North Point Portfolio Managers Corp OH lifted its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 578.8% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 35,494 shares of the software giant's stock after buying an additional 30,265 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up about 2.3% of North Point Portfolio Managers Corp OH's investment portfolio, making the stock its 18th biggest position. North Point Portfolio Managers Corp OH's holdings in Microsoft were worth $13,324,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently modified their holdings of the company. Newton One Investments LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 66.7% in the first quarter. Newton One Investments LLC now owns 75 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $28,000 after acquiring an additional 30 shares in the last quarter. Ball & Co Wealth Management Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter valued at about $31,000. LSV Asset Management purchased a new position in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter valued at about $44,000. IFS Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 50.0% in the first quarter. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 150 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $57,000 after acquiring an additional 50 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Fairway Wealth LLC purchased a new position in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter valued at about $62,000. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages have recently commented on MSFT. Raymond James Financial boosted their price objective on Microsoft from $490.00 to $570.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday. Cantor Fitzgerald lifted their target price on Microsoft from $581.00 to $639.00 and gave the stock an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday. TD Cowen boosted their price objective on Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday. Benchmark reissued a "buy" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $609.86.
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Microsoft Trading Down 1.8%
Shares of NASDAQ MSFT traded down $9.39 during trading hours on Friday, reaching $524.11. The stock had a trading volume of 28,948,527 shares, compared to its average volume of 17,331,950. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.36 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The firm has a market cap of $3.90 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 38.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.39 and a beta of 1.06. The business's fifty day moving average price is $488.46 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $434.13. Microsoft Corporation has a 52-week low of $344.79 and a 52-week high of $555.45.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates 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 return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%. Microsoft's revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business earned $2.95 earnings per share. 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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be issued a dividend of $0.83 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.6%. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is currently 24.34%.
Insider Activity at Microsoft
In other Microsoft news, EVP Judson Althoff sold 16,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Monday, May 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $458.18, for a total transaction of $7,330,880.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 98,010 shares in the company, valued at $44,906,221.80. This represents a 14.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Amy Coleman sold 13,243 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Thursday, May 15th. The stock was sold at an average price of $452.01, for a total value of $5,985,968.43. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 43,100 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $19,481,631. This represents a 23.50% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 60,743 shares of company stock valued at $27,520,933 over the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.
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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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