Catalyst Financial Partners LLC Acquires 1,497 Shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Catalyst Financial Partners LLC grew its position in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 3.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 40,845 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 1,497 shares during the quarter. Microsoft makes up approximately 3.2% of Catalyst Financial Partners LLC's holdings, making the stock its 7th largest position. Catalyst Financial Partners LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $17,216,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. WFA Asset Management Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 27.0% in the first quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $427,000 after acquiring an additional 216 shares in the last quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 0.3% in the second quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 12,658 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,658,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the period. AMF Tjanstepension AB boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.8% in the third quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB now owns 2,799,261 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,204,664,000 after buying an additional 49,735 shares during the period. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 410.4% in the third quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 2,659 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,144,000 after acquiring an additional 2,138 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 0.4% during the third quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 13,689,356 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $5,890,530,000 after acquiring an additional 49,288 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Microsoft Stock Performance

MSFT traded down $3.83 during trading on Friday, reaching $367.78. 20,940,221 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 21,282,398. The company has a market capitalization of $2.73 trillion, a P/E ratio of 29.61, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $388.25 and a 200 day moving average price of $412.78. Microsoft Co. has a fifty-two week low of $344.79 and a fifty-two week high of $468.35.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.08. Microsoft had a return on equity of 33.36% and a net margin of 35.43%. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.93 EPS. As a group, analysts predict that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a $0.83 dividend. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.90%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Microsoft's payout ratio is 26.73%.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

Several equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Westpark Capital began coverage on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Tuesday, April 1st. They set a "hold" rating on the stock. Bank of America reduced their price objective on Microsoft from $510.00 to $480.00 and set a "buy" rating for the company in a research note on Tuesday. KeyCorp reiterated a "sector weight" rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets decreased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $490.00 to $470.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Wednesday. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reiterated an "outperform" rating and issued a $500.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, January 30th. Five research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-seven have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $499.97.

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.