Microsoft Corporation $MSFT is Silicon Valley Capital Partners’ 6th Largest Position

Silicon Valley Capital Partners raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 6.9% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 103,727 shares of the software giant’s stock after buying an additional 6,656 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises about 5.1% of Silicon Valley Capital Partners’ holdings, making the stock its 6th largest position. Silicon Valley Capital Partners’ holdings in Microsoft were worth $39,292,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in MSFT. Anderson Financial Strategies LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 526.3% during the 1st quarter. Anderson Financial Strategies LLC now owns 238 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $89,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Strs Ohio purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the 1st quarter valued at $1,202,834,000. GK Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 1.2% during the 1st quarter. GK Wealth Management LLC now owns 7,466 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $2,803,000 after buying an additional 87 shares in the last quarter. Ellsworth Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 5.0% during the 1st quarter. Ellsworth Advisors LLC now owns 15,915 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $5,974,000 after buying an additional 763 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Wealth Management Associates Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.3% in the 1st quarter. Wealth Management Associates Inc. now owns 21,061 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $7,906,000 after purchasing an additional 261 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total value of $75,315,699.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $399,206,272.56. This represents a 15.87% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the 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 completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

MSFT has been the subject of a number of research reports. TD Cowen upped their price objective on Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. DA Davidson upped their price objective on Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Wall Street Zen upgraded Microsoft from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating in a report on Saturday, August 2nd. Barclays reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $625.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a report on Friday, August 29th. Finally, Piper Sandler upped their price objective on Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One investment analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $612.54.

Microsoft Trading Up 1.1%

MSFT opened at $515.36 on Tuesday. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $510.90 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $455.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.83 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.78, a PEG ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.04. 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 Corporation has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. The business had revenue of $76.44 billion during 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%.Microsoft’s quarterly revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the company posted $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Analysts predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share. This is a positive change from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is presently 24.34%.

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.