Who owns Microsoft?What is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
Institutions own 74.7% of Microsoft's shares, through 6,597 funds, banks and other managers that report their holdings to the SEC; individual investors and others hold the rest. The largest on 30 June 2026 were BlackRock, Inc. (8.2%), Vanguard Capital Management LLC (6.5%), State Street Corp (4.3%).
- Institutions ownWhat is institutional ownership? Institutional ownership is the share of a company's stock held by funds, banks and other investment managers, as they report it each quarter on Form 13F.
- 74.7%
- Institutional holders
- 6,597
- The 10 largest hold
- 32.6%
- Free floatWhat is free float? Free float is the part of a company's shares that anyone can buy and sell: all its shares minus those held by insiders, founders and owners of over 5%.
- 99.9%
- Holdings as of
- 30 Jun 2026
Who owns the shares
Shares free to trade
Closely held shares belong to insiders, founders and owners of more than 5%, and seldom change hands. The free float is the rest: the shares anyone can buy and sell.
The largest shareholders
| # | Holder | Shares | Of the company | Value | Change last quarter (shares) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | BlackRock, Inc. | 607,367,113 | 8.18% | 226.56B USD | +14,038,542 |
| 2 | Vanguard Capital Management LLC | 485,192,007 | 6.53% | 180.99B USD | +2,633,921 |
| 3 | State Street Corp | 315,653,206 | 4.25% | 117.74B USD | +8,944,917 |
| 4 | Geode Capital Management, LLC | 189,632,090 | 2.55% | 70.57B USD | +1,130,172 |
| 5 | FMR LLC | 185,960,066 | 2.50% | 69.37B USD | -4,251,301 |
| 6 | Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC | 168,407,641 | 2.27% | 62.82B USD | +916,793 |
| 7 | JPMorgan Chase & Co | 135,173,516 | 1.82% | 49.82B USD | +8,044,517 |
| 8 | Morgan Stanley | 127,674,661 | 1.72% | 47.63B USD | +2,793,373 |
| 9 | Norges Bank | 102,732,956 | 1.38% | 38.32B USD | New position |
| 10 | Invesco Ltd. | 100,247,890 | 1.35% | 37.39B USD | +43,795,898 |
| 11 | Capital Research Global Investors | 94,750,369 | 1.28% | 35.34B USD | -1,342,692 |
| 12 | Price T Rowe Associates Inc | 87,287,163 | 1.18% | 32.56B USD | -29,955,771 |
| 13 | Northern Trust Corp | 78,663,446 | 1.06% | 29.34B USD | -1,033,509 |
| 14 | Bank Of America Corp | 73,289,286 | 0.99% | 27.34B USD | +2,523,827 |
| 15 | UBS AM | 64,375,360 | 0.87% | 24.01B USD | +543,172 |
| 16 | Goldman Sachs Group Inc | 63,933,083 | 0.86% | 23.85B USD | +2,715,117 |
| 17 | Barclays PLC | 62,174,700 | 0.84% | 23.19B USD | -126,100 |
| 18 | Soroban Capital Partners LP | 60,000,000 | 0.81% | 22.38B USD | 0 |
| 19 | Capital World Investors | 55,139,128 | 0.74% | 20.57B USD | -6,595,211 |
| 20 | Capital International Investors | 53,774,299 | 0.72% | 20.06B USD | -1,063,223 |
| 21 | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 53,472,212 | 0.72% | 19.95B USD | +1,815,196 |
| 22 | Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P. | 52,298,999 | 0.70% | 19.51B USD | New position |
| 23 | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 52,298,999 | 0.70% | 19.51B USD | -220,325 |
| 24 | Legal & General Group PLC | 49,076,304 | 0.66% | 18.31B USD | -1,187,008 |
| 25 | Franklin Templeton Inc | 47,757,602 | 0.64% | 17.81B USD | +9,352,495 |
All institutions last quarter
- Bought or added
- 3,655 · 247 new
- Sold or cut
- 2,712 · 216 sold out
- Net shares bought
- +203.19M · 75.79B USD
- Institutional ownership
- 71.9% → 74.7%
Biggest buyers last quarter
- Norges BankNew position
- Sixth Street Partners Management Company, L.P.New position
- Invesco Ltd.+43,795,898
- Jupiter Topco LLCNew position
- Sg Americas Securities, LLC+18,362,719
Biggest sellers last quarter
- Price T Rowe Associates Inc-29,955,771
- Capital World Investors-6,595,211
- California Public Employees Retirement System-6,111,047
- Alliancebernstein L.P.-5,798,843
- Bnp Paribas Financial Markets-5,522,983
From the holders' 13F filings with the SEC for the quarter to 30 Jun 2026, filed up to 45 days after it; the buyers and sellers are among the 100 largest holders.
Common questions about Microsoft's shareholders
Source: Financial Modeling Prep
