Heritage Investors Management Corp Has $114.29 Million Position in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Heritage Investors Management Corp grew its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 0.4% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 304,445 shares of the software giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,310 shares during the period. Microsoft accounts for about 3.9% of Heritage Investors Management Corp’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd biggest position. Heritage Investors Management Corp’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $114,286,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

A number of other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 61.6% in the first quarter. J.W. Cole Advisors Inc. now owns 188,065 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $70,598,000 after acquiring an additional 71,661 shares during the last quarter. Milestones Administradora de Recursos Ltda. raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 3.2% during the first quarter. Milestones Administradora de Recursos Ltda. now owns 100,922 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $37,885,000 after buying an additional 3,130 shares during the last quarter. Integrated Capital Management LLC raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 3.7% during the first quarter. Integrated Capital Management LLC now owns 3,656 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,372,000 after buying an additional 131 shares during the last quarter. IFP Advisors Inc raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 12.7% during the first quarter. IFP Advisors Inc now owns 103,663 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $38,928,000 after buying an additional 11,712 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Aspen Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the first quarter worth approximately $2,895,000. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

A number of research firms recently weighed in on MSFT. The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $480.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 21st. Oppenheimer boosted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Bank of America boosted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $585.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. UBS Group reissued a “buy” rating and set a $650.00 price target (up from $600.00) on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One investment 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 company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $612.54.

Insider Transactions at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total transaction of $2,557,502.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Stock Performance

Shares of MSFT opened at $506.69 on Tuesday. Microsoft Corporation has a 12 month low of $344.79 and a 12 month high of $555.45. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $509.18 and a 200 day simple moving average of $448.54. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.77 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.15, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.04. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.35 by $0.30. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The business had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $73.79 billion. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.95 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Research analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

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 given a dividend of $0.83 per share. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 21st. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is 24.34%.

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.