MSFT sold to early , just like anyone else who sold apple stock after dec. 2003 ( at $10.00)
All told, Microsoft spent a little over $151 million to acquire 18.2 million shares of Apple stock, for roughly $8.31 per share. Microsoft confirmed that it sold all of its AAPL holdings some time ago, and likely did so at a healthy profit—after all, AAPL has traded significantly higher than $8 for many years. But what if Microsoft had held on to that investment just a little longer?
AAPL is trading at $600.00. That translates to a value of $10.9 billion, which would represent a staggering 7,200 percent ROI had Microsoft held on to those 18.2 million shares.