Prairiewood Capital LLC Purchases 1,648 Shares of Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Prairiewood Capital LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 39.8% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 5,789 shares of the software giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,648 shares during the quarter. Microsoft makes up approximately 0.6% of Prairiewood Capital LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 23rd largest position. Prairiewood Capital LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $2,143,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. JDH Wealth Management LLC lifted its position in Microsoft by 35.2% during the first quarter. JDH Wealth Management LLC now owns 1,928 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $714,000 after buying an additional 502 shares during the period. First Community Trust NA boosted its stake in Microsoft by 1.4% during the first quarter. First Community Trust NA now owns 19,459 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $7,203,000 after acquiring an additional 271 shares in the last quarter. Swisher Financial Concepts Inc. grew its holdings in Microsoft by 5.1% in the first quarter. Swisher Financial Concepts Inc. now owns 10,349 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $3,830,000 after purchasing an additional 500 shares during the period. Asset Advisory Group Inc. grew its holdings in Microsoft by 4.0% in the first quarter. Asset Advisory Group Inc. now owns 9,712 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $3,595,000 after purchasing an additional 374 shares during the period. Finally, IVC Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 2.7% during the first quarter. IVC Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 4,539 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,680,000 after purchasing an additional 120 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSFT has been the subject of several recent research reports. Dbs Bank lowered their target price on shares of Microsoft from $678.00 to $573.00 in a report on Thursday, May 7th. Arete Research upped their price target on Microsoft from $730.00 to $870.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, May 5th. BNP Paribas Exane reduced their price objective on Microsoft from $556.00 to $555.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 1st. UBS Group reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, April 24th. Finally, President Capital boosted their target price on Microsoft from $500.00 to $520.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a report on Thursday, April 30th. Forty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have issued a Hold rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $561.20.

Trending Headlines about Microsoft

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• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft announced a new AI-in-education report and related tools, but this is more of a product/marketing update than a material near-term earnings driver. Microsoft’s New AI in Education Report highlights widespread adoption and increasing demand for support
• Negative Sentiment: Fresh legal headlines are pressuring sentiment, as multiple law firms publicized securities class action claims tied to alleged investor harm and Copilot-related disclosures. Bronstein, Gewirtz & Grossman LLC Urges Microsoft Corporation Investors to Act: Class Action Filed Alleging Investor Harm
• Negative Sentiment: Microsoft is facing renewed skepticism around its quantum-computing claims after a Nature-linked critique questioned the scientific basis of its earlier breakthrough announcement. Microsoft’s quantum computing technology called into question, again
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also reacting to broader concerns that heavy AI infrastructure spending could weigh on free cash flow and margin trends, even if it supports future growth. Chamath Says Alphabet, Meta and Microsoft Aren’t Bleeding Cash — They’re Building Moats

Insider Activity

In related news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,500 shares of the stock in a transaction on Wednesday, June 10th. The stock was sold at an average price of $402.84, for a total transaction of $1,812,780.00. Following the sale, the executive vice president directly owned 47,468 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $19,122,009.12. This trade represents a 8.66% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. Also, CEO Judson Althoff sold 15,500 shares of Microsoft stock in a transaction dated Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.99, for a total value of $7,145,345.00. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer owned 110,477 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $50,928,792.23. The trade was a 12.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders have sold a total of 23,762 shares of company stock valued at $10,508,361 over the last ninety days. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

Microsoft Price Performance

Shares of MSFT opened at $365.12 on Thursday. Microsoft Corporation has a twelve month low of $356.28 and a twelve month high of $555.45. The company has a market capitalization of $2.71 trillion, a P/E ratio of 21.73, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.35 and a beta of 1.11. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $411.93 and a 200 day moving average of $422.73. The company has a quick ratio of 1.27, a current ratio of 1.28 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The software giant reported $4.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.06 by $0.21. Microsoft had a return on equity of 31.94% and a net margin of 39.34%.The business had revenue of $82.89 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $81.44 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the firm posted $3.46 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 18.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, equities research analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 16.76 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The firm also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, August 20th will be issued a dividend of $0.91 per share. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 1.0%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 20th. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is presently 21.67%.

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).