Armbruster Capital Management Inc. Has $1.95 Million Stake in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Armbruster Capital Management Inc. trimmed its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 1.3% in the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,924 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 50 shares during the quarter. Armbruster Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,952,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

Several other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in the company. LifeSteps Financial Inc. lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.9% during the 2nd quarter. LifeSteps Financial Inc. now owns 13,952 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $6,940,000 after buying an additional 259 shares during the last quarter. Detalus Advisors LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.0% during the 2nd quarter. Detalus Advisors LLC now owns 9,797 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $4,873,000 after buying an additional 98 shares during the last quarter. Nelson Capital Management LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Nelson Capital Management LLC now owns 71,665 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $35,647,000 after buying an additional 213 shares during the last quarter. Lansing Street Advisors raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 10.5% in the 2nd quarter. Lansing Street Advisors now owns 8,656 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $4,305,000 after acquiring an additional 823 shares in the last quarter. Finally, WoodTrust Financial Corp raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.9% in the 2nd quarter. WoodTrust Financial Corp now owns 64,323 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $31,995,000 after acquiring an additional 551 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSFT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. TD Cowen raised their price objective on Microsoft from $640.00 to $655.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday. BMO Capital Markets cut their price objective on Microsoft from $650.00 to $625.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Barclays reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $625.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, August 29th. Cowen reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, October 24th. Finally, Westpark Capital reissued a “hold” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-six have assigned a Buy rating and one has issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company currently has an average rating of “Buy” and a consensus target price of $634.67.

Microsoft Stock Performance

Shares of NASDAQ MSFT opened at $517.81 on Friday. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The business’s 50 day moving average is $513.81 and its two-hundred day moving average is $486.83. The company has a market cap of $3.85 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.83, a P/E/G ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.03. Microsoft Corporation has a 12 month low of $344.79 and a 12 month high of $555.45.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The software giant reported $4.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.65 by $0.48. The company had revenue of $77.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $75.49 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 33.47% and a net margin of 35.71%.The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $3.30 EPS. Microsoft has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed 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 is a boost from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.89%.

Insider Buying and Selling

In other news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the business’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 sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 790,852 shares in the company, valued at approximately $399,206,272.56. The trade was a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. 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 the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on 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 sale, the executive vice president owned 39,111 shares in the company, valued at approximately $20,624,012.52. This represents a 11.03% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

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.