Vishria Bird Financial Group LLC Has $13.32 Million Stake in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Vishria Bird Financial Group LLC lowered its stake in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 1.7% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the SEC. The firm owned 35,492 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 597 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up approximately 4.5% of Vishria Bird Financial Group LLC's holdings, making the stock its 6th biggest position. Vishria Bird Financial Group LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $13,323,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Alley Investment Management Company LLC increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.4% during the 1st quarter. Alley Investment Management Company LLC now owns 61,721 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $23,169,000 after purchasing an additional 225 shares during the last quarter. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.3% in the first quarter. Pinnacle Financial Partners Inc now owns 567,924 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $223,000,000 after acquiring an additional 1,915 shares in the last quarter. Instrumental Wealth LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 14.7% in the first quarter. Instrumental Wealth LLC now owns 3,020 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,183,000 after acquiring an additional 386 shares in the last quarter. Horizon Financial Services LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 47,510.4% in the first quarter. Horizon Financial Services LLC now owns 78,081 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $29,311,000 after acquiring an additional 77,917 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Equita Financial Network Inc. lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 39.9% in the first quarter. Equita Financial Network Inc. now owns 3,169 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,190,000 after acquiring an additional 904 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the stock. Piper Sandler increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $625.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Bank of America increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $585.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Guggenheim reaffirmed a "neutral" rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Truist Financial increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $650.00 to $675.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Monday. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Microsoft has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $612.54.

Insider Transactions at Microsoft

In related news, 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 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 $20,624,012.52. This trade represents a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Insiders sold 8,850 shares of company stock valued at $4,406,512 in the last ninety days. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Microsoft Price Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MSFT traded down $3.8540 during midday trading on Wednesday, reaching $505.9160. 13,218,214 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 22,237,680. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.76 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.09, a P/E/G ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.06. Microsoft Corporation has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $555.45. The company's 50 day moving average is $504.26 and its 200 day moving average is $442.37.

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 analysts' consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The company's quarterly revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

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

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.