Microsoft(US:MSFT) Benzinga·2026-01-07 16:02Group 1 - Whales have taken a bullish stance on Microsoft, with 46% of investors opening trades with bullish expectations and 35% with bearish [1] - The total amount for put options is $795,477, while call options total $2,711,016 [1] - Big players are targeting a price window for Microsoft between $420.0 and $550.0 over the past quarter [2] Group 2 - The mean open interest for Microsoft options trades is 3,979.68, with a total volume of 89,889.00 [3] - A chart shows the development of volume and open interest for call and put options within the strike price range of $420.0 to $550.0 over the last 30 days [3][4] Group 3 - Notable options trades include a neutral call trade with a total trade amount of $551.2K and a bullish put trade amounting to $373.0K [6] - The company is organized into three segments: productivity and business processes, intelligence cloud, and more personal computing [7] Group 4 - Analysts propose an average target price of $625.0 for Microsoft, with a recent downgrade to Outperform from Wedbush [9] - The current price of MSFT is $486.97, reflecting a 1.77% increase, with upcoming earnings expected in 21 days [10]