Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Sold by Nwam LLC

Key Points

• Nwam LLC has reduced its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) by 2.3%, owning 249,435 shares valued at approximately $93.6 million after selling nearly 6,000 shares in the first quarter.
• Microsoft reported an earnings per share (EPS) of $3.65 for the last quarter, surpassing analyst expectations of $3.35, and posted revenues of $76.44 billion, reflecting a year-over-year growth of 18.1%.
• The company announced a quarterly dividend of $0.83 per share, with a corresponding yield of 0.7%, to be paid on September 11th to shareholders on record by August 21st.

Nwam LLC decreased its stake in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 2.3% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 249,435 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 5,857 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up 8.1% of Nwam LLC's portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Nwam LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $93,636,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. JMG Financial Group Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 3.2% in the first quarter. JMG Financial Group Ltd. now owns 5,796 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $2,176,000 after acquiring an additional 179 shares in the last quarter. Mandatum Life Insurance Co Ltd lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 6.1% in the first quarter. Mandatum Life Insurance Co Ltd now owns 22,327 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $8,381,000 after buying an additional 1,290 shares during the period. Archer Investment Corp boosted its position in shares of Microsoft by 6.3% during the 1st quarter. Archer Investment Corp now owns 13,704 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $5,144,000 after purchasing an additional 818 shares in the last quarter. Evergreen Wealth Management LLC grew its position in Microsoft by 0.7% in the first quarter. Evergreen Wealth Management LLC now owns 8,496 shares of the software giant's stock worth $3,189,000 after buying an additional 56 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 63.9% in the 1st quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 308,479 shares of the software giant's stock worth $115,823,000 after acquiring an additional 120,244 shares during the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research firms have issued reports on MSFT. Cantor Fitzgerald boosted their price objective on Microsoft from $581.00 to $639.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Jefferies Financial Group increased their target price on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $675.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. KeyCorp upgraded Microsoft from a "sector weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $630.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, July 31st. BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on Microsoft from $550.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Raymond James Financial raised their target price on shares of Microsoft from $490.00 to $570.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Microsoft has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $612.54.

Microsoft Price Performance

MSFT stock traded down $3.76 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $502.93. 8,824,988 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 22,215,672. The stock has a market cap of $3.74 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.87, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $555.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $509.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $448.54.

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. The company had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.79 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The company's revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.95 earnings per share. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Equities analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

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

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the 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 owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This represents 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 accessible through this link. 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.