What is the stock ticker symbol for Microsoft?

Microsoft's stock ticker symbol is MSFT.

MSFT identifies Microsoft Corporation's common stock on the Nasdaq stock market. Investors, financial news services, and market-data platforms use the four-letter symbol to quote the company's share price, trading volume, dividends, and other market information. Microsoft is a component of major indexes including the S&P 500, Nasdaq-100, and Dow Jones Industrial Average.

Microsoft was founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen in 1975 and went public in 1986. Its IPO price was $21 per share, before the company completed multiple stock splits. The business first became dominant through MS-DOS and Windows, then expanded into Office, Xbox, Azure cloud computing, LinkedIn, GitHub, and artificial-intelligence services.

A frequent mix-up is writing MFST, reversing the middle letters. MSFT follows the recognizable consonants in “Microsoft,” while the final T reflects the company's name rather than a separate share class. The ticker refers to the publicly traded company, not to an individual Microsoft product such as Windows or Xbox.