MSFT insider buying – Microsoft Corp
5 insider purchases since 2016 worth $6.0M by 4 different insiders. Last 12 months: 2 purchases, $3.4M. Most recent filing: 2026-02-18.
Large company Public float $3,600.0B (latest 10-K, SEC).
Same time range as the chart above - each mark sits under the week of the trade. Circles = purchases (height = price paid, size = amount), red triangles = open-market sales of $50k+. Prices as reported, not adjusted for later stock splits. 2 older purchases (before the 5-year window) are listed in the table below.
Purchases are open-market buys (SEC Form 4, code "P") - insiders paying with their own money. Sales are open-market sales (code "S") of $50,000 or more; many sales are pre-planned (Rule 10b5-1) or made for taxes and diversification. Each row links to the original filing.
Bought, sold, still holding?
| Insider | Bought | First / last buy | Sold since 2016 | Holds now* | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Walmsley Emma N Director | $2.0M 2× · 7,600 sh | 2021-03-10 2022-01-28 | – | 9,914 shares as of 2026-09-11 | Holds - never sold |
| STANTON JOHN W Director | $2.0M 1× · 5,000 sh | 2026-02-18 2026-02-18 | – | 87,801 shares as of 2026-09-08 | Holds - never sold |
| SMITH BRADFORD L CEO | $1.5M 1× · 3,842 sh | 2025-04-23 2025-04-23 | 11× · $207.9M last 2025-11-03 | 473,793 shares as of 2026-09-17 | Sold part |
| PETERSON SANDRA E Director | $550,584 1× · 5,400 sh | 2018-06-05 2018-06-05 | – | 5,400 shares as of 2026-09-11 | Holds - never sold |
* Shares held after the insider's most recent SEC filing for this company (all share classes, direct and indirect). If an insider stops filing, later changes are not known.
Insider buying and selling by year
| Year | Purchases | Bought | Buyers | Sales | Sold |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 1 | $2.0M | 1 | 10 | $91.0M |
| 2025 | 1 | $1.5M | 1 | 12 | $167.4M |
| 2024 | 0 | – | – | 18 | $139.5M |
| 2023 | 0 | – | – | 14 | $70.4M |
| 2022 | 1 | $1.0M | 1 | 6 | $52.5M |
| 2021 | 1 | $1.0M | 1 | 13 | $446.6M |
| 2020 | 0 | – | – | 13 | $168.8M |
| 2019 | 0 | – | – | 26 | $122.0M |
| 2018 | 1 | $550,584 | 1 | 18 | $103.3M |
| 2017 | 0 | – | – | 23 | $3,066.7M |
| 2016 | 0 | – | – | 25 | $2,789.2M |
Insider purchases
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Holdings | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-18 | STANTON JOHN W | Director | 5,000 | $397.35 | $2.0M | +6.3% | SEC |
| 2025-12-12 | SMITH BRADFORD L | CEO | 3,842 | $377.47 | $1.5M | +0.9% | SEC |
| 2022-02-01 | Walmsley Emma N | Director | 3,300 | $303.26 | $1.0M | +61.3% | SEC |
| 2021-03-11 | Walmsley Emma N | Director | 4,300 | $236.80 | $1.0M | +592.3% | SEC |
| 2018-06-06 | PETERSON SANDRA E | Director | 5,400 | $101.96 | $550,584 | SEC |
Insider sales
| Filed | Insider | Role | Shares | Avg price | Value | Type | Filing |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-10 | Hood Amy | EVP, Chief Financial Officer | -7,305 | $544.37 | $4.0M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-09-15 | Hood Amy | CFO | 41,674 | $498.27 | $20.8M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-09-02 | Nadella Satya | CEO | 86,525 | $501.46 | $43.4M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
| 2026-08-06 | Althoff Judson | CEO | 10,000 | $487.89 | $4.9M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-08-05 | Numoto Takeshi | Officer | 4,810 | $496.48 | $2.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-06-12 | Numoto Takeshi | Officer | 4,500 | $402.84 | $1.8M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-06-10 | Numoto Takeshi | Officer | 2,500 | $412.45 | $1.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-06-02 | Althoff Judson | CEO | 15,500 | $460.99 | $7.1M | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-05-18 | Coleman Amy | Officer | 1,262 | $411.34 | $519,239 | Sale | SEC |
| 2026-03-09 | Hogan Kathleen T | Officer | 12,321 | $409.52 | $5.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-12-12 | SMITH BRADFORD L | CEO | 3,842 | $438.44 | $1.7M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-12-05 | Numoto Takeshi | Officer | 2,850 | $478.72 | $1.4M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-12-03 | Althoff Judson | CEO | 12,750 | $491.52 | $6.3M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-11-04 | SMITH BRADFORD L | CEO | 38,500 | $518.64 | $20.0M | Sale | SEC |
| 2025-09-04 | Nadella Satya | CEO | 149,205 | $504.78 | $75.3M | Pre-planned (10b5-1) | SEC |
Showing the latest 15 of 178 sales of $50,000+ since 2016.
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