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US · SEC FORM 4
MICROSOFT CORP
MSFT · Nasdaq · CIK 0000789019 · Technology · Software—Infrastructure
INSIDER SIGNAL
0 qualifying P purchase groups
in the current 180-day scoring window
59 Form 4 transaction lines observed in the same window
23 sales · 36 option, withholding, award, gift or other lines
WHY NO ACTIVE SIGNAL?
Score anatomy
No score is calculated because there is no qualifying purchase in the active window. Unavailable inputs are not treated as zero or as a bearish signal.
Why is there no score?
- No qualifying open-market purchase supplies cluster, size, role, recency or conviction inputs.
- Sales and other Form 4 activity remain visible as context and do not create a negative score.
Sales and other Form 4 activity are shown separately and do not create a negative buy signal. Absence of buying is not scored as bearish.
Insider activity timeline
Owner lanes show the latest 180 days. Symbol shape identifies the transaction type; sales remain context only.
Showing the six most active owners; 5 additional owner(s) remain in Form 4 evidence.
Purchase breadth, concentration & cluster buying
These modules activate when qualifying purchases enter the 180-day research window.
SIGNAL HISTORY
Scores are archived only when the company qualifies for a published US buy-signal snapshot. Last qualifying purchase: 2026-02-18 · STANTON JOHN W.
Recent Form 4 activity
P is an open-market or private purchase. S is a sale. M, F, A and G usually describe exercises, tax withholding, awards and gifts. These categories remain visually separate.
Market context
Market context has not been captured for this ticker yet. The daily market-context job processes the US universe in rotating batches.
Short interest
Short interest is external context reported to FINRA by broker-dealers. It does not affect the Insider Signal.
- Shares short
- 61,133,927
- Previous report
- 67,346,414
- Avg daily volume
- 23,981,233
- Days to cover
- 2.5
FINRA settlement date: 2026-09-30 · Captured 2026-10-12 · FINRA equity short interest ↗. A share count, published about a week after each of two settlement dates a month; not a percentage of shares outstanding.
Historical equity purchases
Qualifying code P transactions in the local Form 4 history, including purchases outside the current signal window.
| Transaction date | Reporting owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | STANTON JOHN W | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 5,000 | USD 397.35 | USD 1,986,750 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2025-04-23 | SMITH BRADFORD L | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 3,842 | USD 377.47 | USD 1,450,240 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-01-31 | Walmsley Emma N | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 1,600 | USD 311.53 | USD 498,448 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2022-01-28 | Walmsley Emma N | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 1,700 | USD 295.48 | USD 502,316 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2021-03-10 | Walmsley Emma N | Purchase (P) | Common Stock | 4,300 | USD 236.80 | USD 1,018,240 | SEC filing ↗ |
Form 4 evidence
93 transaction lines in the latest 365-day window; 701 in local history.
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Coleman Amy | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 32 | USD 533.69 | USD 17,048 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-13 | Hood Amy | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 7,305 | USD 545.42 | USD 3,984,303 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | SMITH BRADFORD L | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 29,077 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
Show recent Form 4 evidence (30 grouped rows)
| Date | Owner | Type | Security | Shares | Avg. price | Approx. value | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-15 | Coleman Amy | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 32 | USD 533.69 | USD 17,048 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-10-13 | Hood Amy | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 7,305 | USD 545.42 | USD 3,984,303 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | SMITH BRADFORD L | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 29,077 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | Numoto Takeshi | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 11,569 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | Hood Amy | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 29,077 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | Coleman Amy | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 6,506 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | Althoff Judson | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 29,077 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | Jolla Alice L. | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 123 | USD 505.41 | USD 62,049 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-15 | Coleman Amy | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 36 | USD 505.41 | USD 18,164 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-14 | Hood Amy | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 41,674 | USD 498.27 | USD 20,764,698 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-09 | SMITH BRADFORD L | Gift (G) | Common Stock | 14,000 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-05 | STANTON JOHN W | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 125 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-05 | SCHARF CHARLES W | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 125 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-05 | List Teri | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 125 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-09-01 | Nadella Satya | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 86,525 | USD 501.46 | USD 43,388,496 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | SMITH BRADFORD L | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 17,036 | USD 513.53 | USD 8,748,548 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | SMITH BRADFORD L | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 27,688 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Numoto Takeshi | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 7,518 | USD 513.53 | USD 3,860,826 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Numoto Takeshi | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 12,684 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Nadella Satya | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 70,466 | USD 513.53 | USD 36,186,323 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Nadella Satya | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 178,622 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Jolla Alice L. | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 486 | USD 513.53 | USD 249,463 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Jolla Alice L. | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 5,575 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Hood Amy | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 18,739 | USD 513.53 | USD 9,622,946 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Hood Amy | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 31,260 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Coleman Amy | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 836 | USD 513.53 | USD 429,429 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Althoff Judson | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 18,081 | USD 513.53 | USD 9,284,905 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-31 | Althoff Judson | Award / grant (A) | Common Stock | 29,724 | USD 0.00 | USD 0 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-17 | Coleman Amy | Tax withholding (F) | Common Stock | 89 | USD 495.40 | USD 44,110 | SEC filing ↗ |
| 2026-08-05 | Althoff Judson | Sale (S) | Common Stock | 10,000 | USD 487.89 | USD 4,878,900 | SEC filing ↗ |
Multiple price lines in one filing are grouped and share-weighted. Price and value are blank when a grouped filing line lacks price evidence.
Snapshot & identity
| Snapshot date | 2026-10-18 |
|---|---|
| Ranking version | US-v1.2 |
| Data quality | PASS ELIGIBLE · — |
| Ticker | MSFT |
| CIK | 0000789019 |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Software—Infrastructure Yahoo Finance |
| SEC SIC | 7372 Services-Prepackaged Software |
| Exchange | Nasdaq |
Data coverage
| Local Form 4 history | 701 transaction lines from 2020-01-31 to 2026-10-15 5 P purchase lines · 188 S sale lines · 508 other lines |
|---|---|
| SEC company submissions | Open SEC filings ↗ |
Local ledger as of 2026-10-18. Mapping status is an audit field and does not erase SEC filing evidence.