BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. Has $15.06 Million Stock Holdings in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda. trimmed its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 5.1% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 40,106 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 2,146 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for 0.5% of BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda.'s holdings, making the stock its 23rd biggest holding. BW Gestao de Investimentos Ltda.'s holdings in Microsoft were worth $15,055,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Belmont Capital LLC grew its holdings in Microsoft by 7.2% in the 1st quarter. Belmont Capital LLC now owns 102,327 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $38,412,000 after buying an additional 6,889 shares in the last quarter. Banque Transatlantique SA grew its holdings in Microsoft by 14.9% in the 1st quarter. Banque Transatlantique SA now owns 1,461,290 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $506,934,000 after buying an additional 189,166 shares in the last quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in Microsoft by 7.7% in the 1st quarter. AQR Capital Management LLC now owns 4,535,142 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,679,907,000 after buying an additional 324,772 shares in the last quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Microsoft by 1.2% in the 1st quarter. Advisors Asset Management Inc. now owns 289,951 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $108,845,000 after buying an additional 3,505 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Algorithmic Investment Models LLC acquired a new position in Microsoft in the 1st quarter valued at $776,000. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MSFT has been the topic of a number of research reports. Scotiabank upped their price objective on Microsoft from $500.00 to $650.00 and gave the company a "sector outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Loop Capital increased their target price on Microsoft from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. The Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price on Microsoft from $480.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Wednesday, May 21st. Citigroup increased their target price on Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, TD Cowen increased their target price on Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Microsoft has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $612.54.

Microsoft Price Performance

Shares of MSFT stock opened at $509.90 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $555.45. The company has a market cap of $3.79 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.38, a P/E/G ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.04. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $510.55 and a 200 day simple moving average of $453.82.

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

Insider Activity

In other news, 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 value of $75,315,699.90. Following the completion of the sale, 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 sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, 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 value of $2,557,502.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. The trade was a 11.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Microsoft 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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