Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Holdings Trimmed by Mirabaud & Cie SA

Mirabaud & Cie SA lowered its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 2.7% in the third quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 83,227 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 2,310 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for 13.7% of Mirabaud & Cie SA’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest holding. Mirabaud & Cie SA’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $43,107,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also made changes to their positions in MSFT. 25 LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 5.2% in the 3rd quarter. 25 LLC now owns 3,078 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,594,000 after purchasing an additional 153 shares in the last quarter. Syntegra Private Wealth Group LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 1.5% in the 3rd quarter. Syntegra Private Wealth Group LLC now owns 14,951 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $7,744,000 after buying an additional 219 shares during the period. Avanza Fonder AB lifted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 7.4% in the 3rd quarter. Avanza Fonder AB now owns 537,190 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $278,238,000 after buying an additional 36,812 shares during the period. James Reed Financial Services Inc. boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 1.1% in the third quarter. James Reed Financial Services Inc. now owns 3,236 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,676,000 after buying an additional 35 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC grew its holdings in Microsoft by 2.1% during the third quarter. Horst & Graben Wealth Management LLC now owns 6,867 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $3,557,000 after acquiring an additional 140 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Insider Transactions at Microsoft

In related news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 2,850 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, December 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $478.72, for a total value of $1,364,352.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 55,782 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $26,703,959.04. The trade was a 4.86% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, insider Bradford L. Smith sold 38,500 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $518.64, for a total transaction of $19,967,640.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider owned 461,597 shares in the company, valued at approximately $239,402,668.08. This trade represents a 7.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. Insiders sold a total of 54,100 shares of company stock valued at $27,598,872 over the last three months. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.

Trending Headlines about Microsoft

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Strategic AI/data-engineering deal — Microsoft acquired Seattle data‑engineering startup Osmos to automate data pipelines, strengthening Azure’s data and AI stack and supporting enterprise adoption of “autonomous data engineering.” This is a clear product/capability positive for long‑term cloud and AI revenue. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Big investor interest — Peter Thiel’s Thiel Macro built a large new position in Microsoft in Q3, signaling conviction from a high‑profile investor and potentially drawing other allocators to MSFT. Read More.
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst bullishness — prominent analysts (e.g., Dan Ives/Wedbush) call 2026 an “inflection” year for Microsoft and RBC reiterated its buy rating, underpinning buy‑side confidence and supporting higher price targets. Read More. | Read More.
• Neutral Sentiment: Positive narrative reinforcement — several opinion pieces and newsletters are pushing Microsoft as a preferred AI play vs. competitors, which may support medium‑term flows but offers less immediate market impact than hard news. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Investor skepticism on AI leadership — traders are parsing Microsoft’s AI edge relative to Google, and that debate has pressured the stock as investors weigh differentiation, products, and margin risk in AI. This dynamic likely explains near‑term selling pressure. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Insider selling and social chatter — summaries of social media and insider activity show heavy insider sales (no recent buys) and mixed retail sentiment, which can sap confidence among momentum traders. Monitor insider activity disclosures for further market reaction. Read More.
• Negative Sentiment: Reputational/political risk — coverage that Microsoft (and McKinsey) helped fund a politically sensitive US “Davos” hub has drawn criticism; while not a core earnings issue, such PR events can prompt short‑term outflows from ESG‑sensitive funds. Read More.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities research analysts have commented on MSFT shares. Evercore ISI set a $640.00 target price on Microsoft in a report on Thursday, October 30th. BNP Paribas Exane increased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $630.00 to $632.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Monday, November 3rd. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $675.00 to $700.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, October 30th. Weiss Ratings restated a “buy (b)” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Wednesday, October 8th. Finally, Royal Bank Of Canada reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Monday. Two equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have assigned a Buy rating and four have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $631.03.

Microsoft Stock Performance

NASDAQ:MSFT opened at $472.85 on Tuesday. The company has a current ratio of 1.40, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10. The company has a market capitalization of $3.51 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.63, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.07. The firm has a 50-day moving average price of $492.29 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $503.98. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $555.45.

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

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 12th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 19th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, February 19th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.8%. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 25.89%.

Microsoft Company Profile

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft develops, licenses and supports a broad range of software products, services and devices for consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide. Its operations span personal computing, productivity software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools and gaming.

Microsoft’s product portfolio includes the Windows operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools (Office apps, Outlook, Teams).