Three Seasons Wealth LLC Grows Stock Holdings in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Key Points

• Three Seasons Wealth LLC increased its stake in Microsoft Corporation by 812.6% during the second quarter, acquiring a total of 88,580 shares, valued at approximately $44 million.
• Microsoft reported a quarterly earnings per share of $3.65, exceeding analysts' expectations, and achieved a revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, a growth of 18.1% year-over-year.
• The company declared a quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share, an increase from the previous $0.83, with the dividend payout ratio currently at 24.34%.

Three Seasons Wealth LLC raised its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 812.6% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 88,580 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 78,874 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises 5.1% of Three Seasons Wealth LLC's holdings, making the stock its 4th largest position. Three Seasons Wealth LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $44,061,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Brady Martz Wealth Solutions LLC grew its position in shares of 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 purchasing an additional 95 shares in the last quarter. Real Talk Capital LLC grew 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 worth $860,000 after purchasing an additional 37 shares in the last quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC grew its position in shares of Microsoft by 39.3% during the 1st quarter. Modern Wealth Management LLC now owns 144,852 shares of the software giant's stock worth $54,376,000 after purchasing an additional 40,860 shares in the last quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC grew its position in shares of Microsoft by 8.3% during the 1st quarter. Bridgeway Capital Management LLC now owns 86,477 shares of the software giant's stock worth $32,463,000 after purchasing an additional 6,617 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Boltwood Capital Management grew its position in shares of Microsoft by 5.9% during the 2nd quarter. Boltwood Capital Management now owns 17,986 shares of the software giant's stock worth $8,946,000 after purchasing an additional 996 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.9%

Microsoft stock opened at $511.46 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The stock has a market cap of $3.80 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.50, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $344.79 and a fifty-two week high of $555.45. The firm's 50-day simple moving average is $512.03 and its 200 day simple moving average is $462.60.

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

Microsoft Increases Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have issued reports on MSFT shares. TD Cowen increased their target price on shares of Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Evercore ISI increased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $515.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, July 25th. BMO Capital Markets increased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Oppenheimer increased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada increased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $525.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One equities 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 company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $614.45.

Insider Buying and Selling at Microsoft

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total transaction of $2,557,502.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This trade represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this link. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction 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 approximately $399,206,272.56. This trade represents 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.

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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