Microsoft Corporation $MSFT is Oriental Harbor Investment Fund's 4th Largest Position

Key Points

• Oriental Harbor Investment Fund has increased its stake in Microsoft Corporation by 25.4%, now holding 283,274 shares, which represents 11.8% of its portfolio.
• Microsoft reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $3.65, surpassing analysts' expectations of $3.35, with quarterly revenues of $76.44 billion, a year-over-year increase of 18.1%.
• Several research firms have raised their target prices for Microsoft, with Royal Bank of Canada now at $640.00 and Jefferies Financial Group at $675.00, reflecting strong market confidence in the company.

Oriental Harbor Investment Fund boosted its holdings in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 25.4% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 283,274 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 57,318 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises approximately 11.8% of Oriental Harbor Investment Fund's portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest holding. Oriental Harbor Investment Fund's holdings in Microsoft were worth $106,338,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Client 1ST Advisory Group LLC grew its holdings in Microsoft by 19.4% in the first quarter. Client 1ST Advisory Group LLC now owns 3,473 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,304,000 after purchasing an additional 565 shares during the last quarter. Alaethes Wealth LLC grew its holdings in Microsoft by 2.0% in the first quarter. Alaethes Wealth LLC now owns 20,764 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $7,795,000 after purchasing an additional 410 shares during the last quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC grew its holdings in Microsoft by 3.8% in the first quarter. UBS AM A Distinct Business Unit of UBS Asset Management Americas LLC now owns 62,267,822 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $23,374,718,000 after purchasing an additional 2,306,485 shares during the last quarter. Woodline Partners LP grew its holdings in Microsoft by 33.8% in the first quarter. Woodline Partners LP now owns 628,061 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $235,768,000 after purchasing an additional 158,755 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Zimmer Partners LP grew its holdings in Microsoft by 44.9% in the first quarter. Zimmer Partners LP now owns 20,000 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $7,508,000 after purchasing an additional 6,200 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MSFT opened at $509.90 on Friday. The firm has a market cap of $3.79 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.38, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.04. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $510.55 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $454.19. 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 fifty-two week low of $344.79 and a fifty-two week high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last announced 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 company had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.79 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm posted $2.95 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. 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.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business'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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company's stock, valued at $20,624,012.52. The trade was a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the business's stock in a transaction on 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 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have weighed in on MSFT. Royal Bank Of Canada upped their target price on Microsoft from $525.00 to $640.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on Microsoft from $600.00 to $675.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. TD Cowen increased their price objective on Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on Microsoft from $581.00 to $639.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $650.00 price objective (up previously from $600.00) on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One equities 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, Microsoft has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target 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.

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