Nova Wealth Management Inc. Has $1.17 Million Position in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Nova Wealth Management Inc. lowered its holdings in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 1.0% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 3,122 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 32 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for about 1.0% of Nova Wealth Management Inc.’s portfolio, making the stock its 20th biggest position. Nova Wealth Management Inc.’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,172,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds also recently modified their holdings of the business. Plum Street Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 4.8% during the first quarter. Plum Street Advisors LLC now owns 3,187 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,196,000 after purchasing an additional 146 shares during the period. Jones Financial Companies Lllp raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 34.2% during the first quarter. Jones Financial Companies Lllp now owns 1,097,614 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $415,139,000 after purchasing an additional 279,426 shares during the period. Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 14.9% during the first quarter. Birmingham Capital Management Co. Inc. AL now owns 3,310 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,243,000 after purchasing an additional 430 shares during the period. Silicon Valley Capital Partners grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 6.9% during the first quarter. Silicon Valley Capital Partners now owns 103,727 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $39,292,000 after buying an additional 6,656 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Anderson Financial Strategies LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 526.3% during the first quarter. Anderson Financial Strategies LLC now owns 238 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $89,000 after buying an additional 200 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSFT has been the subject of a number of research reports. Scotiabank increased their price objective on Microsoft from $500.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley increased their price objective on Microsoft from $530.00 to $582.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Jefferies Financial Group increased their price objective on Microsoft from $600.00 to $675.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Citigroup increased their price objective on Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Tuesday, July 22nd. Finally, BMO Capital Markets increased their price objective on Microsoft from $550.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, twenty-nine have issued a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $612.54.

Insider Buying and Selling at Microsoft

In related news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 790,852 shares in the company, 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 SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total value of $2,557,502.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 39,111 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,624,012.52. This trade represents a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MSFT opened at $515.36 on Tuesday. 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 Corporation has a 12 month low of $344.79 and a 12 month high of $555.45. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $510.90 and a 200-day moving average of $455.45. The company has a market capitalization of $3.83 trillion, a P/E ratio of 37.78, a P/E/G ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.04.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last issued 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 return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The company had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.95 EPS. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. As a group, equities research analysts predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a $0.91 dividend. This is an increase from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Microsoft’s payout ratio is 24.34%.

Microsoft 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.