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Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Institutional Ownership & Insider Trading History

Top MSFT institutional shareholders, filing changes, and Form 4 insider activity with filters for buys, sales, option exercises, gifts, and tax withholding.

Section freshness

Prices as of Sep 25, 4:00 PM EDT · Fundamentals checked Sep 25, 11:42 PM EDT · Statements Jun 30, 2026

Market pulse

$516.17

MSFT

+3.66%

Day range

$497.30 - $519.40

Market cap

$3.83T

Volume

38M

Last tick

Sep 25, 4:00 PM EDT

52-week position

82%

$349.20 - $553.72

Ownership read

MSFT insider sentiment: Mixed, sale-heavy.

Blackrock Inc. is the largest institutional holder. 27 sales and 2 purchases appear in the recent Form 4 filings. Use the filters below to separate open-market activity from option exercises, gifts, awards, and tax withholding.

Insider flow

MSFT

Purchases8.84K
Sales568.03K

Directional bars ignore awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding rows.

Top holder

607.37M

Blackrock Inc.

Insider stance

Mixed, sale-heavy

$271.74M sold / $3.44M bought

Latest filing

Sep 14, 2026

Most recent holder or insider filing date

Filings shown

119

30 holder / 89 insider

Holder rows
30
Yahoo Finance · delayed, minutes not stated · as of 2026-09-25 20:00 · delay not stated · current source
Latest filing
Sep 14, 2026
Most recent holder or insider filing date
Increased / initiated
13
7 decreased
Insider rows
89
Yahoo Finance · delayed, minutes not stated · as of 2026-09-25 20:00 · delay not stated · current source

Top 30 institutional holders

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) institutional ownership

Ranked by reported share count, with position changes and latest filing dates where ownership data supplies them.

Blackrock Inc.

Rank #1

8.18%

Shares
607.37M
Change %
+2.37%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Vanguard Capital Management LLC

Rank #2

6.53%

Shares
485.19M
Change %
+0.55%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

State Street Corporation

Rank #3

4.25%

Shares
315.65M
Change %
+2.92%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Geode Capital Management, LLC

Rank #4

2.55%

Shares
189.63M
Change %
+0.60%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

FMR, LLC

Rank #5

2.50%

Shares
185.96M
Change %
-2.24%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC

Rank #6

2.27%

Shares
168.41M
Change %
+0.55%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

JPMORGAN CHASE & CO

Rank #7

1.82%

Shares
135.17M
Change %
+6.33%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

Morgan Stanley

Rank #8

1.72%

Shares
127.67M
Change %
+2.24%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

NORGES BANK

Rank #9

1.38%

Shares
102.73M
Change %
-1.94%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

Invesco Ltd.

Rank #10

1.35%

Shares
100.25M
Change %
+1.52%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund

Rank #11

3.18%

Shares
235.83M
Change %
+0.01%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard 500 Index Fund

Rank #12

2.59%

Shares
192.50M
Change %
+2.01%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Increased

iShares Trust-iShares Core S&P 500 ETF

Rank #13

1.35%

Shares
100.23M
Change %
-1.91%
Filing
Jul 31, 2026

Decreased

Fidelity Concord Street Trust-Fidelity 500 Index Fund

Rank #14

1.29%

Shares
96.06M
Change %
+0.80%
Filing
Jul 31, 2026

Increased

SPDR S&P 500 ETF TRUST-State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

Rank #15

1.22%

Shares
90.89M
Change %
-0.47%
Filing
Aug 31, 2026

Decreased

VANGUARD INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Growth Index Fund

Rank #16

1.04%

Shares
77.43M
Change %
-0.88%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1

Rank #17

0.78%

Shares
57.88M
Change %
+3.88%
Filing
Aug 31, 2026

Increased

VANGUARD INSTITUTIONAL INDEX FUNDS-Vanguard Institutional Index Fund

Rank #18

0.54%

Shares
40.33M
Change %
-3.68%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

VANGUARD WORLD FUND-Vanguard Information Technology Index Fund

Rank #19

0.49%

Shares
36.09M
Change %
+6.81%
Filing
May 31, 2026

Increased

Growth Fund of America

Rank #20

0.44%

Shares
32.63M
Change %
-1.62%
Filing
Jun 30, 2026

Decreased

Showing 20 of 30 matching institutional rows.

Recent insider transactions

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT) Form 4 filings

Action codes are translated so open-market buys and sales are separate from awards, gifts, conversions, and tax withholding.

HOOD AMY E

Chief Financial Officer

SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.
Shares
41.67K
% company
<0.01%
Price
$498.27
Value
$20,764,845

Filed Sep 14, 2026

SMITH BRADFORD LEE

Officer

Stock GiftProvider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
14.00K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Sep 9, 2026

SCHARF CHARLES W

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
125
% company
<0.01%

Filed Sep 4, 2026

LIST-STOLL TERI L.

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
125
% company
<0.01%

Filed Sep 4, 2026

STANTON JOHN W.

Director

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
125
% company
<0.01%

Filed Sep 4, 2026

NADELLA SATYA

Chief Executive Officer

SaleOpen-market or direct sale reported on Form 4.
Shares
86.53K
% company
<0.01%
Price
$501.46
Value
$43,388,532

Filed Sep 1, 2026

ALTHOFF JUDSON

Officer

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
29.72K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Aug 31, 2026

NUMOTO TAKESHI

Officer

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
12.68K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Aug 31, 2026

JOLLA ALICE L

Officer

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
5.58K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Aug 31, 2026

HOOD AMY E

Chief Financial Officer

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
31.26K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Aug 31, 2026

SMITH BRADFORD LEE

President

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
27.69K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Aug 31, 2026

NADELLA SATYA

Chief Executive Officer

Stock Award(Grant)Provider-supplied Form 4 action code. Review the original filing before making a trading judgment.
Shares
178.62K
% company
<0.01%

Filed Aug 31, 2026

Showing 12 of 89 matching Form 4 rows. Percent of company uses current shares outstanding.

Frequently asked

Common questions.

Who are the largest MSFT shareholders?

Blackrock Inc. is the largest reported institutional holder of MSFT, with 607.37 million shares, or about 8.18% of shares outstanding.

What does the institutional filing activity show for MSFT?

Microsoft Corp. has 30 institutional rows on file: 13 increased or initiated positions and 7 reduced them as of Sep 14, 2026.

What insider transactions are available for MSFT?

TECHi shows 89 dated MSFT insider transactions through Sep 14, 2026, with transaction types kept separate so administrative actions are not presented as open-market trades.

Are MSFT insiders buying or selling?

The displayed MSFT activity reads Mixed, sale-heavy: 27 sales and 2 purchases. Other transaction types remain separate.

Who is the most active reported MSFT insider?

NADELLA SATYA has the largest absolute share movement in the displayed MSFT filing rows, totaling 731,918 shares. The action labels provide the transaction context.

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