MASTERINVEST Kapitalanlage GmbH Invests $62.53 Million in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

MASTERINVEST Kapitalanlage GmbH purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The fund purchased 125,718 shares of the software giant’s stock, valued at approximately $62,533,000. Microsoft makes up 6.6% of MASTERINVEST Kapitalanlage GmbH’s holdings, making the stock its largest position.

Other institutional investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the second quarter worth approximately $50,493,678,000. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 564,387.1% in the 2nd quarter. Kingstone Capital Partners Texas LLC now owns 90,549,369 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $45,040,162,000 after buying an additional 90,533,328 shares in the last quarter. Nuveen LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the 1st quarter valued at $18,733,827,000. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 49,640.3% during the 2nd quarter. Laurel Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 29,967,038 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $14,905,904,000 after buying an additional 29,906,791 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. grew its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 2.0% during the 2nd quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 705,077,786 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $350,712,742,000 after acquiring an additional 13,691,572 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Insider Buying and Selling 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 stock was sold at an average price of $478.72, for a total transaction 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 transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this hyperlink. 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 in the company, valued at $63,577,620.48. This trade represents a 8.97% decrease in their position. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. Insiders sold 54,100 shares of company stock worth $27,598,872 over the last ninety days. Company insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several analysts recently issued reports on MSFT shares. DA Davidson reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $650.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, December 4th. Robert W. Baird assumed coverage on Microsoft in a research note on Friday, November 14th. They set an “outperform” rating and a $600.00 price target for the company. BNP Paribas Exane boosted their price target on Microsoft from $630.00 to $632.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, November 3rd. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $630.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a report on Tuesday, October 28th. Finally, Wolfe Research reduced their target price on shares of Microsoft from $675.00 to $625.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research note on Monday. Two analysts have rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-seven have issued a Buy rating and four have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat, Microsoft presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $631.03.

Microsoft Stock Down 0.8%

MSFT opened at $474.82 on Tuesday. The firm has a market cap of $3.53 trillion, a P/E ratio of 33.77, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.79 and a beta of 1.07. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.10, a quick ratio of 1.39 and a current ratio of 1.40. The business has a 50 day moving average price of $502.98 and a 200 day moving average price of $502.77. 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 analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.65 by $0.48. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.71% and a return on equity of 32.45%. The company had revenue of $77.67 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $75.49 billion. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $3.30 earnings per share. The company’s quarterly revenue was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Research analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced 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 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.8%. Microsoft’s payout ratio is currently 25.89%.

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.