Integrated Advisors Network LLC lessened its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 16.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 82,174 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 16,049 shares during the quarter. Microsoft makes up 1.6% of Integrated Advisors Network LLC's investment portfolio, making the stock its 8th largest holding. Integrated Advisors Network LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $30,847,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Ball & Co Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new stake in Microsoft during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $31,000. Fiduciary Advisors Inc. purchased a new stake in Microsoft during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $38,000. LSV Asset Management purchased a new stake in Microsoft during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $44,000. Fairway Wealth LLC purchased a new stake in Microsoft during the 4th quarter valued at approximately $62,000. Finally, IFS Advisors LLC raised its stake in Microsoft by 50.0% during the 1st quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 150 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.
Insider Transactions at Microsoft
In related news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 3,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $463.00, for a total value of $1,389,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 43,930 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $20,339,590. This represents a 6.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, EVP Kathleen T. Hogan sold 21,500 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 21st. The stock was sold at an average price of $453.77, for a total transaction of $9,756,055.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 134,888 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $61,208,127.76. The trade was a 13.75% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last 90 days, insiders sold 135,743 shares of company stock worth $60,224,683. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
A number of brokerages have recently issued reports on MSFT. Evercore ISI set a $515.00 target price on Microsoft and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. Wells Fargo & Company increased their target price on Microsoft from $565.00 to $585.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 25th. Raymond James Financial increased their target price on Microsoft from $480.00 to $490.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Wall Street Zen downgraded Microsoft from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research note on Monday, June 30th. Finally, Barclays increased their target price on Microsoft from $430.00 to $494.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-nine have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $534.14.
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Microsoft Trading Up 0.4%
Shares of Microsoft stock traded up $1.84 on Friday, hitting $503.32. 16,454,184 shares of the company's stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 21,652,165. The firm's 50-day moving average price is $470.64 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $425.85. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.74 trillion, a PE ratio of 38.90, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.27 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $506.78. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.37 and a quick ratio of 1.36.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The software giant reported $3.46 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.22 by $0.24. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.79% and a return on equity of 32.74%. The business had revenue of $70.07 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $68.54 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company earned $2.94 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. On average, research analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Microsoft Announces Dividend
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 21st will be paid a $0.83 dividend. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.66%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. Microsoft's payout ratio is presently 25.66%.
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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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