What the executives and directors of Microsoft actually did with their own shares, decoded from three years of SEC Form 4 filings.
The tape: three years of insider trades
Every marker sits at the exact price reported on the Form 4. The line is the monthly median of all prices insiders reported, so the chart needs no market feed; the gray strip is routine flow (vestings, tax withholding, gifts) that headlines love to miscount as selling.
Where the shares went, last 12 months
Every Form 4 movement decomposed: what flowed in (grants, vested equity, purchases) and what flowed out (tax withholding, plan sales, discretionary sales, gifts). Counted in shares, because grants carry no price.
Skin in the game
Directly held shares as reported after each trade, indexed to 100 five years back. Direct holdings only: trust and family-entity positions are per-entity in the filings and do not sum honestly, so this chart refuses to guess. The steps are the trades.
Who holds what
| Insider | Role | Shares held | Buys 12 m | Sales 12 m |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nadella Satya Chief Executive Officer | CEO | 786.9K | — | $75.3M |
| Hood Amy EVP, Chief Financial Officer | CFO | 562.8K | — | — |
| SMITH BRADFORD L Vice Chair and President | Officer | 448K | — | $20M |
| Hogan Kathleen T EVP, Strategy | Officer | 137.9K | — | $5M |
| Althoff Judson CEO Microsoft Commercial | CEO | 110.5K | — | $13.4M |
| Capossela Christopher C EVP, Chief Marketing Officer | Officer | 103.5K | — | — |
| Young Christopher David EVP, Business Development | Officer | 103.4K | — | — |
| STANTON JOHN W | Director | 87.7K | $2M | — |
| Jolla Alice L. Chief Accounting Officer | Officer | 76.2K | — | — |
| Coleman Amy EVP, Chief Human Resources Off | Officer | 45.4K | — | $519K |
| SCHARF CHARLES W | Director | 45K | — | — |
| Numoto Takeshi EVP, Chief Marketing Officer | Officer | 42.7K | — | $9.2M |
| WARRIOR PADMASREE | Director | 13.8K | — | — |
| Walmsley Emma N | Director | 9,958 | — | — |
Open-market trade log
| Date | Insider | Type | Shares | Price | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,810 | $496.48 | $2.4M |
| 2026-06-10 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 4,500 | $402.84 | $1.8M |
| 2026-06-08 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $412.45 | $1M |
| 2026-06-01 | Althoff Judson (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 15.5K | $460.99 | $7.1M |
| 2026-05-14 | Coleman Amy (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,262 | $411.34 | $519K |
| 2026-03-06 | Hogan Kathleen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 12.3K | $409.52 | $5M |
| 2026-02-18 | STANTON JOHN W (Director) | Open-market buy | 5,000 | $397.35 | $2M |
| 2025-12-04 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,850 | $478.72 | $1.4M |
| 2025-12-02 | Althoff Judson (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 12.8K | $491.52 | $6.3M |
| 2025-11-03 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 8,089 | $519.21 | $4.2M |
| 2025-11-03 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 30.4K | $518.49 | $15.8M |
| 2025-09-03 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 500 | $507.56 | $254K |
| 2025-09-03 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 9,037 | $506.62 | $4.6M |
| 2025-09-03 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 25.8K | $503.00 | $13M |
| 2025-09-03 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 26.5K | $503.91 | $13.4M |
| 2025-09-03 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 39.1K | $505.86 | $19.8M |
| 2025-09-03 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 48.3K | $504.95 | $24.4M |
| 2025-08-12 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,000 | $525.56 | $1.1M |
| 2025-08-12 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,850 | $528.56 | $1.5M |
| 2025-06-03 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,000 | $463.00 | $1.4M |
| 2025-05-30 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $460.01 | $460K |
| 2025-05-21 | Hogan Kathleen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 21.5K | $453.77 | $9.8M |
| 2025-05-19 | Althoff Judson (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,702 | $458.46 | $3.1M |
| 2025-05-19 | Althoff Judson (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 9,298 | $457.97 | $4.3M |
| 2025-05-15 | Coleman Amy (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 13.2K | $452.01 | $6M |
| 2025-05-05 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 3,812 | $438.82 | $1.7M |
| 2025-05-05 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 6,000 | $433.17 | $2.6M |
| 2025-05-02 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 18.2K | $435.31 | $7.9M |
| 2025-05-02 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 56.8K | $436.29 | $24.8M |
| 2025-04-30 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 30 | $390.57 | $12K |
| 2025-04-23 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Open-market buy | 3,842 | $377.47 | $1.5M |
| 2024-12-09 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $447.41 | $1.1M |
| 2024-12-04 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,000 | $437.32 | $875K |
| 2024-12-02 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $430.87 | $1.1M |
| 2024-11-27 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $423.48 | $423K |
| 2024-11-22 | Althoff Judson (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 25K | $417.00 | $10.4M |
| 2024-11-22 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 1,000 | $414.72 | $415K |
| 2024-11-12 | Young Christopher David (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 7,200 | $423.66 | $3.1M |
| 2024-09-10 | Hogan Kathleen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 17.4K | $411.85 | $7.2M |
| 2024-09-10 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 2,500 | $411.04 | $1M |
| 2024-09-09 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 30 | $403.30 | $12K |
| 2024-09-09 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 40K | $402.59 | $16.1M |
| 2024-09-05 | Hood Amy (CFO) | Discretionary sale | 38K | $410.55 | $15.6M |
| 2024-09-04 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,500 | $410.82 | $616K |
| 2024-09-04 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 2,800 | $404.99 | $1.1M |
| 2024-09-04 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 5,939 | $406.17 | $2.4M |
| 2024-09-04 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 7,391 | $408.34 | $3M |
| 2024-09-04 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 9,648 | $407.02 | $3.9M |
| 2024-09-04 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 14.1K | $410.10 | $5.8M |
| 2024-09-04 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 37K | $409.12 | $15.1M |
| 2024-08-23 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Discretionary sale | 7,199 | $417.41 | $3M |
| 2024-06-03 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 244 | $415.53 | $101K |
| 2024-05-31 | Numoto Takeshi (Officer) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 322 | $416.60 | $134K |
| 2024-05-23 | Althoff Judson (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 25K | $425.68 | $10.6M |
| 2024-03-11 | Hogan Kathleen T (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 22K | $403.96 | $8.9M |
| 2024-03-11 | Althoff Judson (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 10K | $403.65 | $4M |
| 2024-03-01 | Nadella Satya (CEO) | Planned sale (10b5-1) | 1,276 | $410.94 | $524K |
| 2024-02-05 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 200 | $408.10 | $82K |
| 2024-02-05 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 300 | $406.84 | $122K |
| 2024-02-05 | SMITH BRADFORD L (Officer) | Discretionary sale | 300 | $410.22 | $123K |
“Since trade” compares with the latest insider-implied price, not a market quote; this site carries no market data by design.
Filing hygiene
How to read this
A Form 4 transaction code decides everything. P is an open-market purchase and S an open-market sale; those two are the only codes where an insider chose to trade. A is a grant, M an option exercise or vesting, F shares withheld to cover tax, G a gift. Most “insiders dumped billions” headlines are code F and M mechanics.
Sales flagged 10b5-1 run on a plan the insider adopted in advance; since 2023 every Form 4 carries that flag. Buys have historically predicted returns, sales mostly have not, and this page states filings, not advice.