Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC Has $45.04 Billion Stock Holdings in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Key Points

• Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC significantly increased its stake in Microsoft Corporation by 564,387.1%, acquiring approximately 90.5 million shares valued at over $45 billion, making it the firm's second largest holding.
• Multiple analysts have raised their price targets for Microsoft, with Wells Fargo and Piper Sandler both setting targets at $650, while Truist Financial increased their target to $675.
• Microsoft declared an increase in its quarterly dividend from $0.83 to $0.91, representing a 0.7% yield and a payout ratio of 24.34%.

Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 564,387.1% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 90,549,369 shares of the software giant's stock after purchasing an additional 90,533,328 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up 6.1% of Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC owned about 1.22% of Microsoft worth $45,040,162,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSFT. Newton One Investments LLC increased its stake in Microsoft by 66.7% in the first quarter. Newton One Investments LLC now owns 75 shares of the software giant's stock worth $28,000 after purchasing an additional 30 shares during the period. Ball & Co Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the fourth quarter valued at $31,000. Bulwark Capital Corp bought a new position in shares of Microsoft in the second quarter worth about $32,000. LSV Asset Management bought a new position in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter worth about $44,000. Finally, IFS Advisors LLC increased its stake in Microsoft by 50.0% in the 1st quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 150 shares of the software giant's stock worth $57,000 after buying an additional 50 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Wells Fargo & Company reissued an "overweight" rating and issued a $650.00 price objective (up from $600.00) on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Truist Financial increased their price objective on Microsoft from $650.00 to $675.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, August 18th. Wall Street Zen cut Microsoft from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Saturday, September 20th. Finally, Oppenheimer increased their price target on Microsoft from $600.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock 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 given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $614.45.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.9%

Shares of Microsoft stock opened at $511.46 on Monday. The company has a market cap of $3.80 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.50, a PEG ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a 52-week low of $344.79 and a 52-week high of $555.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The firm's 50 day moving average price is $512.03 and its 200-day moving average price is $463.19.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly 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. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The business had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $2.95 earnings per share. The business's quarterly revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, sell-side analysts predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be issued a $0.91 dividend. This is a boost from Microsoft's previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is 24.34%.

Insider Activity

In related news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were 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 directly owned 790,852 shares in the company, valued at $399,206,272.56. This trade represents a 15.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly 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 disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

About Microsoft

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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