Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Sold by Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC

Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC reduced its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 5.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The institutional investor owned 5,550 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 300 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up approximately 1.7% of Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 11th largest holding. Meriwether Wealth & Planning LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $2,761,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the stock. Hilltop Wealth Advisors LLC raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 6.0% during the 2nd quarter. Hilltop Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 5,606 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $2,789,000 after buying an additional 317 shares during the period. First PREMIER Bank raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.6% during the 2nd quarter. First PREMIER Bank now owns 23,880 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $11,877,000 after buying an additional 382 shares during the period. Williams Financial LLC purchased a new stake in Microsoft during the 2nd quarter worth approximately $352,000. Grant Private Wealth Management Inc increased its holdings in Microsoft by 134.2% during the 2nd quarter. Grant Private Wealth Management Inc now owns 14,013 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $6,970,000 after purchasing an additional 8,029 shares during the last quarter. Finally, TTP Investments Inc. increased its holdings in Microsoft by 0.7% during the 2nd quarter. TTP Investments Inc. now owns 23,434 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $11,656,000 after purchasing an additional 161 shares during the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities research analysts have issued reports on MSFT shares. Truist Financial lifted their price objective on Microsoft from $650.00 to $675.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 18th. TD Cowen boosted their price target on Microsoft from $580.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Melius Research boosted their price target on Microsoft from $595.00 to $625.00 in a report on Thursday, September 25th. Royal Bank Of Canada boosted their price target on Microsoft from $525.00 to $640.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Finally, BMO Capital Markets boosted their price target on Microsoft from $550.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One 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. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $614.45.

Insiders Place Their Bets

In other 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 transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $399,206,272.56. The trade was a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares in the company, 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. 0.03% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.6%

MSFT opened at $514.60 on Tuesday. Microsoft Corporation has a one year low of $344.79 and a one year high of $555.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The stock’s fifty day moving average is $512.13 and its 200-day moving average is $464.07. The company has a market capitalization of $3.83 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.73, a P/E/G ratio of 2.23 and a beta of 1.04.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 EPS for the quarter, topping 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 return on equity of 32.44% and a net margin of 36.15%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $2.95 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. This is a boost from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. Microsoft’s 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.