Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Bought by Cohen Investment Advisors LLC

Key Points

• Cohen Investment Advisors LLC increased its stake in Microsoft by 12.1% in Q1, now holding 17,944 shares valued at approximately $6.7 million, making it the firm's third largest position.
• The stock has seen positive ratings from several brokerages, with price targets raised by analysts, including Cantor Fitzgerald's raise to $639.00 and Piper Sandler's to $650.00, both indicating an "overweight" rating.
• Microsoft recently announced a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share, reflecting a dividend yield of 0.7% and a payout ratio of 24.34%.

Cohen Investment Advisors LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 12.1% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 17,944 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 1,939 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises approximately 3.9% of Cohen Investment Advisors LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest holding. Cohen Investment Advisors LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $6,736,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Brady Martz Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its stake in Microsoft by 1.4% in the first quarter. Brady Martz Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 6,650 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $2,496,000 after buying an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. Mcdaniel Terry & Co. lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 6.1% in the fourth quarter. Mcdaniel Terry & Co. now owns 315,594 shares of the software giant's stock worth $133,023,000 after purchasing an additional 18,052 shares in the last quarter. Strategic Financial Services Inc. increased its holdings in Microsoft by 7.8% during the fourth quarter. Strategic Financial Services Inc. now owns 17,426 shares of the software giant's stock worth $7,345,000 after buying an additional 1,268 shares during the last quarter. Elevate Wealth Advisory Inc. increased its holdings in Microsoft by 147.9% during the fourth quarter. Elevate Wealth Advisory Inc. now owns 1,748 shares of the software giant's stock worth $737,000 after buying an additional 1,043 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Intellus Advisors LLC acquired a new position in Microsoft during the fourth quarter worth $16,075,000. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms have commented on MSFT. Evercore ISI upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $515.00 to $545.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. TD Securities boosted their target price on shares of Microsoft from $475.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their target price on shares of Microsoft from $465.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. DA Davidson boosted their target price on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Mizuho boosted their target price on shares of Microsoft from $540.00 to $625.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $612.54.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the executive vice president owned 39,111 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Over the last three months, insiders have sold 8,850 shares of company stock worth $4,406,512. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Trading Up 0.8%

Shares of Microsoft stock traded up $4.2170 on Friday, hitting $508.4570. The stock had a trading volume of 14,638,910 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,256,410. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.78 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.27, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.06. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $505.43 and a 200 day moving average of $443.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month 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 for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates 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 net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be given a dividend of $0.83 per share. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is currently 24.34%.

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.