Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. Has $1.66 Million Stake in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Key Points

• Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. increased its holdings in Microsoft by 20.9% in Q2, owning 3,341 shares valued at approximately $1.66 million, making it Microsoft’s 11th largest stakeholder.
• Multiple institutional investors are raising their stakes in Microsoft, with WFA Asset Management Corp. increasing by 27% and Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC boosting by 410.4%.
• Analysts have raised their price targets for Microsoft significantly, with firms like Oppenheimer increasing their target from $600 to $630 and Morgan Stanley adjusting theirs from $530 to $582, reflecting strong investor sentiment.

Reyes Financial Architecture Inc. boosted its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 20.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 3,341 shares of the software giant's stock after buying an additional 577 shares during the quarter. Microsoft makes up approximately 1.4% of Reyes Financial Architecture Inc.'s holdings, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Reyes Financial Architecture Inc.'s holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,662,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.

Other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Brady Martz Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 1.4% during the 1st quarter. Brady Martz Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 6,650 shares of the software giant's stock worth $2,496,000 after buying an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 1.6% during the 1st quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC now owns 2,290 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $860,000 after acquiring an additional 37 shares during the last quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC lifted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 39.3% in the 1st quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 144,852 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $54,376,000 after purchasing an additional 40,860 shares during the period. Strategic Financial Services Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 7.8% in the 4th quarter. Strategic Financial Services Inc. now owns 17,426 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $7,345,000 after purchasing an additional 1,268 shares during the period. Finally, Elevate Wealth Advisory Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 147.9% in the 4th quarter. Elevate Wealth Advisory Inc. now owns 1,748 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $737,000 after purchasing an additional 1,043 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Stock Down 0.7%

Shares of MSFT traded down $3.48 during midday trading on Monday, hitting $514.45. The stock had a trading volume of 19,977,512 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,503,336. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $511.71 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $458.74. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $555.45. The firm has a market cap of $3.82 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.72, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.26 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.35 by $0.30. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.95 EPS. The company's revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a $0.91 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. This is a positive change from Microsoft's previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 24.34%.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MSFT has been the topic of a number of analyst reports. Evercore ISI increased their price target on Microsoft from $515.00 to $545.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Friday, July 25th. Bank of America increased their price target on Microsoft from $585.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target on Microsoft from $600.00 to $675.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Loop Capital increased their price target on Microsoft from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Finally, Citigroup increased their price target on Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $612.54.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was 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 owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at $20,624,012.52. This trade represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total value of $75,315,699.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares of the company's stock, valued at $399,206,272.56. The trade was a 15.87% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Microsoft 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.