buy → Buy | Get Alert |
| 02/01/2024 | Buy Now | 21.7% | Argus Research | Joseph Bonner73% | $430 → $475 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
| 01/31/2024 | Buy Now | 22.99% | UBS | Karl Keirstead74% | $400 → $480 | Maintains | Buy | Get Alert |
FAQ
What is the target price for Microsoft (MSFT) stock?
The latest price target for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was reported by Goldman Sachs on April 24, 2025. The analyst firm set a price target for $450.00 expecting MSFT to rise to within 12 months (a possible 15.30% upside). 74 analyst firms have reported ratings in the last year.
What is the most recent analyst rating for Microsoft (MSFT)?
The latest analyst rating for Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was provided by Goldman Sachs, and Microsoft maintained their buy rating.
When was the last upgrade for Microsoft (MSFT)?
The last upgrade for Microsoft Corp happened on March 13, 2025 when DA Davidson raised their price target to $450. DA Davidson previously had a neutral for Microsoft Corp.
When was the last downgrade for Microsoft (MSFT)?
The last downgrade for Microsoft Corp happened on April 17, 2025 when Keybanc changed their price target from N/A to N/A for Microsoft Corp.
When is the next analyst rating going to be posted or updated for Microsoft (MSFT)?
Analysts arrive at stock ratings after doing extensive research, which includes going through public financial statements, talking to executives and customers of Microsoft, and listening in to earnings conference calls. Most analysts do this every three months, so you should get 4 ratings per company per firm each year. The last rating for Microsoft was filed on April 24, 2025 so you should expect the next rating to be made available sometime around April 24, 2026.
Is the Analyst Rating Microsoft (MSFT) correct?
While ratings are subjective and will change, the latest Microsoft (MSFT) rating was a maintained with a price target of $500.00 to $450.00. The current price Microsoft (MSFT) is trading at is $390.29, which is out of the analyst’s predicted range.
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