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sellModerate cluster of 2

Bradford L Smith sold $35M of MSFT

Vice Chair and President at MICROSOFT CORP. 81,000 shares at an average of $435.84, traded May 2, 2025, filed May 6, 2025.

Warning score
58
Value
$35M
81,000 shares
Holdings after
471,036
-15% from before
From 52-week low
+23%
low $350.45, close $430.23
From 52-week high
-4%
high $448.29, as of May 2, 2025

Score components

  • Role
    President
    +20
  • Trade size
    $35.3M at market
    +25
  • Share of holdings sold
    Sold 15% of holdings
    +5
  • Cluster
    2 insiders selling within 14 days
    +8

What happened after comparable sells

Same side and tier, against the S&P 500, at 1, 3 and 6 months. Shown to Pro users; the whole table is on the backtest page.

This signal so far: 1m +8.1%, 3m +22.0%, 6m +19.1%.

Price around the trade, and since

From a quarter before the trade to today. The arrow is the trade, the circle the day the filing reached EDGAR, which is the first day anyone outside could act; the dotted line is the S&P 500 rebased to that day's close.

MSFTOct 9, 2026 · close 535.07
Since filing May 6, 2025: +24.9%SPY +41.6% · excess -16.6%

Daily candles, adjusted for splits and dividends. Green arrows are insider buys, red are sells, sized by value; the dashed line is the close on the filing day, the dotted line SPY rebased to it.Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™

Rows in this filing

Every transaction in Form 4 0001062993-25-008701, as filed. Open on EDGAR

DateTransactionSharesPriceValueHoldings afterFiled
May 2, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-18,212$435.31$7.9M533,787May 6, 2025
May 2, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-56,788$436.29$25M476,999May 6, 2025
May 5, 2025SOpen-market sale
Common Stock
-6,000$433.17$2.6M471,036May 6, 2025

Related signals

Other insiders at MICROSOFT CORP and this insider’s other filings.

ScoreCompanyInsiderValueHoldingsFiled
35Weak
MSFTsell 210b5-1
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Amy Hood
EVP, Chief Financial Officer
$21M
41,674 shares
-7%
43Moderate
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Satya Nadella
Chief Executive Officer
$43M
86,525 shares
-15%
58Moderate
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MICROSOFT CORP
Judson Althoff
CEO Microsoft Commercial
$4.9M
10,000 shares
-9%
53Moderate
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MICROSOFT CORP
Takeshi Numoto
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer
$2.4M
4,810 shares
-10%
48Moderate
MSFTsell 2
MICROSOFT CORP
Takeshi Numoto
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer
$1.8M
4,500 shares
-9%
48Moderate
MSFTsell 2
MICROSOFT CORP
Takeshi Numoto
EVP, Chief Marketing Officer
$1.0M
2,500 shares
-5%
63Notable
MSFTsell 2
MICROSOFT CORP
Judson Althoff
CEO Microsoft Commercial
$7.1M
15,500 shares
-12%
33Weak
MSFTsell
MICROSOFT CORP
Amy Coleman
EVP, Chief Human Resources Off
$519k
1,262 shares
-3%
40Moderate
MSFTsell
MICROSOFT CORP
Kathleen T Hogan
EVP, Strategy
$5.0M
12,321 shares
-8%
47Moderate
MSFTbuy
MICROSOFT CORP
John W Stanton
director
$2.0M
5,000 shares
+6%

Not investment advice. Scores and forward returns are decision support built from public SEC filings and past prices; they describe what happened after comparable filings, not what will happen after this one. Do your own research and size your risk.

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