Graphene Investments SAS acquired a new position in shares of Microsoft Co. ($MSFT )in the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund acquired 50,000 shares of the software giant's stock, valued at approximately $11,991,000. Microsoft comprises about 8.1% of Graphene Investments SAS's investment portfolio, making the stock its largest holding.Several other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of MSFT. Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.1% in the 4th quarter. Sentinel Pension Advisors Inc. now owns 3,746 shares of the software giant's stock worth $898,000 after purchasing an additional 39 shares in the last quarter. Rovin Capital UT ADV lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.1% in the 3rd quarter. Rovin Capital UT ADV now owns 3,747 shares of the software giant's stock worth $873,000 after purchasing an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Providence First Trust Co lifted its stake in Microsoft by 2.5% during the 4th quarter. Providence First Trust Co now owns 1,645 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $395,000 after acquiring an additional 40 shares in the last quarter. Lokken Investment Group LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Lokken Investment Group LLC now owns 11,976 shares of the software giant's stock worth $3,076,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Denver Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 3.1% during the 4th quarter. Denver Wealth Management Inc. now owns 1,348 shares of the software giant's stock worth $323,000 after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the last quarter. 69.15% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Buying and Selling
In other Microsoft news, CMO Christopher C. Capossela sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $272.32, for a total value of $272,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief marketing officer now owns 116,362 shares in the company, valued at $31,687,699.84. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. In other Microsoft news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 4,767 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, February 28th. The stock was sold at an average price of $248.88, for a total value of $1,186,410.96. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 788,625 shares in the company, valued at $196,272,990. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CMO Christopher C. Capossela sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 13th. The stock was sold at an average price of $272.32, for a total value of $272,320.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief marketing officer now owns 116,362 shares of the company's stock, valued at approximately $31,687,699.84. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders sold 6,767 shares of company stock valued at $1,728,111 over the last quarter. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.
Microsoft Trading Down 1.3 %
Shares of $MSFT traded down $3.70 during trading on Friday, reaching $286.14. 20,987,917 shares of the company traded hands, compared to its average volume of 29,170,534. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.13 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 31.79, a P/E/G ratio of 2.56 and a beta of 0.93. Microsoft Co. has a 52-week low of $213.43 and a 52-week high of $294.18. The company has a current ratio of 1.93, a quick ratio of 1.89 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24. The business's fifty day moving average is $268.51 and its 200-day moving average is $249.95.
Microsoft ($MSFT ) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 24th. The software giant reported $2.32 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $2.27 by $0.05. Microsoft had a return on equity of 39.87% and a net margin of 33.05%. The company had revenue of $52.75 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $53.17 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $2.48 earnings per share. The firm's revenue was up 2.0% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts forecast that Microsoft Co. will post 9.31 EPS for the current year.
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The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, June 6th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 18th will be paid a $0.68 dividend. This represents a $2.72 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.95%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, May 17th. Microsoft's payout ratio is 30.22%.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
A number of equities analysts have issued reports on the stock. Rosenblatt Securities cut their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $285.00 to $275.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 26th. Citigroup boosted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $280.00 to $282.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, January 25th. StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, March 16th. They issued a “hold” rating on the stock. KeyCorp boosted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $270.00 to $316.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Wednesday, March 29th. Finally, UBS Group set a $275.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Monday, March 20th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, five have assigned a hold rating and twenty-seven have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $292.95.
Microsoft Company Profile (Get Rating)
Microsoft Corp. engages in the development and support of software, services, devices, and solutions. It operates through the following business segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing. The Productivity and Business Processes segment consists of Office Commercial (Office 365 subscriptions, the Office 365 portion of Microsoft 365 Commercial subscriptions, and Office licensed on-premises), Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office 365 Security and Compliance, and Skype for Business, Office Consumer, including Microsoft 365 Consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other Office services, LinkedIn, including Talent Solutions, Marketing Solutions, Premium Subscriptions, Sales Solutions, and Learning Solutions, Dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, comprising a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, Customer Insights, Power Apps, and Power Automate, and on-premises ERP and CRM applications.
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