Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Bought by denkapparat Operations GmbH

denkapparat Operations GmbH lifted its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 70.0% in the second quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,584 shares of the software giant’s stock after buying an additional 1,064 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises 1.0% of denkapparat Operations GmbH’s holdings, making the stock its 7th largest position. denkapparat Operations GmbH’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,285,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSFT. Bulwark Capital Corp acquired a new position in shares of Microsoft in the 2nd quarter valued at approximately $32,000. Westend Capital Management LLC lifted its stake in Microsoft by 386.7% in the second quarter. Westend Capital Management LLC now owns 73 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $36,000 after buying an additional 58 shares in the last quarter. LSV Asset Management acquired a new position in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $44,000. PayPay Securities Corp increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 29.9% during the second quarter. PayPay Securities Corp now owns 126 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $63,000 after acquiring an additional 29 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Legend Financial Advisors Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the second quarter worth $69,000. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.

Insider Activity

In other Microsoft news, insider Bradford L. Smith sold 38,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $518.64, for a total value of $19,967,640.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 461,597 shares in the company, valued at $239,402,668.08. This represents a 7.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. Also, CEO Judson Althoff sold 12,750 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, December 2nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $491.52, for a total value of $6,266,880.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 129,349 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $63,577,620.48. The trade was a 8.97% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. In the last ninety days, insiders have sold 54,100 shares of company stock valued at $27,598,872. 0.03% of the stock is owned by company insiders.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

Several research firms recently commented on MSFT. Barclays reaffirmed an “overweight” rating and issued a $625.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Friday, August 29th. Cantor Fitzgerald set a $639.00 price target on Microsoft in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Rothschild Redb downgraded Microsoft from a “strong-buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Tuesday, November 18th. UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $650.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, Arete Research raised their price target on shares of Microsoft from $710.00 to $730.00 in a research note on Monday, October 27th. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have given a Buy rating and four have assigned a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $634.33.

Microsoft Stock Up 0.5%

NASDAQ:MSFT opened at $483.16 on Friday. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $555.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.59 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.36, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.80 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 1.40 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $507.29 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $500.95.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The software giant reported $4.13 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $3.65 by $0.48. The business had revenue of $77.67 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $75.49 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.71% and a return on equity of 32.45%. The firm’s revenue was up 18.4% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the business earned $3.30 earnings per share. Equities research analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.91 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 19th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.8%. Microsoft’s payout ratio is currently 25.89%.

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.