Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Holdings Boosted by Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.

Landscape Capital Management L.L.C. increased its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 1.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 10,206 shares of the software giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 178 shares during the period. Landscape Capital Management L.L.C.’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $3,831,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. LTS One Management LP lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.7% during the 1st quarter. LTS One Management LP now owns 60,000 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $22,523,000 after buying an additional 1,000 shares during the last quarter. MYDA Advisors LLC raised its position in Microsoft by 282.0% during the first quarter. MYDA Advisors LLC now owns 76,400 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $28,680,000 after acquiring an additional 56,400 shares in the last quarter. Monterey Private Wealth Inc. lifted its stake in Microsoft by 0.7% in the first quarter. Monterey Private Wealth Inc. now owns 14,847 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $5,573,000 after acquiring an additional 102 shares during the last quarter. Oak Associates Ltd. OH grew its position in Microsoft by 1.9% in the first quarter. Oak Associates Ltd. OH now owns 141,578 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $53,147,000 after acquiring an additional 2,682 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Okabena Investment Services Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 10.4% during the 1st quarter. Okabena Investment Services Inc. now owns 29,879 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $11,216,000 after purchasing an additional 2,812 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.1%

Shares of MSFT stock opened at $501.01 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $3.72 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $555.45. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of $510.32 and a 200 day moving average price of $453.05. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35.

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

Insider Activity

In other Microsoft news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $399,206,272.56. This represents a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through this link. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 12th. The stock was 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 in the company, valued at $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Ratings Changes

MSFT has been the subject of a number of recent research reports. Stifel Nicolaus upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Raymond James Financial upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $490.00 to $570.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $585.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Citigroup upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, Loop Capital upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have given a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $612.54.

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.