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A certificate for 200 shares of MSFT issued in March 1998, worth about $240,000 in 2021 after two stock splits.

A certificate for 200 shares of MSFT issued in March 1998, worth about $240,000 in 2021 after two stock splits.

MSFT (CUSIP: 594918104) is the stock ticker symbol of the Microsoft Corporation.

History

On November 1, 1999, Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) became the first corporate stocks from NASDAQ to become components of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. They, along with AT&T Corporation and The Home Depot, displaced older members Chevron Corporation, Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company, Sears, and Union Carbide from the index.[1] Microsoft has since become one of the largest companies in the world, based on market capitalization.[2] On June 22, 2021, Microsoft became the 2nd American company after Apple Inc., and the 3rd in the world, to reach a market valuation of US$2 trillion.[3] Microsoft and Apple are known to regularly trade places as the most valuable company in the world.[4]

Splits

The stock has split nine times since Microsoft went public on March 13, 1986 at $21 per share. Each share had split 288-fold since the initial public offering and would have been worth over $30,000 by November 2018.[5][6]

Shareholders meetings

Microsoft previously held its annual shareholders meetings at the Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue, Washington.[7] Since December 2019, the shareholders meetings have been held online in a virtual format.[8][9][10][11]

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References

  1. ↑ Dow goes more digital by Jamey Keaten, CNN Money. 1999-10-26.
  2. ↑ Microsoft again top U.S. company as market cap hits $1.435T by Dion Rabouin, Axios. 2020-02-11.
  3. ↑ Microsoft becomes second U.S. firm to pass $2 trillion market cap by Mike Peterson, AppleInsider. 2021-06-22.
  4. ↑ Microsoft eclipses Apple as largest U.S. company for first time in nearly 16 months by Emily Bary, MarketWatch. 2021-10-29.
  5. ↑ If you had invested $1,000 in Microsoft at its IPO, here’s how much money you’d have now by Emmie Martin, CNBC. 2018-11-19.
  6. ↑ Microsoft Stock Split History, Stock Split History. Retrieved 2021-03-10.
  7. ↑ Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting by John Thompson, Microsoft. 2018-11-28.
  8. ↑ Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting by John Thompson, Microsoft. 2019-12-04.
  9. ↑ Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting by John Thompson, Microsoft. 2020-12-02.
  10. ↑ Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting by John Thompson, Microsoft. 2021-11-30.
  11. ↑ Microsoft Annual Shareholders Meeting by John Thompson, Microsoft. 2022-12-13.

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