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Microsoft Ownership Summary

Microsoft is owned by 65.79% institutional investors, 0.31% insiders, and 33.90% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.30% of MSFT shares. Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund, with 3.17% of its assets in Microsoft shares.

MSFT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Microsoft	65.79%	0.31%	33.90%
Sector	Technology Stocks	44.40%	12.13%	43.48%
Idea	MATANA Stocks List	44.56%	4.86%	50.58%
Idea	Metaverse Stocks List	60.31%	4.49%	35.19%
Idea	MAMMA Stocks List	48.07%	2.38%	49.55%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	691.39M	9.30%	$259.54B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	583.28M	7.85%	$218.96B
Blackrock	553.98M	7.45%	$247.60B
State street	300.03M	4.04%	$134.10B
Fmr	194.59M	2.62%	$73.05B
Geode capital management	175.47M	2.36%	$65.70B
Jpmorgan chase	142.01M	1.91%	$53.31B
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	131.51M	1.77%	$49.37B
Morgan stanley	122.76M	1.65%	$54.87B
Norges bank	105.20M	1.42%	$44.34B

Top Institutional Shareholders by % of Total Assets

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Value
Sander capital advisors	226.25K	44.68%	$84.93M
Laird norton trust company	667.22K	40.29%	$250.47M
Joho capital	556.20K	36.07%	$208.79M
Crake asset management llp	1.01M	30.61%	$379.73M
Trb advisors lp	170.00K	30.24%	$63.82M
Bellevue asset management	139.64K	28.60%	$52.42M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	28.46M	25.55%	$10.68B
Armstrong henry h associates	665.37K	24.21%	$249.77M
Lakeside advisors	96.36K	23.96%	$36.17M
Noked israel	268.60K	23.11%	$100.83M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	105.20M	5.82%	105.20M
Gamma investing	46.70M	0.66%	46.58M
Blackrock	553.98M	5.60%	7.96M
Geode capital management	175.47M	5.17%	7.34M
Vanguard group	691.39M	4.69%	7.31M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Legal & general group	51.25M	5.72%	-14.39M
Barclays	25.86M	3.05%	-4.75M
Edgewood management	14.69K	0.02%	-4.62M
Price t rowe associates inc /md/	131.51M	6.08%	-3.64M
Alliancebernstein	36.35M	4.94%	-3.45M

New Positions

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change	Value
Norges bank	105.20M	5.82%	105.20M	$44.34B
Meritage group lp	1.39M	14.29%	1.39M	$519.96M
Fjarde ap-fonden (the fourth swedish national pensionfund)	1.22M	6.15%	1.22M	$544.82M
Texas permanent school fund	868.99K	3.31%	868.99K	$343.48M
Spear rsc	420.60K	12.16%	420.60K	$157.89M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Peak6 investments	-3.00
Thomas j. herzfeld advisors	-6.00
Zynergyretirementplanning	-7.00
Icon advisers inc/co	-15.00
University of illinois foundation	-18.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Dec 31, 2024	5,310	-1.56%	4,890,335,323	-5.08%	65	1.37%	2,805	7.27%	1,974	-10.44%
Sep 30, 2024	5,317	-0.51%	5,146,438,277	-2.77%	69	1.36%	2,574	2.47%	2,173	-2.60%
Jun 30, 2024	5,244	-1.41%	5,285,657,800	0.85%	71	1.43%	2,467	3.87%	2,187	-8.80%
Mar 31, 2024	5,319	0.30%	5,241,071,631	-0.86%	70	1.39%	2,375	-5.08%	2,398	3.90%
Dec 31, 2023	5,303	6.79%	5,286,315,431	2.96%	71	1.49%	2,502	7.20%	2,308	11.07%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	235.48M	3.17%	96.65K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	234.97M	3.16%	458.91K
Vanguard Institutional 500 Index Trust	206.61M	2.78%	415.49K
Fidelity 500 Index	93.27M	1.25%	149.68K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	92.47M	1.24%	-1.39M
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	90.16M	1.21%	74.27K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	90.02M	1.21%	-471.85K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	88.06M	1.18%	-91.96K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	71.46M	0.96%	-3.83M
Invesco QQQ Trust	61.69M	0.83%	-63.82K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
May 02, 2025	SMITH BRADFORD L	Vice Chair and President	Sell	$7.93M
May 05, 2025	SMITH BRADFORD L	Vice Chair and President	Sell	$2.60M
May 02, 2025	SMITH BRADFORD L	Vice Chair and President	Sell	$24.78M
Dec 09, 2024	Numoto Takeshi	EVP, Chief Marketing Officer	Sell	$1.12M
Dec 04, 2024	Numoto Takeshi	EVP, Chief Marketing Officer	Sell	$874.63K

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q2	-	3
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	7
2024 Q3	-	13
2024 Q2	-	3

MSFT Ownership FAQ

Who owns the most shares of Microsoft?

Microsoft’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (691.39M shares, 9.30%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (583.28M shares, 7.85%), and Blackrock (553.98M shares, 7.45%). Together, they hold 24.60% of Microsoft’s total shares outstanding.

Does Blackrock own Microsoft?

Yes, BlackRock owns 7.45% of Microsoft, totaling 553.98M shares as of Jun 2024. This represents 5.60% of BlackRock's total assets, with a market value of 247.6B$. In the last quarter, BlackRock increased its holdings by 7.96M shares, a 1.46% change.

Who is Microsoft’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested?

Sander capital advisors is Microsoft’s biggest shareholder by percentage of total assets invested, with 44.68% of its assets in 226.25K Microsoft shares, valued at 84.93M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Microsoft shares?

Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF is the top mutual fund holder of Microsoft shares, with 3.17% of its total shares outstanding invested in 235.48M Microsoft shares.

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