Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Sold by Lipe & Dalton

Key Points

• Lipe & Dalton has reduced its stake in Microsoft Corporation by 7.6%, selling 495 shares and holding a total of 5,978 shares valued at $2,244,000.
• Microsoft reported quarterly earnings of $3.65 per share, surpassing analysts' estimates, with a revenue of $76.44 billion, reflecting an 18.1% year-over-year increase.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share, amounting to a 0.7% dividend yield, with an ex-dividend date set for August 21.

Lipe & Dalton lessened its holdings in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 7.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 5,978 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 495 shares during the quarter. Lipe & Dalton's holdings in Microsoft were worth $2,244,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the business. WFA Asset Management Corp lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 27.0% during the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant's stock worth $427,000 after buying an additional 216 shares during the last quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 12,658 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,658,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 410.4% during the 3rd quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 2,659 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,144,000 after buying an additional 2,138 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 2,374 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,000,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tallon Kerry Patrick bought a new position in Microsoft during the 4th quarter worth approximately $1,375,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of Microsoft 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 transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This trade represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of research analysts have commented on MSFT shares. Stifel Nicolaus increased their target price on Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. 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. Wedbush increased their target price on Microsoft from $600.00 to $625.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Oppenheimer increased their target price on Microsoft from $600.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Morgan Stanley raised their price target on Microsoft from $530.00 to $582.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a 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 assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $612.54.

Microsoft Stock Performance

MSFT traded down $2.95 during trading hours on Monday, hitting $506.69. The company's stock had a trading volume of 20,949,937 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,296,634. Microsoft Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $344.79 and a fifty-two week high of $555.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.77 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.15, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a 50-day simple moving average of $508.77 and a 200 day simple moving average of $447.85.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.35 by $0.30. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $73.79 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $2.95 EPS. The firm's revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

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 $0.83 dividend. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.34%.

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.