Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Bought by Founders Financial Alliance LLC

Founders Financial Alliance LLC increased its holdings in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 6.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 33,524 shares of the software giant's stock after buying an additional 2,102 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises about 3.1% of Founders Financial Alliance LLC's holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest position. Founders Financial Alliance LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $12,585,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Davis Selected Advisers lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 0.6% in the 1st quarter. Davis Selected Advisers now owns 256,523 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $96,296,000 after purchasing an additional 1,532 shares in the last quarter. Rezny Wealth Management Inc. lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 12.9% in the 1st quarter. Rezny Wealth Management Inc. now owns 4,943 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,856,000 after purchasing an additional 564 shares in the last quarter. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 5.1% in the 1st quarter. Nicholson Wealth Management Group LLC now owns 6,648 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $2,496,000 after purchasing an additional 320 shares in the last quarter. Integrity Financial Corp WA lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 8.8% in the 1st quarter. Integrity Financial Corp WA now owns 8,938 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $3,355,000 after purchasing an additional 725 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Herald Investment Management Ltd lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 5.9% in the 1st quarter. Herald Investment Management Ltd now owns 26,745 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $10,025,000 after purchasing an additional 1,500 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Microsoft Trading Up 0.6%

MSFT traded up $3.20 on Monday, reaching $498.20. 16,724,087 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 20,521,180. The company's 50 day moving average is $509.95 and its 200-day moving average is $451.72. The company has a market cap of $3.70 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.52, a PEG ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $555.45. 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 (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted 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 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 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 predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Investors 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 24.34%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction 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 position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total transaction of $2,557,502.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This trade represents 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 corporate insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on MSFT shares. Truist Financial upped their target price on shares of Microsoft from $650.00 to $675.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, August 18th. UBS Group restated a "buy" rating and issued a $650.00 target price (up from $600.00) on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. KeyCorp upgraded shares of Microsoft from a "sector weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $630.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, DA Davidson increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 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 given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $612.54.

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.