Representative John W. Rose (R-Tennessee) recently sold shares of Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ: MSFT. In a filing disclosed on July 04th, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $250,001 and $500,000 in Microsoft stock on June 3rd. The trade occurred in the Representative's "RAYMOND JAMES BROKERAGE ACCOUNT" account.
Representative John W. Rose also recently made the following trade(s):
- Sold $250,001 - $500,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOG on 6/3/2025.
- Sold $1,000,001 - $5,000,000 in shares of Alphabet NASDAQ: GOOGL on 6/3/2025.
Microsoft Trading Down 0.3%
Microsoft stock opened at $510.05 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $477.78 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $428.54. The company has a market cap of $3.79 trillion, a P/E ratio of 39.42, a P/E/G ratio of 2.32 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a 52-week low of $344.79 and a 52-week high of $514.64. The company has a quick ratio of 1.36, a current ratio of 1.37 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 30th. The software giant reported $3.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts' consensus estimates of $3.22 by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $70.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $68.54 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.74% and a net margin of 35.79%. The business's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.94 EPS. Analysts predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.
Microsoft Announces Dividend
The company 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 dividend of $0.83 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.65%. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is currently 25.66%.
Insider Transactions at Microsoft
In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 3,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction on Tuesday, June 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $463.00, for a total value of $1,389,000.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 43,930 shares in the company, valued at $20,339,590. This represents a 6.39% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Judson Althoff sold 16,000 shares of the company's stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 19th. The shares were sold at an average price of $458.18, for a total transaction of $7,330,880.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 98,010 shares in the company, valued at $44,906,221.80. The trade was a 14.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 135,743 shares of company stock worth $60,224,683 in the last quarter. 0.03% of the stock is owned by insiders.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several analysts recently issued reports on the company. Royal Bank Of Canada reissued an "outperform" rating and set a $525.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, May 23rd. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $540.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a research report on Wednesday. Wedbush upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $515.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Wednesday, June 25th. Piper Sandler upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $475.00 to $600.00 and gave the company an "overweight" rating in a report on Thursday, July 10th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $480.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-nine have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Microsoft has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $541.79.
Read Our Latest Stock Report on Microsoft
Institutional Trading of Microsoft
Institutional investors have recently bought and sold shares of the stock. WFA Asset Management Corp raised its position in Microsoft by 27.0% during the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant's stock worth $427,000 after buying an additional 216 shares during the last quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 12,658 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $5,658,000 after buying an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 410.4% during the 3rd quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 2,659 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,144,000 after buying an additional 2,138 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. raised its stake in Microsoft by 1.2% in the 4th quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 2,374 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,000,000 after purchasing an additional 28 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Tallon Kerry Patrick acquired a new position in Microsoft in the 4th quarter valued at $1,375,000. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
About Representative Rose
John Rose (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Tennessee's 6th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2019. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Rose (Republican Party) ran for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Tennessee's 6th Congressional District. He won in the general election on November 5, 2024.
Rose served as the state agriculture commissioner from 2002 to 2003 and chaired the Tennessee Technological University Foundation, Tennessee FFA Foundation, and Tennessee State Fair Association. He also co-founded the IT certification company Transcender Corp.
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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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