Executive Wealth Management LLC Has $21.80 Million Stake in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Executive Wealth Management LLC increased its holdings in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 5.6% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 57,967 shares of the software giant's stock after acquiring an additional 3,085 shares during the quarter. Microsoft makes up approximately 2.1% of Executive Wealth Management LLC's holdings, making the stock its 9th biggest holding. Executive Wealth Management LLC's holdings in Microsoft were worth $21,798,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC boosted its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.5% during the 3rd quarter. Lodestone Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,103 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $4,453,000 after purchasing an additional 68 shares in the last quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 133.9% in the third quarter. Impact Partnership Wealth LLC now owns 6,272 shares of the software giant's stock worth $1,980,000 after purchasing an additional 3,591 shares in the last quarter. Atlas Brown Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.9% during the 3rd quarter. Atlas Brown Inc. now owns 22,620 shares of the software giant's stock worth $7,142,000 after acquiring an additional 209 shares in the last quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC grew its holdings in Microsoft by 38.6% during the third quarter. Fifth Third Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 34,013 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $10,740,000 after purchasing an additional 9,480 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1900 Wealth Management LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 23.0% during the third quarter. 1900 Wealth Management LLC now owns 14,047 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $4,435,000 after acquiring an additional 2,629 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Stock Up 1.7 %

Shares of NASDAQ:MSFT traded up $6.88 during mid-day trading on Monday, reaching $413.54. 16,969,163 shares of the stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 22,015,547. The company has a market cap of $3.07 trillion, a P/E ratio of 35.80, a P/E/G ratio of 2.15 and a beta of 0.89. The stock's 50 day simple moving average is $413.80 and its 200-day simple moving average is $391.46. The company has a quick ratio of 1.23, a current ratio of 1.24 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. Microsoft Co. has a one year low of $306.09 and a one year high of $430.82.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, April 25th. The software giant reported $2.94 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $2.81 by $0.13. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.43% and a return on equity of 37.54%. The company had revenue of $61.86 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $60.86 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.45 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 17.0% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Microsoft Co. will post 11.76 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 13th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 16th will be issued a $0.75 dividend. This represents a $3.00 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.73%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 15th. Microsoft's payout ratio is 25.97%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have commented on MSFT. Barclays upped their price target on Microsoft from $421.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Wednesday, January 31st. BNP Paribas raised shares of Microsoft from a "neutral" rating to an "outperform" rating and set a $471.00 price objective on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 18th. Truist Financial restated a "buy" rating and issued a $600.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Monday, March 25th. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their target price on shares of Microsoft from $465.00 to $489.00 and gave the stock an "outperform" rating in a research report on Friday, April 26th. Finally, UBS Group reissued a "buy" rating and issued a $480.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Wednesday, April 10th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty-two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $452.61.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other news, EVP Kathleen T. Hogan sold 21,955 shares of the company's stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, March 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $403.96, for a total transaction of $8,868,941.80. Following the sale, the executive vice president now owns 159,764 shares in the company, valued at approximately $64,538,265.44. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, EVP Kathleen T. Hogan sold 21,955 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction dated Monday, March 11th. The shares were sold at an average price of $403.96, for a total value of $8,868,941.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now owns 159,764 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $64,538,265.44. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is accessible through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder Corp Microsoft sold 1,000,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Thursday, February 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $1.95, for a total transaction of $1,950,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 11,677,398 shares in the company, valued at $22,770,926.10. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

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.