Asset Allocation & Management Company LLC Trims Stock Position in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Asset Allocation & Management Company LLC cut its holdings in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 53.4% during the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 1,323 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 1,517 shares during the period. Microsoft accounts for about 0.2% of Asset Allocation & Management Company LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 26th largest holding. Asset Allocation & Management Company LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $494,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSFT. Winebrenner Capital Management LLC increased its stake in Microsoft by 12.1% during the second quarter. Winebrenner Capital Management LLC now owns 4,404 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,643,000 after acquiring an additional 475 shares during the last quarter. Keudell Morrison Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 0.6% during the 2nd quarter. Keudell Morrison Wealth Management now owns 20,062 shares of the software giant's stock worth $7,483,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares during the period. Gemmer Asset Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 3.2% during the 2nd quarter. Gemmer Asset Management LLC now owns 14,514 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,414,000 after purchasing an additional 454 shares during the period. FSM Wealth Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 15.6% during the 2nd quarter. FSM Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 33,780 shares of the software giant's stock worth $12,600,000 after purchasing an additional 4,550 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Range Financial Group LLC raised its holdings in Microsoft by 2.6% in the 2nd quarter. Range Financial Group LLC now owns 4,005 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,494,000 after buying an additional 103 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MSFT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Sanford C. Bernstein set a $660.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Monday, August 10th. Truist Financial reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $575.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Wednesday, July 22nd. Wedbush restated an "outperform" rating and issued a $575.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Phillip Securities cut shares of Microsoft from a "strong-buy" rating to a "moderate buy" rating in a research report on Monday, August 3rd. Finally, TD Cowen reiterated a "buy" rating and issued a $540.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Forty-two analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $564.27.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, CEO Judson Althoff sold 10,000 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, August 5th. The stock was sold at an average price of $487.89, for a total value of $4,878,900.00. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 100,447 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $49,007,086.83. The trade was a 9.05% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 86,525 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, September 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $501.46, for a total value of $43,388,826.50. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 486,763 shares in the company, valued at $244,092,173.98. The trade was a 15.09% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold a total of 108,335 shares of company stock worth $53,499,700 over the last 90 days. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

More Microsoft News

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft’s decision to disclose Azure revenue separately beginning in fiscal 2027 is improving visibility into its cloud business. Azure generated $29.4 billion in quarterly revenue and $101.9 billion for fiscal 2026, while the company’s remaining performance obligations reached $678 billion. The clearer reporting may help investors assess Microsoft’s position against Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud. Microsoft Finally Reveals Azure’s Core
• Positive Sentiment: Stifel raised its Microsoft price target to $530, citing improving Copilot adoption and artificial-intelligence momentum. OpenAI’s launch of GPT-6 Astra could also benefit Microsoft because Azure customers are reportedly already using the model, strengthening the strategic value of Microsoft’s OpenAI relationship. Stifel raises Microsoft price target
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft is reorganizing its reporting structure around “Devices and Consumer” and “Agents and Infra.” The change could make AI economics easier to evaluate, but it may also increase scrutiny of spending and margins once the new disclosures begin.
• Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned that Microsoft’s AI buildout is becoming increasingly expensive. Capital expenditures reached about $41 billion in the latest quarter, cloud gross margin reportedly fell to roughly 65% from 67%, and the company plans to continue adding data centers and AI capacity. The risk is that depreciation, power and chip costs could delay returns on the large backlog. Microsoft faces pressure despite cloud and AI growth
• Negative Sentiment: CEO Satya Nadella sold 86,525 shares worth approximately $43.4 million. The sale was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan, limiting its value as a business signal, but the transaction can still add short-term sentiment pressure after the stock’s run-up. Satya Nadella sells Microsoft stock
• Negative Sentiment: Microsoft is limiting Xbox Game Pass cloud gaming to 15 hours per month for some subscribers as infrastructure costs rise. The move may improve service economics, but it risks frustrating users and weakening Microsoft’s consumer-gaming proposition. Microsoft limits Xbox cloud gaming

Microsoft Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MSFT opened at $499.70 on Friday. The company has a current ratio of 1.23, a quick ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $349.20 and a twelve month high of $553.72. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $444.52 and a two-hundred day moving average of $415.80. The stock has a market cap of $3.71 trillion, a P/E ratio of 27.82, a P/E/G ratio of 1.64 and a beta of 1.11.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 29th. The software giant reported $4.74 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $4.24 by $0.50. The business had revenue of $90.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $87.62 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 40.31% and a return on equity of 31.98%. The business's revenue was up 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $3.65 earnings per share. On average, research analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 19.59 earnings per share for the current year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.91 per share. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 20th. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is currently 20.27%.

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft develops, licenses and supports a broad range of software products, services and devices for consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide. Its operations span personal computing, productivity software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools and gaming.

Microsoft's product portfolio includes the Windows operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools (Office apps, Outlook, Teams).

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