By Simply Wall St
Publication Date: 2026-08-12 12:45:00
We wouldn’t blame Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shareholders if they were a little worried about the fact that Judson Althoff, the Executive VP & CEO of Commercial Business recently netted about US$4.9m selling shares at an average price of US$488. That sale reduced their total holding by 18% which is hardly insignificant, but far from the worst we’ve seen.
The Last 12 Months Of Insider Transactions At Microsoft
In the last twelve months, the biggest single sale by an insider was when the President & Vice Chairman, Bradford Smith, sold US$20m worth of shares at a price of US$519 per share. So we know that an insider sold shares at around the present share price of US$504. While insider selling is a negative, to us, it is more negative if the shares are sold at a lower price. In this case, the big sale took place at around the current price,…
