MSFT is the stock-exchange ticker for Microsoft, one of the world’s highest-valued companies.
Microsoft shares trade on the Nasdaq exchange under the symbol MSFT. A ticker is a short identifier used by exchanges, financial websites, and investors to distinguish a listed security from other securities.
Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975. Its products expanded from personal-computer software into enterprise software, cloud computing through Azure, gaming with Xbox, and professional networking through LinkedIn.
A ticker symbol is not the same thing as a company’s market capitalization. Market cap is calculated from the share price and shares outstanding, while the ticker is simply the market identifier used to find and trade the shares.