Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Stake Raised by Silicon Valley Capital Partners

Silicon Valley Capital Partners increased its position in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT - Free Report) by 4.8% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The firm owned 97,071 shares of the software giant's stock after purchasing an additional 4,419 shares during the period. Microsoft accounts for 4.6% of Silicon Valley Capital Partners' portfolio, making the stock its 7th largest holding. Silicon Valley Capital Partners' holdings in Microsoft were worth $40,915,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of the company. WFA Asset Management Corp increased its holdings in Microsoft by 27.0% in the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $427,000 after acquiring an additional 216 shares during the last quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. increased its position in Microsoft by 0.3% in the second quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 12,658 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,658,000 after purchasing an additional 38 shares during the last quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB raised its stake in Microsoft by 1.8% during the third quarter. AMF Tjanstepension AB now owns 2,799,261 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,204,664,000 after purchasing an additional 49,735 shares in the last quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 410.4% during the third quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 2,659 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $1,144,000 after purchasing an additional 2,138 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Swedbank AB increased its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 0.4% in the 3rd quarter. Swedbank AB now owns 13,689,356 shares of the software giant's stock worth $5,890,530,000 after buying an additional 49,288 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.

Microsoft Stock Up 1.9 %

Shares of MSFT stock traded up $7.10 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $388.45. 23,826,330 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 21,250,515. The stock's fifty day moving average is $391.89 and its two-hundred day moving average is $414.41. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34. Microsoft Co. has a 52-week low of $344.79 and a 52-week high of $468.35. The stock has a market cap of $2.89 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.28, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate 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 business earned $2.93 earnings per share. Equities analysts predict that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a dividend of $0.83 per share. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.85%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio is currently 26.73%.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSFT has been the subject of several analyst reports. Piper Sandler reaffirmed an "overweight" rating and issued a $520.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Monday, January 27th. StockNews.com downgraded Microsoft from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Mizuho dropped their target price on Microsoft from $510.00 to $500.00 and set an "outperform" rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Wedbush cut their target price on Microsoft from $550.00 to $475.00 and set an "outperform" rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday. Finally, DA Davidson raised Microsoft from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and raised their price target for the stock from $425.00 to $450.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-eight have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Microsoft currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and a consensus price target of $505.41.

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.