Insider trade

Microsoft CFO Amy Hood sold about $5.18M of company shares

Traded Sep 14, 2026 · Filed Sep 15, 2026

MicrosoftMSFT

~$5.18M
Reported value · 10K sh @ $496.9118: 561K
Holds after · shares reported: +1.5%
stock since the trade · S&P 500 +0.4%, $505.41 → $512.80 on Oct 1

Why it stands out

The money chief of Microsoft sold $5.18M of Microsoft shares. Nobody planned it ahead of time.

No pre-arranged plan is mentioned in the filing
Sold 2% of their holdings
Routine for them: 6 sales in the past year
3 insiders at Microsoft sold within a month

Written from the filing's own figures. OQRO describes what was reported and never tells you what to buy or sell

View the official recordSEC Form 4 — Statement of Changes in Beneficial Ownership

All the details

Dates, kept separate

Transaction date: Sep 14, 2026
Reporting period: Not applicable
Filed with the SEC: Sep 15, 2026

CFO$1M+

Context

Classification

open market sale

Code S — open-market or private sale

Absolute commitment

~$5,184,281

Shares × reported transaction price

Timing vs results

47 days after results of Jul 29, 2026

Results dates are the company's own 8-K (Item 2.02). Many companies only let insiders trade in a window after results

Price at the time

Closed at $505.41 on Sep 14, 2026, 43% above its 52-week low and 7% below its high, after a 9% rise over the previous 30 trading days

52-week range $352.83 (Jun 25, 2026) to $542.07 (Oct 28, 2025), 81% of the way up, from 251 adjusted closes. 30 trading days earlier: $464.72 on Jul 31, 2026. Describes the past only, not a forecast

Layoff notice nearby

A WARN layoff notice covering 277 workers was filed in Washington on September 22, 2026.

From the official state WARN list, 8 days after the trade. Shown for timing only; the two filings are separate

Planned / mechanical clue

None found in footnotes

Only flagged when a footnote says so; never inferred

Securities lawsuit open at the trade date

A securities lawsuit naming the company as a defendant was filed on Jun 12, 2026 in the U.S. District Court, W.D. Washington. A filing is an allegation, not a finding.

In Re: Microsoft Corporation Securities Litigation, docket 2:26-cv-02071, via CourtListener (court records). Nature of suit 850, company named as first defendant

After it was reported

After	Stock	S&P 500	Difference
7 days	+2.1%	+1.8%	+0.3%

Past results only. Not a forecast.

Source receipt

Record ID: 0000789019-26-000212
Filed / recorded: Sep 15, 2026, 10:04 PM UTC
Added to OQRO: Oct 1, 2026, 11:17 PM UTC
Parser: form4-xml-v1
Data quality: Verified: identifiers matched exactly
Issuer: MICROSOFT CORP
Issuer CIK: 789019
Ticker: MSFT
Reporting person: Amy Hood
Relationship: Officer
Officer title: EVP, Chief Financial Officer
Security: Common Stock
Table: Non-derivative (Table I)
Transaction date: Sep 14, 2026
Transaction code: S
Shares / units: 10,433
Price per share: $496.9118
Acquired / disposed: Disposed (D)
Shares owned after: 560,526.427
Ownership form: Direct
Amendment: No

Footnotes from the filing

This transaction was executed in multiple trades at prices ranging from $496.38 to $497.36. The price reported above reflects the weighted average purchase price. The reporting person hereby undertakes to provide upon request to the SEC staff, the issuer, or a security holder of the issuer, full information regarding the number of shares and prices at which the transactions were effected.