Sharpepoint LLC Lowers Stock Position in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Sharpepoint LLC lowered its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 16.7% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,450 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 889 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises approximately 1.6% of Sharpepoint LLC's portfolio, making the stock its 28th biggest position. Sharpepoint LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,753,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. CFO4Life Group LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 0.3% during the first quarter. CFO4Life Group LLC now owns 40,813 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $15,321,000 after buying an additional 104 shares during the period. Investments & Financial Planning LLC purchased a new position in Microsoft during the first quarter valued at $237,000. Significant Wealth Partners LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 7.7% in the 1st quarter. Significant Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,100 shares of the software giant's stock worth $413,000 after purchasing an additional 79 shares during the last quarter. Heritage Wealth Management Inc. CA raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 3.1% in the 1st quarter. Heritage Wealth Management Inc. CA now owns 5,096 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,913,000 after purchasing an additional 151 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Poinciana Advisors Group LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 30.5% in the 1st quarter. Poinciana Advisors Group LLC now owns 886 shares of the software giant's stock worth $333,000 after purchasing an additional 207 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 directly owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 8,850 shares of company stock valued at $4,406,512. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Trading Down 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:MSFT opened at $502.04 on Wednesday. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $507.06 and a 200 day moving average of $445.58. The company has a market cap of $3.73 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.81, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.20 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. Microsoft Corporation has a 12-month low of $344.79 and a 12-month high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results 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. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The business had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.95 EPS. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared 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. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is presently 24.34%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of brokerages have weighed in on MSFT. KeyCorp raised Microsoft from a "sector weight" rating to an "overweight" rating and set a $630.00 target price for the company in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Raymond James Financial upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $490.00 to $570.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. TD Securities upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $475.00 to $490.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Wedbush upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $625.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Oppenheimer upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $630.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $612.54.

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.

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