Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) is Graphene Investments SAS's 3rd Largest Position

Graphene Investments SAS trimmed its holdings in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 37.7% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 13,400 shares of the software giant's stock after selling 8,100 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for about 3.9% of Graphene Investments SAS's investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd biggest position. Graphene Investments SAS's holdings in Microsoft were worth $5,648,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. William Allan Corp increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 1.2% in the fourth quarter. William Allan Corp now owns 13,177 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,554,000 after buying an additional 150 shares during the last quarter. Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd. grew its holdings in Microsoft by 8.5% during the 4th quarter. Ameliora Wealth Management Ltd. now owns 13,885 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,853,000 after acquiring an additional 1,087 shares in the last quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd grew its holdings in Microsoft by 1.9% during the 4th quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui DS Asset Management Company Ltd now owns 1,169,130 shares of the software giant's stock worth $492,788,000 after acquiring an additional 21,272 shares in the last quarter. Telligent Fund LP bought a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the 4th quarter worth about $7,166,000. Finally, RNC Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 4.3% during the fourth quarter. RNC Capital Management LLC now owns 72,511 shares of the software giant's stock worth $30,563,000 after purchasing an additional 3,017 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several brokerages recently weighed in on MSFT. Mizuho lowered their price objective on Microsoft from $510.00 to $500.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Guggenheim reissued a "neutral" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Loop Capital lifted their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a "buy" rating in a report on Monday, December 23rd. Jefferies Financial Group dropped their target price on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $500.00 and set a "buy" rating on the stock in a report on Monday, March 31st. Finally, Royal Bank of Canada reaffirmed an "outperform" rating and issued a $500.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-eight have given a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average target price of $508.86.

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Microsoft Trading Down 3.6 %

Shares of Microsoft stock opened at $359.84 on Friday. Microsoft Co. has a fifty-two week low of $359.48 and a fifty-two week high of $468.35. The company has a quick ratio of 1.34, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13. The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $399.08 and a 200-day simple moving average of $417.40. The firm has a market cap of $2.68 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 28.97, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $3.15 by $0.08. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.43% and a return on equity of 33.36%. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $2.93 EPS. On average, equities analysts forecast that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The business also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.83 per share. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.92%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is presently 26.73%.

Microsoft 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.

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