111 Capital Sells 11,030 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

111 Capital lowered its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 29.0% during the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,998 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 11,030 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises approximately 2.3% of 111 Capital's holdings, making the stock its 5th largest holding. 111 Capital's holdings in Microsoft were worth $13,429,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other large investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. Tilia Fiduciary Partners Inc. increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter. Tilia Fiduciary Partners Inc. now owns 13,152 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $6,542,000 after buying an additional 171 shares in the last quarter. Onyx Financial Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Onyx Financial Advisors LLC now owns 7,108 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $3,536,000 after buying an additional 20 shares in the last quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 6.3% in the 2nd quarter. QRG Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,396,998 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $694,881,000 after buying an additional 82,782 shares in the last quarter. Wallington Asset Management LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.6% in the 2nd quarter. Wallington Asset Management LLC now owns 85,327 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $42,443,000 after buying an additional 535 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Precedent Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 7.4% in the 2nd quarter. Precedent Wealth Partners LLC now owns 9,791 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $4,870,000 after buying an additional 671 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Insider Transactions at Microsoft

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total transaction of $2,557,502.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $399,206,272.56. This represents a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Price Performance

MSFT stock opened at $523.61 on Friday. The stock has a 50-day moving average price of $511.52 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $480.95. The stock has a market cap of $3.89 trillion, a PE ratio of 38.39, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.03. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Microsoft Corporation has a 1 year low of $344.79 and a 1 year high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $73.79 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The company's revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a dividend of $0.91 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. This is a positive change from Microsoft's previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.34%.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of analysts recently commented on MSFT shares. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $680.00 to $682.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley restated an "overweight" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Redburn Partners set a $560.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Wednesday. Loop Capital upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, Melius Research upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $595.00 to $625.00 in a research report on Thursday, September 25th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-three have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $617.44.

Microsoft Company Profile

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.

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