Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Bought by Apollon Financial LLC

Key Points

• Apollon Financial LLC increased its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 1.9%, owning 35,616 shares valued at approximately $13.37 million.
• Microsoft reported earnings of $3.65 per share, exceeding expectations by $0.30, along with revenue of $76.44 billion, an 18.1% increase year-over-year.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share, with an ex-dividend date of August 21st, offering an annualized yield of 0.7%.

Apollon Financial LLC grew its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 1.9% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 35,616 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 670 shares during the period. Microsoft accounts for approximately 3.1% of Apollon Financial LLC's holdings, making the stock its 5th largest position. Apollon Financial LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $13,370,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the company. Fosun International Ltd lifted its stake in Microsoft by 0.3% in the 1st quarter. Fosun International Ltd now owns 6,633 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $2,490,000 after purchasing an additional 23 shares during the last quarter. Alliance Wealth Management Group lifted its stake in Microsoft by 0.4% in the 4th quarter. Alliance Wealth Management Group now owns 5,617 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $2,368,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Guidance Point Advisors LLC lifted its stake in Microsoft by 0.6% in the 4th quarter. Guidance Point Advisors LLC now owns 4,294 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,811,000 after purchasing an additional 25 shares during the last quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc lifted its stake in Microsoft by 5.1% in the 4th quarter. Life Planning Partners Inc now owns 540 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $228,000 after purchasing an additional 26 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Core Wealth Advisors Inc. lifted its stake in Microsoft by 1.5% in the 4th quarter. Core Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 1,856 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $782,000 after purchasing an additional 27 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Trading Down 0.6%

MSFT opened at $506.69 on Friday. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month 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 company has a fifty day moving average of $508.77 and a 200-day moving average of $447.33. The stock has a market cap of $3.77 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.15, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.06.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping 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 company had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $73.79 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.95 earnings per share. Microsoft's revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. 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 year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The company also recently disclosed 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 is Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is 24.34%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several brokerages recently commented on MSFT. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Loop Capital increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $581.00 to $639.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Westpark Capital reissued a "hold" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $525.00 to $640.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note 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 issued a Hold rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Microsoft presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $612.54.

Insider Buying and Selling at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total value of $2,557,502.00. Following the completion of the sale, 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

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.

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