Kwmg LLC Buys 20 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Kwmg LLC grew its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 0.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 20,518 shares of the software giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 20 shares during the period. Kwmg LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $10,206,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Several other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the stock. Revisor Wealth Management LLC grew its stake in shares of Microsoft by 5.3% in the 2nd quarter. Revisor Wealth Management LLC now owns 19,538 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $9,798,000 after purchasing an additional 980 shares during the period. Farrell Financial LLC grew its stake in shares of Microsoft by 1.4% in the 2nd quarter. Farrell Financial LLC now owns 8,581 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $4,268,000 after purchasing an additional 115 shares during the period. Fortitude Family Office LLC grew its stake in shares of Microsoft by 13.0% in the 2nd quarter. Fortitude Family Office LLC now owns 7,008 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $3,486,000 after purchasing an additional 808 shares during the period. Hofer & Associates. Inc grew its stake in shares of Microsoft by 3.0% in the 2nd quarter. Hofer & Associates. Inc now owns 4,286 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $2,132,000 after purchasing an additional 124 shares during the period. Finally, Kure Advisory LLC grew its position in Microsoft by 6.5% during the 2nd quarter. Kure Advisory LLC now owns 1,802 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $896,000 after acquiring an additional 110 shares during the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Microsoft news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction dated 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 sale, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $399,206,272.56. This trade represents 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 Microsoft stock in a transaction dated 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 directly owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research firms recently commented on MSFT. Truist Financial increased their price target on Microsoft from $650.00 to $675.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, August 18th. Stifel Nicolaus increased their price target on Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, July 28th. Oppenheimer increased their price target on Microsoft from $600.00 to $630.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. Morgan Stanley increased their price target on Microsoft from $582.00 to $625.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research report on Friday, September 26th. Finally, Westpark Capital restated a “hold” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have assigned a Buy rating and two have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $617.63.

Microsoft Stock Performance

Shares of Microsoft stock opened at $517.35 on Friday. The company has a market capitalization of $3.85 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.93, a PEG ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.03. Microsoft Corporation has a 12 month low of $344.79 and a 12 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’s fifty day simple moving average is $512.83 and its 200 day simple moving average is $467.17.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 firm had revenue of $76.44 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $73.79 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.95 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, 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. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be paid a $0.91 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.7%. This is a positive change from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 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.