Henrickson Nauta Wealth Advisors Inc. Buys 217 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Henrickson Nauta Wealth Advisors Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 7.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,199 shares of the software giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 217 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises approximately 0.6% of Henrickson Nauta Wealth Advisors Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 19th biggest position. Henrickson Nauta Wealth Advisors Inc.’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,591,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the stock. First National Corp MA ADV grew its holdings in Microsoft by 12.7% during the 2nd quarter. First National Corp MA ADV now owns 8,345 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $4,151,000 after acquiring an additional 939 shares during the period. FF Advisors LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. FF Advisors LLC now owns 7,090 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $3,527,000 after acquiring an additional 475 shares in the last quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 10.8% during the 2nd quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 20,483 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $10,189,000 after buying an additional 1,999 shares in the last quarter. PTM Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 42.0% during the 2nd quarter. PTM Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,795 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $895,000 after purchasing an additional 531 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Parisi Gray Wealth Management increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Parisi Gray Wealth Management now owns 25,963 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $12,914,000 after purchasing an additional 91 shares during the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total value of $75,315,699.90. Following 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 filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business’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 completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at approximately $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 Up 1.9%

Shares of MSFT stock opened at $517.93 on Monday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.85 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.97, a PEG ratio of 2.26 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 company’s fifty day moving average price is $511.71 and its 200-day moving average price is $458.74. 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 announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. The company had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. Microsoft’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

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

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research analysts have recently commented on the stock. Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. 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. KeyCorp raised shares of Microsoft from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $630.00 price objective for the company in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Wedbush upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $600.00 to $625.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, Cantor Fitzgerald increased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $581.00 to $639.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note 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 assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target 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.