Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC Acquires 14,665 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC raised its holdings in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 15.4% in the second quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 109,705 shares of the software giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 14,665 shares during the period. Microsoft accounts for about 0.5% of Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 25th largest holding. Sagespring Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $54,568,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. Equitable Trust Co. grew its position in shares of Microsoft by 2.0% in the 2nd quarter. Equitable Trust Co. now owns 132,078 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $65,697,000 after buying an additional 2,540 shares during the last quarter. TD Asset Management Inc lifted its stake in Microsoft by 2.2% in the second quarter. TD Asset Management Inc now owns 9,422,253 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $4,686,723,000 after acquiring an additional 204,588 shares during the period. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 10.0% in the second quarter. Frazier Financial Advisors LLC now owns 4,174 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $2,076,000 after acquiring an additional 380 shares in the last quarter. IFC Advisors LLC boosted its holdings in Microsoft by 4.5% in the second quarter. IFC Advisors LLC now owns 26,465 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $13,164,000 after acquiring an additional 1,140 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Founders Grove Wealth Partners LLC increased its position in Microsoft by 7.0% during the 2nd quarter. Founders Grove Wealth Partners LLC now owns 14,645 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $7,285,000 after purchasing an additional 957 shares during the period. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

Several research firms have recently commented on MSFT. Redburn Partners set a $560.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Wednesday, October 22nd. Scotiabank raised their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $650.00 and gave the stock a “sector outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, July 31st. KeyCorp reaffirmed an “overweight” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. BMO Capital Markets decreased their target price on Microsoft from $650.00 to $625.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. Finally, UBS Group restated a “buy” rating and set a $650.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, October 30th. One analyst has rated the stock with a Strong Buy rating, thirty-eight have assigned a Buy rating and one has assigned a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat, Microsoft has a consensus rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $634.47.

Insider Transactions at Microsoft

In other news, insider Bradford L. Smith sold 38,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, November 3rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $518.64, for a total transaction of $19,967,640.00. Following the sale, the insider owned 461,597 shares in the company, valued at $239,402,668.08. This represents a 7.70% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Satya Nadella sold 149,205 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Wednesday, September 3rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $504.78, for a total transaction of $75,315,699.90. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer owned 790,852 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $399,206,272.56. The trade was a 15.87% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The disclosure for this sale is available in the SEC filing. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Microsoft Stock Performance

Microsoft stock opened at $508.68 on Wednesday. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $344.79 and a twelve month high of $555.45. The company has a quick ratio of 1.35, a current ratio of 1.35 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.12. The company has a market capitalization of $3.78 trillion, a P/E ratio of 36.18, a PEG ratio of 2.36 and a beta of 1.02. The stock’s 50 day moving average is $513.93 and its 200 day moving average is $494.92.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, October 29th. The software giant reported $4.13 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.65 by $0.48. Microsoft had a return on equity of 33.47% and a net margin of 35.71%.The business had revenue of $77.67 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $75.49 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $3.30 earnings per share. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.4% compared to the same quarter last year. Microsoft has set its Q2 2026 guidance at EPS. On average, equities research analysts predict that Microsoft Corporation will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 11th. Investors of record on Thursday, November 20th will be given a dividend of $0.91 per share. This is a positive change from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.83. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 20th. This represents a $3.64 annualized dividend and a yield of 0.7%. Microsoft’s payout ratio is currently 25.89%.

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.