Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Acquired by Orion Investment Co

Orion Investment Co boosted its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 0.2% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 106,076 shares of the software giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 162 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises about 16.3% of Orion Investment Co’s holdings, making the stock its largest position. Orion Investment Co’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $39,820,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Coalescence Partners Investment Management LP increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 37.4% during the 1st quarter. Coalescence Partners Investment Management LP now owns 101,892 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $38,249,000 after acquiring an additional 27,737 shares during the last quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 4.6% in the 1st quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 16,601 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $6,232,000 after purchasing an additional 737 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the 1st quarter valued at approximately $9,091,000. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 3.3% during the 1st quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 1,730,008 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $649,426,000 after acquiring an additional 55,735 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Delta Investment Management LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 69.3% during the 1st quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC now owns 59,561 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $22,359,000 after acquiring an additional 24,388 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Price Performance

Microsoft stock opened at $501.01 on Friday. The business’s 50-day simple moving average is $510.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $453.05. The stock has a market cap of $3.72 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.73, a P/E/G ratio of 2.19 and a beta of 1.04. Microsoft Corporation has a 12-month low of $344.79 and a 12-month high of $555.45. 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 (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.35 by $0.30. The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion for 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 company’s quarterly revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.95 earnings per share. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, research analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $399,206,272.56. The trade was a 15.87% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 transaction, 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 ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of brokerages recently commented on MSFT. Cantor Fitzgerald upped their price objective on Microsoft from $581.00 to $639.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. The Goldman Sachs Group raised their price objective on Microsoft from $480.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday, May 21st. Piper Sandler raised their price objective on Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Raymond James Financial lifted their price target on Microsoft from $490.00 to $570.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, July 28th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Microsoft presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $612.54.

Microsoft Company Profile

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.