Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH Has $2.68 Billion Position in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH lowered its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 0.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 7,145,067 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 57,748 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for approximately 5.4% of Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH's investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest holding. Universal Beteiligungs und Servicegesellschaft mbH owned 0.10% of Microsoft worth $2,682,187,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Wesleyan Assurance Society grew its position in shares of Microsoft by 5.3% during the 1st quarter. Wesleyan Assurance Society now owns 264,251 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $99,054,000 after acquiring an additional 13,255 shares during the period. Y Intercept Hong Kong Ltd purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the first quarter worth about $8,093,000. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 175.4% in the 1st quarter. Kathleen S. Wright Associates Inc. now owns 1,903 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $714,000 after purchasing an additional 1,212 shares during the period. Crystal Rock Capital Management grew its position in Microsoft by 13.1% during the first quarter. Crystal Rock Capital Management now owns 15,505 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,820,000 after buying an additional 1,800 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Financial Sense Advisors Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 264.8% during the first quarter. Financial Sense Advisors Inc. now owns 10,452 shares of the software giant's stock worth $3,923,000 after purchasing an additional 7,587 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred 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 in the company, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on MSFT. Sanford C. Bernstein increased their target price on Microsoft from $540.00 to $637.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Citigroup boosted their price target on Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Westpark Capital reaffirmed a "hold" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Raymond James Financial increased their price objective on Microsoft from $490.00 to $570.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Finally, Wedbush boosted their price target on Microsoft from $600.00 to $625.00 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 assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company's stock. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $612.54.

Microsoft Trading Down 0.3%

Shares of Microsoft stock opened at $505.12 on Wednesday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. Microsoft Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $344.79 and a fifty-two week high of $555.45. The company has a fifty day moving average of $509.48 and a 200 day moving average of $448.93. The company has a market capitalization of $3.75 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.03, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.04.

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

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 21st will be given a $0.83 dividend. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, August 21st. Microsoft's payout ratio is currently 24.34%.

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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