Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Stock Position Increased by Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ

Key Points

• Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ has increased its stake in Microsoft Corporation, making it the bank's largest holding at 5.7% of its portfolio, valued at approximately $1.15 billion.
• Insider trading activity includes significant sales by executives Takeshi Numoto and CEO Satya Nadella, with Nadella selling 149,205 shares valued at over $75 million.
• Microsoft's stock has a current market capitalization of $3.78 trillion, with recent earnings exceeding analysts' expectations, reporting $3.65 earnings per share for the last quarter.

Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ lifted its holdings in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 2.3% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,078,142 shares of the software giant's stock after buying an additional 67,982 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises approximately 5.7% of Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ's portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Skandinaviska Enskilda Banken AB publ's holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,155,165,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of MSFT. Fosun International Ltd lifted its position in Microsoft by 0.3% during the first quarter. Fosun International Ltd now owns 6,633 shares of the software giant's stock worth $2,490,000 after acquiring an additional 23 shares during the last quarter. Alliance Wealth Management Group lifted its position in Microsoft by 0.4% during the fourth quarter. Alliance Wealth Management Group now owns 5,617 shares of the software giant's stock worth $2,368,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Guidance Point Advisors LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 0.6% during the fourth quarter. Guidance Point Advisors LLC now owns 4,294 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,811,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Orin Green Financial LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 1.2% during the first quarter. Orin Green Financial LLC now owns 2,136 shares of the software giant's stock worth $767,000 after acquiring an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Life Planning Partners Inc lifted its position in Microsoft by 5.1% during the fourth quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 540 shares of the software giant's stock worth $228,000 after acquiring an additional 26 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Trading Down 2.6%

Shares of NASDAQ:MSFT traded down $12.97 during mid-day trading on Friday, reaching $495.00. 31,963,969 shares of the company's stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,259,959. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.68 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.29, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.04. 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. The business's fifty day moving average price is $509.95 and its 200-day moving average price is $450.01.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.35 by $0.30. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The business had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.79 billion. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.95 earnings per share. Microsoft's revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

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

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages have issued reports on MSFT. Westpark Capital restated a "hold" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $650.00 target price (up from $600.00) on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Oppenheimer raised their target price on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Scotiabank raised their target price on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock a "sector outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $612.54.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business's stock in a transaction dated 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 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was 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 directly owned 790,852 shares of the company's stock, valued at $399,206,272.56. The trade was a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

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.