Microsoft’s stock-market ticker symbol on the Nasdaq is MSFT.
Microsoft trades under the four-letter symbol MSFT on the Nasdaq Stock Market. Investors and financial websites use ticker symbols to identify listed companies quickly, and MSFT is the standard symbol for Microsoft Corporation’s common stock.
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. The company first became widely known for software such as MS-DOS and Microsoft Windows, then expanded into productivity software, cloud computing, gaming, search, and business services.
Ticker symbols are not the same as company abbreviations used in ordinary writing. For example, Microsoft is commonly shortened to “MS,” but MSFT is its official Nasdaq trading symbol. The company’s market capitalization changes as MSFT shares rise or fall and as the number of shares changes.