Crews Bank & Trust Has $15.30 Million Stock Position in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Crews Bank & Trust decreased its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 0.9% during the 2nd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 30,752 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 273 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for about 2.4% of Crews Bank & Trust’s portfolio, making the stock its 12th largest position. Crews Bank & Trust’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $15,296,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Other institutional investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. Hilltop National Bank acquired a new position in Microsoft during the second quarter valued at approximately $22,914,000. Investment Planning Advisors Inc. increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 149.5% in the 2nd quarter. Investment Planning Advisors Inc. now owns 2,001 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $995,000 after buying an additional 1,199 shares in the last quarter. F&V Capital Management LLC raised its stake in Microsoft by 38.8% during the 2nd quarter. F&V Capital Management LLC now owns 855 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $425,000 after buying an additional 239 shares during the period. Triad Wealth Partners LLC lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 50.3% during the second quarter. Triad Wealth Partners LLC now owns 22,912 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $11,397,000 after acquiring an additional 7,672 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Red Mountain Financial LLC grew its stake in Microsoft by 0.7% in the second quarter. Red Mountain Financial LLC now owns 2,761 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,373,000 after acquiring an additional 20 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several brokerages recently issued reports on MSFT. Rothschild & Co Redburn boosted their price objective on Microsoft from $550.00 to $560.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Wednesday. Redburn Partners set a $560.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Wednesday. Morgan Stanley reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, October 9th. Evercore ISI increased their target price on Microsoft from $515.00 to $545.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a report on Friday, July 25th. Finally, Piper Sandler boosted their price target on Microsoft from $600.00 to $650.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-two have assigned a Buy rating and two have assigned a Hold rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $617.44.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.6%

Shares of NASDAQ MSFT opened at $520.54 on Thursday. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $511.49 and a 200 day simple moving average of $478.67. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.35. Microsoft Corporation has a 1 year low of $344.79 and a 1 year high of $555.45. The firm has a market cap of $3.87 trillion, a PE ratio of 38.16, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.25 and a beta of 1.03.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping 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 business had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $73.79 billion. During the same period last year, the company earned $2.95 EPS. Microsoft’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The firm 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 represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a 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%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of the firm’s 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 transaction, the executive vice president 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction 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 transaction, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares in the company, valued at approximately $399,206,272.56. This trade represents a 15.87% 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.

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.