Representative Robert Bresnahan, Jr. (R-Pennsylvania) recently sold shares of Microsoft Co. NASDAQ: MSFT. In a filing disclosed on March 27th, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $1,001 and $15,000 in Microsoft stock on February 25th. The trade occurred in the Representative's "JP MORGAN BROKERAGE ACCOUNT" account.
Representative Robert Bresnahan, Jr. also recently made the following trade(s):
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Intuit NASDAQ: INTU on 3/7/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Tesla NASDAQ: TSLA on 3/6/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of SEA NYSE: SE on 3/5/2025.
- Sold $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Credo Technology Group NASDAQ: CRDO on 3/4/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms NASDAQ: META on 3/4/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Twilio NYSE: TWLO on 3/4/2025.
- Sold $15,001 - $50,000 in shares of Alibaba Group NYSE: BABA on 3/4/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Zoom Video Communications NASDAQ: ZM on 3/4/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Intel NASDAQ: INTC on 3/3/2025.
- Purchased $1,001 - $15,000 in shares of Snowflake NYSE: SNOW on 3/3/2025.
Microsoft Trading Down 0.9 %
MSFT traded down $3.41 during mid-day trading on Monday, hitting $375.39. The stock had a trading volume of 35,064,897 shares, compared to its average volume of 20,581,537. Microsoft Co. has a 1-year low of $367.31 and a 1-year high of $468.35. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34. The firm has a market capitalization of $2.79 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.22, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.92. The stock's fifty day simple moving average is $405.52 and its 200-day simple moving average is $419.10.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT - Get Free Report) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.08. Microsoft had a return on equity of 33.36% and a net margin of 35.43%. During the same quarter last year, the firm earned $2.93 EPS. As a group, research 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. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be paid a dividend of $0.83 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $3.32 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 0.88%. Microsoft's dividend payout ratio (DPR) is presently 26.73%.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Microsoft
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Norges Bank purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the fourth quarter worth about $44,343,058,000. International Assets Investment Management LLC boosted its position in Microsoft by 48,526.1% in the 3rd quarter. International Assets Investment Management LLC now owns 38,501,645 shares of the software giant's stock worth $16,567,258,000 after purchasing an additional 38,422,466 shares in the last quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC grew its stake in shares of Microsoft by 34,643.3% during the 4th quarter. Proficio Capital Partners LLC now owns 16,837,278 shares of the software giant's stock worth $7,096,913,000 after purchasing an additional 16,788,816 shares during the period. Northern Trust Corp lifted its stake in shares of Microsoft by 16.1% in the 4th quarter. Northern Trust Corp now owns 83,787,746 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $35,316,535,000 after purchasing an additional 11,600,470 shares during the period. Finally, Vanguard Group Inc. boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 1.5% during the fourth quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 684,071,705 shares of the software giant's stock worth $288,336,224,000 after buying an additional 10,431,988 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company's stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of research analysts have issued reports on the stock. StockNews.com lowered shares of Microsoft from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a research report on Friday, February 28th. Piper Sandler reiterated an "overweight" rating and set a $520.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on Microsoft from $540.00 to $530.00 and set an "overweight" rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. DA Davidson raised shares of Microsoft from a "neutral" rating to a "buy" rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $425.00 to $450.00 in a research note on Thursday, March 13th. Finally, Guggenheim reiterated a "neutral" rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Friday, January 24th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-eight have assigned a buy rating to the company's stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of "Moderate Buy" and an average price target of $508.86.
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About Representative Bresnahan
Rob Bresnahan Jr. (Republican Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2025. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.
Bresnahan (Republican Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Pennsylvania's 8th Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.
Rob Bresnahan Jr. was born in Kingston, Pennsylvania. He earned a B.S. in business administration, management and operations from the University of Scranton in 2012. His career experience includes working as the chief financial officer and CEO of a family business, an electrical contracting company.
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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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