Representative Lisa C. McClain (R-Michigan) recently sold shares of Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ: MSFT. In a filing disclosed on August 13th, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Microsoft stock on June 11th. The trade occurred in the Representative's "CHARLES SCHWAB BROKERAGE ACCOUNT 924" account.
Representative Lisa C. McClain also recently made the following trade(s):
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Autoliv NYSE: ALV on 8/4/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Amazon.com NASDAQ: AMZN on 8/4/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Applied Materials NASDAQ: AMAT on 8/4/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Arthur J. Gallagher & Co. NYSE: AJG on 8/4/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of SAP NYSE: SAP on 7/22/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of XPO NYSE: XPO on 7/22/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Lithia Motors NYSE: LAD on 7/22/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Sanofi NASDAQ: SNY on 7/22/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Waters NYSE: WAT on 7/22/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Group 1 Automotive NYSE: GPI on 7/22/2025.
Microsoft Price Performance
Shares of MSFT stock traded down $0.3330 during trading hours on Thursday, reaching $505.3870. The company's stock had a trading volume of 8,137,284 shares, compared to its average volume of 22,236,867. The company has a market capitalization of $3.76 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.07, a PEG ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.06. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. 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 $504.93 and its 200-day simple moving average is $442.81.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data 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. The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.79 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The business's quarterly revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company posted $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.
Microsoft Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 21st will be issued 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 of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 24.34%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on the stock. Stifel Nicolaus raised their target price on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. Sanford C. Bernstein upped their price target on shares of Microsoft from $540.00 to $637.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Westpark Capital reiterated a "hold" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. TD Cowen increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Citigroup upped their target price on shares of Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. One 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 stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $612.54.
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Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of hedge funds have recently modified their holdings of the company. Vanguard Group Inc. lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 2.0% in the second quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 705,077,786 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $350,712,742,000 after buying an additional 13,691,572 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its stake in Microsoft by 1.1% in the 2nd quarter. State Street Corp now owns 299,196,519 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $148,823,341,000 after acquiring an additional 3,166,275 shares during the period. Geode Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Microsoft by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 179,001,751 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $88,714,256,000 after acquiring an additional 3,532,054 shares during the period. Norges Bank bought a new stake in Microsoft in the 4th quarter valued at $44,343,058,000. Finally, Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC raised its stake in Microsoft by 564,387.1% in the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 90,549,369 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $45,040,162,000 after acquiring an additional 90,533,328 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In related news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business's stock in a transaction 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at $20,624,012.52. The trade was 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 quarter, insiders sold 8,850 shares of company stock valued at $4,406,512. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
About Representative McClain
Lisa McClain (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Michigan's 9th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027.
McClain (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Michigan's 9th Congressional District. She declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Lisa McClain lives in Romeo, Michigan. McClain earned a bachelor's degree in business administration from Northwood University. Her career experience includes founding and working as the president of North End Support Team.
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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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