MSFT Insider Buying & Government Contracts (2026)

MSFT insider buying and selling over the past year

Over the past year MICROSOFT CORP insiders filed 6 open-market Form 4 trades — 1 purchases worth $1.99M and 5 sales worth $36.63M — which makes them net sellers by $34.64M.

None of the 5 sales were flagged as Rule 10b5-1 plan trades, meaning each one was a discretionary decision at the time of filing. Activity clustered in 2025-12 (2 trades) and 2025-11 (1 trades); the latest filing in this window is dated 2026-10-13. The average open-market sale price was $496.83; the last close of $529.05 is 6.5% above that level, so sellers left upside on the table. The single largest trade was a sale of 38,500 shares worth $19.97M on 2025-11-03. Since the most recent filing the stock has moved -2.6%, from $543.45. Insiders paid an average of $397.35 per share for their open-market purchases; against the last close of $529.05 that cost basis is sitting on a gain at +33.1%.

Where MSFT trades relative to its one-year range

MICROSOFT CORP closed at $529.05 on 2026-10-16, inside a one-year range of $352.83 to $543.45. That puts the stock near the top of its range, at 92.4% of the distance from low to high. Over one year the share price moved +3.4%, and over roughly three months +34.3%. Average daily volume over the last month was about 22,900,381 shares.

Across 209 companies in the same SEC industry group (SIC 73) with a full year of prices in Gemral Edge, the median one-year return was -10.2%. MSFT is ahead of that median and beat 64% of that peer group on this measure.

Members of Congress who traded MSFT

STOCK Act disclosures show 336 trades in MSFT by 61 members of Congress over five years (174 purchases, 162 sales), most recently on 2026-09-30. The most active traders were Ro Khanna (D-CA), 51 trades; Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ), 46 trades; Tommy Tuberville (R-AL), 21 trades; Cleo Fields (D-LA), 20 trades; Gilbert Ray Cisneros, Jr. (D-CA), 16 trades.

By party the trades split 180 by Democrats, 154 by Republicans, 2 by other members; by chamber, 291 from the House, 45 from the Senate.

MICROSOFT CORP federal contract exposure

Federal procurement records resolve 1 prime award actions to MICROSOFT CORP, worth $64.95M across 1 agencies. Department of Agriculture accounts for 100.0% of that value ($64.95M), so revenue from this channel depends heavily on one buyer.

MSFT lobbying disclosures

MICROSOFT CORP appears in 330 Lobbying Disclosure Act filings between 2018 and 2026, with $49.61M in reported lobbying spend.

Compare MSFT with indexed peers from the same industry group

These peers have full Gemral Edge dossiers and the closest one-year price move to MSFT:

• SNPS one-year return +3.3%
• ADP one-year return +3.1%
• URI one-year return +2.4%
• PLTR one-year return +4.4%
• XYZ one-year return +4.5%

Sources and method

Every figure above is computed from public filings stored in Gemral Edge, not estimated. Insider figures count only open-market purchases and sales reported on SEC Form 4; option exercises, grants and gifts are excluded because they do not reflect a decision to buy or sell at market prices.

• SEC EDGAR Form 4 (edge_insider_trades, codes P/S open-market only) — as of 2026-10-13
• edge_prices_eod (end-of-day close) — as of 2026-10-16
• House PTR / Senate eFD disclosures (edge_congress_trades) — as of 2026-09-30
• FPDS / USAspending (edge_contracts, tier-1 resolved) — as of 2026-09-22
• Senate LDA filings (edge_lobbying_filings)

MSFT data questions

Are MSFT insiders buying or selling stock?

Over the past year MICROSOFT CORP insiders filed 6 open-market Form 4 trades — 1 purchases worth $1.99M and 5 sales worth $36.63M — which makes them net sellers by $34.64M.

What is the one-year price range for MSFT?

Based on end-of-day closes through 2026-10-16, MSFT traded between $352.83 and $543.45, last closing at $529.05.

Has any member of Congress traded MSFT stock?

Yes. 61 members disclosed 336 trades in MSFT over five years; the most recent disclosed trade date is 2026-09-30.