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Microsoft Ownership Summary

Microsoft is owned by 82.86% institutional investors, 0.07% insiders, and 17.07% retail investors. Vanguard group is the largest institutional shareholder, holding 9.30% of MSFT shares. Performer (AFRIS) is the top mutual fund, with 9.49% of its assets in Microsoft shares.

MSFT Ownership Benchmark

Type	Name	% Inst	% Insiders	% Retail
Stock	Microsoft	82.86%	0.07%	17.07%
Sector	Technology Stocks List	69.16%	1.71%	29.12%
Industry	Software - Infrastructure Stocks List	82.86%	0.07%	17.07%
Idea	Electric Vehicle Stocks List	23.58%	11.43%	64.99%

Institutional Shareholders

Top Institutional Shareholders by Total Shares

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Value
Vanguard group	691.39M	9.30%	$259.54B
Blackrock funding, inc. /de	581.58M	7.82%	$289.28B
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	218.57K	49.57%	$108.72M
Elite wealth management	279.04K	45.65%	$138.80M
Laird norton trust company	664.53K	45.41%	$330.54M
Joho capital	556.20K	38.97%	$276.66M
Svenska handelsbanken ab (publ)	77.00K	36.13%	$38.30M
Bellevue asset management	138.21K	33.46%	$68.75M
Constitution capital	112.60K	28.58%	$56.01M
Lakeside advisors	86.42K	27.71%	$42.99M
Bill & melinda gates foundation trust	26.19M	27.27%	$13.03B
Miura global management	50.00K	26.72%	$24.87M

Top Buyers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Norges bank	105.20M	5.82%	105.20M
Blackrock	553.98M	5.60%	7.96M
Geode capital management	175.47M	5.17%	7.34M
Vanguard group	691.39M	4.69%	7.31M
Jpmorgan chase	142.01M	3.89%	7.07M

Top Sellers

Holder	Shares	% Assets	Change
Legal & general group	51.25M	5.72%	-14.39M
Amundi	31.95M	5.40%	-7.23M
Barclays	25.86M	3.05%	-4.75M
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
Glenmede investment management, lp	1.61M	4.05%	1.61M	$800.41M
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
Mizuho securities usa	513.68K	5.45%	513.68K	$255.51M

Sold Out

Holder	Change
Thomas j. herzfeld advisors	-6.00
Zynergyretirementplanning	-7.00
University of illinois foundation	-18.00
Cultivar capital	-52.00
Lion point capital, lp	-100.00

Institutional Ownership Trends

Date	Holdings	Change %	Shares	Change %	Ownership	Change %	Increased Position	Change %	Decreased Position	Change %
Jun 30, 2025	5,833	-0.75%	6,159,252,491	17.07%	82	1.66%	2,704	-1.99%	2,532	-1.56%
Mar 31, 2025	5,572	-6.40%	5,044,907,782	-5.50%	67	1.32%	2,613	-17.44%	2,444	10.64%
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%

Top Mutual Funds Shareholders

Holder	Shares	% Holding	Change
Performer (AFRIS)	705.72M	9.49%	705.72M
Vanguard US Total Market Shares ETF	235.48M	3.17%	96.65K
Vanguard Total Stock Mkt Idx Inv	233.55M	3.14%	-5.40M
Vanguard 500 Index Investor	183.98M	2.47%	-26.95M
Fidelity 500 Index	94.17M	1.27%	385.82K
SPDR® S&P 500 ETF	92.47M	1.24%	-1.39M
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF	90.95M	1.22%	388.66K
SPDR® S&P 500® ETF Trust	90.02M	1.21%	-471.85K
iShares Core S&P 500 ETF	88.78M	1.19%	403.60K
Vanguard Growth Index Investor	74.12M	1.00%	274.28K

Recent Insider Transactions

Date	Name	Role	Activity	Value
Sep 03, 2025	Nadella Satya	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$24.37M
Sep 03, 2025	Nadella Satya	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$19.76M
Sep 03, 2025	Nadella Satya	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$13.35M
Sep 03, 2025	Nadella Satya	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$13.00M
Sep 03, 2025	Nadella Satya	Chief Executive Officer	Sell	$4.58M

Insider Transactions Trends

Date	Buy	Sell
2025 Q3	-	8
2025 Q2	-	9
2025 Q1	-	-
2024 Q4	-	7
2024 Q3	-	13

MSFT Ownership FAQ

Who Owns Microsoft?

Microsoft shareholders are primarily institutional investors at 82.86%, followed by 0.07% insiders and 17.07% retail investors. The average institutional ownership in Microsoft's industry, Software - Infrastructure Stocks List, is 82.86%, which Microsoft exceeds.

Who owns the most shares of Microsoft?

Microsoft’s largest shareholders are Vanguard group (691.39M shares, 9.30%), Blackrock funding, inc. /de (581.58M shares, 7.82%), and Blackrock (553.98M shares, 7.45%). Together, they hold 24.58% 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 49.57% of its assets in 218.58K Microsoft shares, valued at 108.72M$.

Who is the top mutual fund holder of Microsoft shares?

Performer (AFRIS) is the top mutual fund holder of Microsoft shares, with 9.49% of its total shares outstanding invested in 705.72M Microsoft shares.

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