CGN Advisors LLC Lowers Stock Holdings in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

CGN Advisors LLC lowered its holdings in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 2.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 28,682 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 592 shares during the period. Microsoft accounts for 1.3% of CGN Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 15th biggest position. CGN Advisors LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $14,267,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Christensen King & Associates Investment Services Inc. boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 1.8% in the second quarter. Christensen King & Associates Investment Services Inc. now owns 2,981 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,483,000 after acquiring an additional 53 shares during the last quarter. Optima Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 9.2% in the second quarter. Optima Capital LLC now owns 2,835 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,410,000 after acquiring an additional 240 shares during the last quarter. West Oak Capital LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 1.5% in the second quarter. West Oak Capital LLC now owns 12,887 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $6,410,000 after acquiring an additional 188 shares during the last quarter. Kanen Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Microsoft in the second quarter valued at $253,000. Finally, Seek First Inc. boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 1.5% in the second quarter. Seek First Inc. now owns 1,358 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $675,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred 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 completion of the transaction, 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 ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed 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 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 currently owned by corporate insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSFT has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. Loop Capital lifted their target price on Microsoft from $550.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, July 24th. Westpark Capital reiterated a “hold” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Weiss Ratings reiterated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Saturday, September 27th. Barclays restated an “overweight” rating and set a $625.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Finally, Jefferies Financial Group boosted their price objective on Microsoft from $600.00 to $675.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $617.63.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.3%

NASDAQ:MSFT opened at $517.35 on Friday. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.85 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.93, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.03. The stock has a 50 day moving average of $512.83 and a 200-day moving average of $467.17. Microsoft Corporation has a 52 week low of $344.79 and a 52 week 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.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.35 by $0.30. The company 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%.The business’s revenue was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the company earned $2.95 earnings per share. 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 business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.91 per share. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend 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 dividend payout ratio is currently 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.