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764 Shares in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Acquired by Amara Financial LLC.

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Amara Financial LLC. purchased a new stake in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund purchased 764 shares of the software giant's stock, valued at approximately $329,000.

Other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. WFA Asset Management Corp boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 27.0% in the first quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $427,000 after purchasing an additional 216 shares during the period. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. boosted its position in Microsoft by 0.3% in the 2nd quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 12,658 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $5,658,000 after buying an additional 38 shares during the period. Nicholas Investment Partners LP increased its position in shares of Microsoft by 3.0% during the second quarter. Nicholas Investment Partners LP now owns 39,743 shares of the software giant's stock worth $17,763,000 after acquiring an additional 1,164 shares during the period. Sather Financial Group Inc raised its stake in shares of Microsoft by 3.5% in the second quarter. Sather Financial Group Inc now owns 255,923 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $114,385,000 after acquiring an additional 8,642 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Secure Asset Management LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 33.6% in the second quarter. Secure Asset Management LLC now owns 22,506 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $10,059,000 after purchasing an additional 5,664 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of equities research analysts have issued reports on the company. Sanford C. Bernstein reduced their price target on Microsoft from $501.00 to $500.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, October 25th. Oppenheimer cut shares of Microsoft from an "outperform" rating to a "market perform" rating in a report on Tuesday, October 8th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $470.00 to $465.00 and set an "overweight" rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, October 31st. Cantor Fitzgerald started coverage on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Friday, January 17th. They set an "overweight" rating and a $509.00 price objective for the company. Finally, Wedbush reissued an "outperform" rating and issued a $550.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, twenty-seven have issued a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has a consensus rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus target price of $512.66.

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Microsoft Price Performance

Microsoft stock traded down $2.65 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $444.06. 15,539,488 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 15,490,811. Microsoft Co. has a 12-month low of $385.58 and a 12-month high of $468.35. The company has a market capitalization of $3.30 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.64, a PEG ratio of 2.40 and a beta of 0.90. The business's 50 day simple moving average is $431.05 and its two-hundred day simple moving average is $425.82. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.15, a current ratio of 1.30 and a quick ratio of 1.29.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, October 30th. The software giant reported $3.30 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.10 by $0.20. Microsoft had a return on equity of 34.56% and a net margin of 35.61%. The firm had revenue of $65.59 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $64.57 billion. During the same quarter last year, the business posted $2.99 EPS. The firm's quarterly revenue was up 16.0% compared to the same quarter last year. Analysts forecast that Microsoft Co. will post 12.9 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, March 13th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, February 20th will be paid a $0.83 dividend. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, February 20th. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.75%. Microsoft's payout ratio is currently 27.39%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Microsoft

In related news, CMO Takeshi Numoto sold 1,000 shares of the business's stock in a transaction that occurred on Friday, November 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $414.72, for a total value of $414,720.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief marketing officer now directly owns 57,511 shares in the company, valued at approximately $23,850,961.92. The trade was a 1.71 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. Also, EVP Christopher David Young sold 7,200 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, November 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $423.66, for a total transaction of $3,050,352.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 103,366 shares in the company, valued at approximately $43,792,039.56. This represents a 6.51 % decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last three months, insiders sold 41,200 shares of company stock worth $17,383,892. Insiders own 0.03% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Company Profile

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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.

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