A decreasing shares outstanding over time may be the result of company buybacks. Outstanding Shares are shares of common stock of a public company that were purchased by investors after they were authorized and issued by the company to the public. Companies frequently make stock buybacks and retire those buybacks as treasury stock. Microsoft 2017 shares outstanding were 7.832B , a 2.26% decline from 2016. Microsoft Shares Outstanding (Diluted Average) Calculation Shares outstanding are shares that have been authorized, issued, and purchased by investors and are held by them. Microsoft shares outstanding for the quarter ending March 31, 2020 were 7.675B , a 0.89% decline year-over-year. Find out all the key statistics for Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), including valuation measures, fiscal year financial statistics, trading record, share statistics and more. Microsoft reported 7628805618 in Common Shares Outstanding for its third quarter of 2019. The volume of stock shares issued by the company and in the hands of the public. Microsoft 2018 shares outstanding were 7.794B , a 0.49% decline from 2017.

Stock analysis for Microsoft Corp (MSFT:NASDAQ GS) including stock price, stock chart, company news, key statistics, fundamentals and company profile. Outstanding Shares are typically reported on fully diluted bases which include exotic instruments such as options, or convertibles bonds.

This number entails how much is being traded in the open market. Microsoft 2019 shares outstanding were 7.753B , a 0.53% decline from 2018. They have voting rights and represent ownership in the corporation by the person that holds the shares.