Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) had its price objective raised by The Goldman Sachs Group from $450.00 to $480.00 in a research report report published on Thursday morning, Marketbeat reports. The brokerage currently has a buy rating on the software giant's stock.
A number of other equities analysts have also weighed in on the company. Wells Fargo & Company lowered their price objective on Microsoft from $515.00 to $500.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, April 14th. BMO Capital Markets upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $470.00 to $485.00 and gave the company an "outperform" rating in a report on Thursday. StockNews.com lowered shares of Microsoft from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Cantor Fitzgerald restated an "overweight" rating and set a $509.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $475.00 to $500.00 and gave the company a "buy" rating in a research report on Thursday. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty have given a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $507.77.
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Microsoft Price Performance
NASDAQ MSFT traded up $2.81 during mid-day trading on Thursday, hitting $438.09. The stock had a trading volume of 8,342,713 shares, compared to its average volume of 21,321,524. The firm's 50 day moving average is $384.93 and its 200 day moving average is $411.03. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.26 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 35.28, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.99. Microsoft has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $468.35.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The software giant reported $3.46 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.22 by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $70.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $68.54 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.43% and a return on equity of 33.36%. Microsoft's quarterly revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $2.94 earnings per share. Equities research analysts forecast that Microsoft will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Microsoft Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be issued a $0.83 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.76%. Microsoft's payout ratio is currently 25.66%.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Microsoft
Several institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSFT. Adamsbrown Wealth Consultants LLC increased its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 2.2% in the 4th quarter. Adamsbrown Wealth Consultants LLC now owns 5,967 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $2,515,000 after acquiring an additional 130 shares during the period. Mcdaniel Terry & Co. raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 6.1% in the fourth quarter. Mcdaniel Terry & Co. now owns 315,594 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $133,023,000 after buying an additional 18,052 shares during the last quarter. Campbell Wealth Management purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the third quarter valued at about $3,314,000. Centric Wealth Management grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 0.7% during the third quarter. Centric Wealth Management now owns 16,156 shares of the software giant's stock worth $6,789,000 after buying an additional 112 shares during the last quarter. Finally, 1900 Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 3.0% during the 4th quarter. 1900 Wealth Management LLC now owns 10,140 shares of the software giant's stock worth $4,274,000 after acquiring an additional 294 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.
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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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