Little House Capital LLC Has $21.79 Million Stock Holdings in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Little House Capital LLC cut its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 4.4% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 43,802 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 2,019 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises 5.5% of Little House Capital LLC’s portfolio, making the stock its biggest position. Little House Capital LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $21,787,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Henrickson Nauta Wealth Advisors Inc. raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 7.3% in the 2nd quarter. Henrickson Nauta Wealth Advisors Inc. now owns 3,199 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,591,000 after acquiring an additional 217 shares in the last quarter. First National Corp MA ADV raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 12.7% in 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 in the last quarter. FF Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 7.2% in the 2nd quarter. FF Advisors LLC now owns 7,090 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $3,527,000 after acquiring an additional 475 shares in the last quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 10.8% in the 2nd quarter. Everpar Advisors LLC now owns 20,483 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $10,189,000 after acquiring an additional 1,999 shares in the last quarter. Finally, PTM Wealth Management LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 42.0% in the 2nd quarter. PTM Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,795 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $895,000 after acquiring an additional 531 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other Microsoft news, 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 transaction of $2,557,502.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 39,111 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 completion of 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 position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.03% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Microsoft Stock Performance

NASDAQ MSFT opened at $517.93 on Monday. The stock 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 twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $555.45. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The stock has a 50-day moving average of $511.71 and a 200 day moving average of $458.74.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. The company had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations 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 firm posted $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

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

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several research analysts have recently commented on the company. Bank of America boosted their price target on Microsoft from $585.00 to $640.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $650.00 target price (up from $600.00) on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Loop Capital boosted their target price on Microsoft from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 24th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and set a $625.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Finally, Morgan Stanley boosted their target price on Microsoft from $530.00 to $582.00 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 assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus 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.