Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) EVP Sells $519,111.08 in Stock

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) EVP Amy Coleman sold 1,262 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $411.34, for a total value of $519,111.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 46,003 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $18,922,874.02. The trade was a 2.67% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link.

Microsoft Stock Performance

MSFT stock traded up $1.62 during midday trading on Monday, reaching $423.54. The company had a trading volume of 32,488,248 shares, compared to its average volume of 35,573,527. The company has a quick ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. The stock has a 50 day moving average price of $398.18 and a 200 day moving average price of $440.75. Microsoft Corporation has a fifty-two week low of $356.28 and a fifty-two week high of $555.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.15 trillion, a PE ratio of 25.21, a P/E/G ratio of 1.52 and a beta of 1.10.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last issued its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The software giant reported $4.27 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.06 by $0.21. The company had revenue of $82.89 billion during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $81.44 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 31.94% and a net margin of 39.34%.Microsoft’s quarterly revenue was up 18.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $3.46 earnings per share. Analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 16.76 earnings per share for the current year.

Microsoft Dividend Announcement

The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 11th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, May 21st will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share. The ex-dividend date is Thursday, May 21st. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.9%. Microsoft’s payout ratio is currently 21.67%.

Institutional Investors Weigh In On Microsoft

Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. RDST Capital LLC raised its holdings in Microsoft by 15.8% during the first quarter. RDST Capital LLC now owns 180,560 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $66,838,000 after purchasing an additional 24,685 shares in the last quarter. Resources Management Corp CT ADV raised its holdings in Microsoft by 2.1% during the first quarter. Resources Management Corp CT ADV now owns 88,909 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $32,911,000 after purchasing an additional 1,819 shares in the last quarter. Rivernorth Capital Management LLC bought a new stake in Microsoft during the first quarter worth approximately $261,000. ROI Financial Advisors LLC raised its holdings in Microsoft by 1.0% during the first quarter. ROI Financial Advisors LLC now owns 16,002 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $5,924,000 after purchasing an additional 154 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. raised its holdings in Microsoft by 7.0% during the first quarter. Ruane Cunniff & Goldfarb L.P. now owns 737 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $273,000 after purchasing an additional 48 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several equities analysts have recently issued reports on MSFT shares. Scotiabank reduced their price objective on Microsoft from $600.00 to $550.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Evercore reduced their price objective on Microsoft from $580.00 to $510.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Stifel Nicolaus boosted their price objective on Microsoft from $392.00 to $415.00 and gave the stock a “hold” rating in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Daiwa Securities Group reduced their price objective on Microsoft from $630.00 to $600.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, February 4th. Finally, New Street Research reduced their price objective on Microsoft from $675.00 to $600.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Thirty-nine investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and seven have issued a Hold rating to the company’s stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft currently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $560.88.

More Microsoft News

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

• Positive Sentiment: A jury ruled against Elon Musk in the OpenAI case, clearing Microsoft from liability and easing concerns about a legal threat to its AI partnership and long-term OpenAI exposure. Jury finds Musk waited too long to sue OpenAI and Microsoft, clearing defendants in landmark AI case
• Positive Sentiment: Market commentary says Microsoft’s enterprise AI momentum remains strong, with Azure growth and Copilot adoption still accelerating despite higher capital spending. Microsoft Rides on Enterprise AI Advancements: More Upside Ahead?
• Positive Sentiment: Bill Ackman’s Pershing Square disclosed a large new Microsoft position, signaling confidence in the stock’s valuation and AI growth story. MSFT Stock Alert: What to Know as Bill Ackman Adds Microsoft Position
• Positive Sentiment: Other articles highlighted Microsoft as an attractive long-term AI and value opportunity, reinforcing the bullish narrative after a period of underperformance versus other mega-cap tech stocks.
• Neutral Sentiment: Several fund filings showed mixed ownership changes, with some managers trimming Microsoft while others added to positions; this looks more like portfolio rebalancing than a clear fundamental warning.
• Neutral Sentiment: The Gates Foundation’s exit from Microsoft is notable, but it appears tied to a charitable wind-down rather than a fresh negative view on the business.
• Negative Sentiment: Some reports flagged ongoing concerns around Microsoft’s GitHub AI competition, elevated AI infrastructure spending, and public resistance to new data centers, which could pressure margins or slow expansion over time.

Microsoft Company Profile

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft develops, licenses and supports a broad range of software products, services and devices for consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide. Its operations span personal computing, productivity software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools and gaming.

Microsoft’s product portfolio includes the Windows operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools (Office apps, Outlook, Teams).