Excalibur Management Corp Has $9.32 Million Stock Position in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Excalibur Management Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFTFree Report) by 1.4% in the 3rd quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 29,507 shares of the software giant’s stock after buying an additional 405 shares during the period. Microsoft makes up about 4.8% of Excalibur Management Corp’s holdings, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. Excalibur Management Corp’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $9,317,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

Several other large investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in MSFT. Adero Partners LLC lifted its stake in Microsoft by 2.7% during the second quarter. Adero Partners LLC now owns 16,815 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $5,726,000 after purchasing an additional 435 shares during the last quarter. Cadian Capital Management LP boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 15.1% in the 2nd quarter. Cadian Capital Management LP now owns 107,000 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $36,438,000 after purchasing an additional 14,000 shares in the last quarter. C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 5.2% in the 2nd quarter. C M Bidwell & Associates Ltd. now owns 5,075 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,728,000 after purchasing an additional 253 shares in the last quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 4.1% in the 3rd quarter. Geneos Wealth Management Inc. now owns 82,267 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $25,976,000 after purchasing an additional 3,209 shares in the last quarter. Finally, HS Management Partners LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 18.0% in the 3rd quarter. HS Management Partners LLC now owns 298,208 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $94,159,000 after purchasing an additional 45,560 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 69.20% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Stock Up 1.8 %

MSFT stock opened at $409.14 on Friday. Microsoft Co. has a fifty-two week low of $245.73 and a fifty-two week high of $420.82. The business’s 50 day moving average price is $398.94 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $364.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.19, a quick ratio of 1.20 and a current ratio of 1.22. The company has a market capitalization of $3.04 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 36.99, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 2.14 and a beta of 0.89.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFTGet Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, January 30th. The software giant reported $2.93 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $2.76 by $0.17. The company had revenue of $62.02 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $61.14 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 38.40% and a net margin of 36.27%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 17.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $2.32 EPS. As a group, analysts forecast that Microsoft Co. will post 11.63 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, major shareholder Corp Microsoft sold 1,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.95, for a total value of $1,950,000.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11,677,398 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,770,926.10. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. In related news, major shareholder Corp Microsoft sold 1,000,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, February 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $1.95, for a total value of $1,950,000.00. Following the sale, the insider now owns 11,677,398 shares in the company, valued at approximately $22,770,926.10. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through this link. Also, insider Bradford L. Smith sold 3,303 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, February 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $406.12, for a total value of $1,341,414.36. Following the sale, the insider now owns 570,826 shares in the company, valued at $231,823,855.12. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 1,048,303 shares of company stock worth $21,821,514 in the last 90 days. Insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Analysts Set New Price Targets

A number of research firms have recently issued reports on MSFT. Tigress Financial upped their price objective on Microsoft from $433.00 to $475.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Wednesday, November 29th. Piper Sandler reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $455.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, January 25th. Royal Bank of Canada boosted their target price on Microsoft from $415.00 to $450.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday, January 31st. Truist Financial reissued a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Tuesday, January 23rd. Finally, StockNews.com lowered Microsoft from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Thursday, February 22nd. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty-six have assigned a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, Microsoft has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $415.00.

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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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