Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. Buys 142 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Lloyd Advisory Services LLC. lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 6.1% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The fund owned 2,470 shares of the software giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 142 shares during the period. Lloyd Advisory Services LLC.’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,229,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the business. Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.0% during the second quarter. Moisand Fitzgerald Tamayo LLC now owns 5,013 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $2,493,000 after purchasing an additional 51 shares during the last quarter. Kirr Marbach & Co. LLC IN bought a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the second quarter worth $216,000. NovaPoint Capital LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.4% during the second quarter. NovaPoint Capital LLC now owns 26,340 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $13,102,000 after purchasing an additional 374 shares during the last quarter. Cove Private Wealth LLC grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 31.7% during the second quarter. Cove Private Wealth LLC now owns 46,491 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $23,125,000 after purchasing an additional 11,197 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Patton Fund Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the second quarter worth $280,000. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several brokerages have recently commented on MSFT. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday. Scotiabank raised their price target on Microsoft from $500.00 to $650.00 and gave the company a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. Evercore ISI raised their price target on Microsoft from $515.00 to $545.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Arete raised their price target on Microsoft from $700.00 to $710.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, October 1st. One 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. According to MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $618.47.

Microsoft Stock Down 2.2%

NASDAQ:MSFT opened at $510.96 on Friday. 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 company has a market cap of $3.80 trillion, a PE ratio of 37.46, a PEG ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 1.03. Microsoft Corporation has a 52-week low of $344.79 and a 52-week high of $555.45. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $513.12 and a 200 day simple moving average of $471.72.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. The business had revenue of $76.44 billion during 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%.Microsoft’s quarterly revenue was up 18.1% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.95 earnings per share. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, 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 paid a $0.91 dividend. This is a positive change from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is 24.34%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of Microsoft 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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $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 accessible through the SEC website. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of Microsoft 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 sale, the executive vice president directly owned 39,111 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. The trade was 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 company insiders.

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.