Microsoft Corporation
Hedge Funds Holdings

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Microsoft Corporation‘s stocks are currently a part of 4315 hedge funds’ portfolios, which represents 68.39% of the total amount of its stocks outstanding. This makes up a total of 5.16B shares of Microsoft Corporation. Compared to the previous quarter, the number fell by -1.74% or -91.53M shares fewer. As for the holding position changes, 48.48% (2092) of current hedge fund investors increased the number of shares held, 42.11% (1817) of current holders sold a part of the shares held, and 2.39% (103) closed the holdings completely. 128 hedge funds are new holders of Microsoft Corporation stock in Q1 2022, it is 2.97% of total holders.

Hedge funds holding Microsoft (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Number of hedge funds
Q2 2017 2,456
Q3 2017 2,462
Q4 2017 2,728
Q1 2018 2,762
Q2 2018 2,789
Q3 2018 2,821
Q4 2018 3,061
Q1 2019 3,080
Q2 2019 3,087
Q3 2019 3,091
Q4 2019 3,384
Q1 2020 3,469
Q2 2020 3,499
Q3 2020 3,530
Q4 2020 3,883
Q1 2021 3,897
Q2 2021 3,874
Q3 2021 3,921
Q4 2021 4,381
Q1 2022 4,315

Hedge funds changes in Microsoft positions (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in positions
Q2 2017 1189351,21448141
Q3 2017 929571,18356174
Q4 2017 3389511,25949131
Q1 2018 1521,0411,3977498
Q2 2018 1011,1511,31448175
Q3 2018 1101,0921,38859172
Q4 2018 3491,2101,3159493
Q1 2019 1561,3291,377100118
Q2 2019 1091,2301,53064154
Q3 2019 831,2801,49762169
Q4 2019 3941,2211,52765177
Q1 2020 2071,4391,6786976
Q2 2020 1411,4621,69297107
Q3 2020 1381,3331,83274153
Q4 2020 4631,6221,59779122
Q1 2021 1511,7971,70291156
Q2 2021 1081,7721,68396215
Q3 2021 1401,6031,83968271
Q4 2021 5771,6271,90279196
Q1 2022 1282,0921,817103175

Hedge funds changes in Microsoft stock options (Q2 2017 – Q1 2022)

Changes in stock options
Q2 2017 20,051,235,962 56,421,763,230
Q3 2017 40,117,663,434 44,779,407,254
Q4 2017 117,660,905,986 26,123,264,286
Q1 2018 293,940,473,181 351,873,752,123
Q2 2018 197,217,129,361 27,749,457,208
Q3 2018 134,788,964,009 58,726,667,109
Q4 2018 194,989,224,715 485,208,952,899
Q1 2019 813,274,531,578 297,262,217,000
Q2 2019 1,600,840,394,196 706,451,681,028
Q3 2019 246,394,166,822 152,239,344,847
Q4 2019 1,548,751,938,010 526,922,138,920
Q1 2020 4,800,107,210,917 2,068,877,602,274
Q2 2020 2,506,838,494,705 636,827,256,673
Q3 2020 21,572,110,050,184 36,321,580,549,111
Q4 2020 13,059,208,185,386 51,169,292,421,952
Q1 2021 170,219,296,240 21,922,291,070,857
Q2 2021 12,231,700,270,170 19,385,434,919,570
Q3 2021 16,577,298,314,320 16,466,756,948,006
Q4 2021 20,711,943,957,784 23,895,860,452,016
Q1 2022 41,095,260,978 27,899,618,650

Top 50 hedge fund holders of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Hedge fund Value Shares owned Portfolio share
VANGUARD GROUP INC 147.71B 634.23M 4.345%
BLACKROCK INC. Larry Fink 120.83B 518.84M 4.110%
STATE STREET CORP 68.82B 295.50M 4.353%
FMR LLC 47.53B 204.08M 4.957%
PRICE T ROWE ASSOCIATES INC /MD/ 40.08B 171.34M 6.568%
GEODE CAPITAL MANAGEMENT, LLC 32.44B 139.46M 4.922%
MORGAN STANLEY 24.39B 104.76M 3.325%
CAPITAL WORLD INVESTORS 22.71B 97.52M 5.100%
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO 21.60B 92.74M 3.102%
CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INVESTORS 19.79B 84.98M 5.774%
CAPITAL RESEARCH GLOBAL INVESTORS 19.36B 83.13M 6.362%
NORTHERN TRUST CORP 19.28B 82.80M 4.405%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/ 18.65B 80.09M 2.229%
BANK OF NEW YORK MELLON CORP 17.98B 77.22M 4.366%
WELLINGTON MANAGEMENT GROUP LLP Jean Hynes 14.94B 64.18M 3.184%
NUVEEN ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 12.96B 55.68M 5.255%
LEGAL & GENERAL GROUP PLC 12.16B 52.21M 4.751%
ALLIANCEBERNSTEIN L.P. 11.51B 49.44M 5.575%
CHARLES SCHWAB INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT INC 9.48B 40.73M 3.398%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC 9.44B 40.56M 2.184%
MASSACHUSETTS FINANCIAL SERVICES CO /MA/ 9.39B 40.34M 3.513%
BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION TRUST Bill Gates 9.14B 39.26M 26.905%
UBS ASSET MANAGEMENT AMERICAS INC 8.95B 38.46M 5.025%
WELLS FARGO & COMPANY/MN 8.81B 37.84M 2.872%
AMERIPRISE FINANCIAL INC 8.39B 36.02M 3.106%
ROYAL BANK OF CANADA 8.38B 35.98M 2.637%
JANUS HENDERSON GROUP PLC 7.88B 33.84M 5.901%
AMUNDI 7.45B 29.99M 4.418%
INVESCO LTD. 7.44B 31.98M 2.398%
SWISS NATIONAL BANK 7.17B 30.79M 5.130%
DEUTSCHE BANK AG\ 6.96B 29.89M 4.203%
FISHER ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC 6.75B 29.01M 5.066%
FRANKLIN RESOURCES INC 6.16B 26.46M 3.358%
UBS GROUP AG 5.71B 24.52M 2.504%
CITADEL ADVISORS LLC Ken Griffin 5.70B 24.49M 1.300%
JENNISON ASSOCIATES LLC 5.36B 23.05M 5.339%
DIMENSIONAL FUND ADVISORS LP 5.29B 22.71M 2.032%
SUMITOMO MITSUI TRUST HOLDINGS, INC. 5.26B 22.58M 4.323%
VOYA INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT LLC 4.92B 14.80M 5.159%
AMERICAN CENTURY COMPANIES INC 4.79B 20.59M 4.222%
TCI FUND MANAGEMENT LTD Chris Hohn 4.62B 19.87M 16.200%
CALIFORNIA PUBLIC EMPLOYEES RETIREMENT SYSTEM 4.39B 18.86M 4.042%
ARROWSTREET CAPITAL, LIMITED PARTNERSHIP 4.17B 17.92M 6.157%
T. ROWE PRICE INVESTMENT MANAGEMENT, INC. 4.07B 17.50M 3.258%
CLEARBRIDGE INVESTMENTS, LLC 3.96B 17.02M 3.998%
BARCLAYS PLC 3.75B 16.12M 4.099%
PRINCIPAL FINANCIAL GROUP INC 3.75B 16.11M 2.983%
CREDIT SUISSE AG/ 3.44B 14.78M 3.839%
TD ASSET MANAGEMENT INC 3.41B 14.38M 4.277%
PRIMECAP MANAGEMENT CO/CA/ 3.38B 14.51M 3.272%