Pacific Point Advisors LLC Purchases 41 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Pacific Point Advisors LLC raised its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The firm owned 11,061 shares of the software giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 41 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for about 3.0% of Pacific Point Advisors LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 4th biggest position. Pacific Point Advisors LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $5,502,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Impact Capital Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 3.4% in the second quarter. Impact Capital Partners LLC now owns 38,356 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $19,079,000 after purchasing an additional 1,275 shares during the period. Rolek Wealth Management LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 1.5% in the second quarter. Rolek Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,761 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $876,000 after purchasing an additional 26 shares during the period. Childress Capital Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 9.6% in the second quarter. Childress Capital Advisors LLC now owns 29,049 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $14,449,000 after purchasing an additional 2,548 shares during the period. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 4.7% in the second quarter. Consolidated Portfolio Review Corp now owns 41,295 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $20,541,000 after purchasing an additional 1,840 shares during the period. Finally, Midwest Financial Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 2.0% during the second quarter. Midwest Financial Group LLC now owns 9,407 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $4,679,000 after acquiring an additional 181 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of research analysts recently commented on MSFT shares. Bank of America raised their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $585.00 to $640.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. KeyCorp upgraded shares of Microsoft from a “sector weight” rating to an “overweight” rating and set a $630.00 price objective on the stock in a research note on Thursday, July 31st. Citigroup raised their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $605.00 to $613.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, July 22nd. Royal Bank Of Canada reiterated a “buy” rating and set a $640.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, October 3rd. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus raised their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Monday, July 28th. One research analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-one have issued a Buy rating and two have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $618.97.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,850 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $527.32, for a total transaction of $2,557,502.00. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president owned 39,111 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $20,624,012.52. This trade represents a 11.03% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction on Wednesday, September 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the sale, the chief executive officer directly owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $399,206,272.56. This trade represents a 15.87% decrease in their position. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Trading Up 0.4%

Shares of NASDAQ:MSFT opened at $513.58 on Monday. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.82 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 37.65, a PEG ratio of 2.24 and a beta of 1.03. Microsoft Corporation has a 1-year low of $344.79 and a 1-year high of $555.45. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12, a quick ratio of 1.35 and a current ratio of 1.35. The company has a 50 day moving average price of $511.82 and a 200 day moving average price of $477.00.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, July 30th. The software giant reported $3.65 earnings per share for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.35 by $0.30. Microsoft had a net margin of 36.15% and a return on equity of 32.44%. The firm had revenue of $76.44 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $73.79 billion. During the same period last year, the firm posted $2.95 earnings per share. The firm’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.1% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q1 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, research analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, November 20th. This is a positive change from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is presently 24.34%.

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.