Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Stock Holdings Increased by Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA

Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA raised its holdings in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 2.3% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 253,408 shares of the software giant's stock after buying an additional 5,727 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises about 6.0% of Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA's holdings, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Roffman Miller Associates Inc. PA's holdings in Microsoft were worth $95,127,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Drake & Associates LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 21.2% during the first quarter. Drake & Associates LLC now owns 7,994 shares of the software giant's stock worth $3,001,000 after purchasing an additional 1,401 shares during the last quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.7% during the first quarter. Penserra Capital Management LLC now owns 48,130 shares of the software giant's stock worth $18,067,000 after buying an additional 791 shares during the last quarter. Crew Capital Management Ltd. lifted its position in Microsoft by 2.3% in the first quarter. Crew Capital Management Ltd. now owns 11,031 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $4,141,000 after purchasing an additional 249 shares during the period. Cloud Capital Management LLC acquired a new stake in Microsoft in the first quarter valued at about $3,245,000. Finally, Forte Asset Management LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 1.9% in the first quarter. Forte Asset Management LLC now owns 12,254 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $4,600,000 after purchasing an additional 224 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several equities research analysts have recently commented on MSFT shares. Truist Financial boosted their price target on Microsoft from $650.00 to $675.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday. TD Cowen boosted 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. Barclays boosted their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $625.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. UBS Group reaffirmed a "buy" rating and set a $650.00 price target (up from $600.00) on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One 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 stock. According to MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $612.54.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, 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 transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this link. Insiders have sold 8,850 shares of company stock valued at $4,406,512 in the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Price Performance

MSFT opened at $507.23 on Friday. The company's 50-day moving average price is $506.08 and its 200 day moving average price is $444.11. Microsoft Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $344.79 and a fifty-two week high of $555.45. The firm has a market cap of $3.77 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.19, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.06. 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 (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly 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 net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The company had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.79 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business earned $2.95 earnings per share. Microsoft'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 earnings per share for the current year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be issued a $0.83 dividend. 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 (DPR) is 24.34%.

About Microsoft

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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