Morangie Management LLC Acquires 1,112 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Key Points

• Morangie Management LLC increased its stake in Microsoft Corporation by 16.8% in Q2, purchasing an additional 1,112 shares, bringing its total holdings to 7,742 shares valued at approximately $3.85 million.
• CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of Microsoft at an average price of $504.78, reducing his ownership by 15.87%, while the company has a current stock price of $522.40.
• Microsoft's quarterly dividend has increased to $0.91 per share, payable on December 11th, up from the previous $0.83 dividend, signaling a positive change in the company's financial returns.

Morangie Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 16.8% in the second quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 7,742 shares of the software giant's stock after buying an additional 1,112 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises about 3.3% of Morangie Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its 11th biggest position. Morangie Management LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $3,851,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

A number of other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. MBE Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in Microsoft by 0.9% during the second quarter. MBE Wealth Management LLC now owns 3,108 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,546,000 after buying an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Cadent Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 2.1% in the second quarter. Cadent Capital Advisors LLC now owns 3,930 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,954,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares in the last quarter. Kingsman Wealth Management Inc. increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 1.8% in the second quarter. Kingsman Wealth Management Inc. now owns 13,056 shares of the software giant's stock worth $6,494,000 after purchasing an additional 234 shares in the last quarter. Colton Groome Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.8% in the second quarter. Colton Groome Financial Advisors LLC now owns 13,826 shares of the software giant's stock worth $6,877,000 after purchasing an additional 110 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Register Financial Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 11.8% in the second quarter. Register Financial Advisors LLC now owns 13,658 shares of the software giant's stock worth $6,794,000 after purchasing an additional 1,442 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares in the company, valued at $399,206,272.56. This trade represents a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of Microsoft 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company's stock, valued at $20,624,012.52. The trade was a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Microsoft Stock Down 0.5%

Shares of Microsoft stock opened at $522.40 on Friday. 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 company has a 50-day moving average of $513.39 and a 200 day moving average of $470.36. The firm has a market cap of $3.88 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.30, a PEG ratio of 2.29 and a beta of 1.03. Microsoft Corporation has a 1 year low of $344.79 and a 1 year high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) 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 analyst estimates of $73.79 billion. During the same period last year, the business earned $2.95 EPS. Microsoft's quarterly 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 anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be issued a $0.91 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This is a positive change from Microsoft's previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. Microsoft's payout ratio is 24.34%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MSFT has been the subject of several recent analyst reports. Wedbush boosted their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $625.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Barclays reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and set a $625.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a report on Friday, August 29th. Wall Street Zen raised shares of Microsoft from a "hold" rating to a "buy" rating in a report on Friday, October 3rd. Evercore ISI lifted their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $515.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Weiss Ratings restated a "buy (b)" rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Wednesday. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have given a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $618.47.

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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