Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) EVP Sells $1,031,125.00 in Stock

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction on Monday, June 8th. The stock was sold at an average price of $412.45, for a total value of $1,031,125.00. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 51,968 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $21,434,201.60. This represents a 4.59% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website.

Microsoft Trading Down 1.5%

NASDAQ:MSFT traded down $6.05 during trading hours on Wednesday, hitting $397.36. 32,388,098 shares of the company were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 35,783,227. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.95 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 23.65, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.11. The company has a current ratio of 1.28, a quick ratio of 1.27 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08. Microsoft Corporation has a one year low of $356.28 and a one year high of $555.45. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $409.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $430.37.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last announced its earnings results on Wednesday, April 29th. The software giant reported $4.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $4.06 by $0.21. The business had revenue of $82.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $81.44 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 31.94% and a net margin of 39.34%.Microsoft’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the company earned $3.46 EPS. Sell-side analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 16.76 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Institutional Trading of Microsoft

Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. WFA Asset Management Corp lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 27.0% during the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $427,000 after buying an additional 216 shares in the last quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.3% during the 2nd quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. now owns 12,658 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $5,658,000 after buying an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 410.4% during the 3rd quarter. Discipline Wealth Solutions LLC now owns 2,659 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,144,000 after buying an additional 2,138 shares in the last quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 1.2% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Group Ltd. now owns 2,374 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,000,000 after buying an additional 28 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Eagle Capital Management LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft by 0.4% during the 4th quarter. Eagle Capital Management LLC now owns 23,097 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $9,735,000 after buying an additional 96 shares in the last quarter. 71.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.

Key Stories Impacting Microsoft

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft announced a new quarterly dividend of $0.91 per share, reinforcing its strong cash-generation profile and shareholder-return story. Microsoft announces quarterly dividend
• Positive Sentiment: MN8 Energy said 260 MW of solar projects are now online under long-term power purchase agreements with Microsoft, supporting the company’s AI/data-center energy buildout. MN8 Energy Delivers 260 MW of Solar to Microsoft
• Positive Sentiment: Analyst coverage remained constructive on Microsoft’s AI strategy, saying OpenAI exposure is manageable, Palantir competition is contained, and strong earnings/cash flow can offset AI capex pressure. Microsoft: OpenAI Exposure Manageable And Palantir Competition Contained
• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft’s broader AI and cloud push continued with new collaborations, Copilot expansion, and Azure Cobalt VM growth, which should support long-term revenue but may pressure margins near term. Microsoft Deepens Agentic AI Push and Collaborations: What’s Ahead?
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft reportedly limited employee use of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 over data-retention concerns, highlighting how AI vendor security and governance issues remain a priority internally. Microsoft limits employee use of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns
• Neutral Sentiment: Bill Gates’ testimony about Jeffrey Epstein is drawing headlines, but it is not directly tied to Microsoft’s operations or fundamentals. Gates testifies on Epstein
• Negative Sentiment: Microsoft is cutting jobs in its Azure unit in China as U.S.-China data rules tighten, adding to geopolitical and regulatory uncertainty around the cloud business. Microsoft limits employee use of Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 over data retention concerns, The Verge reports
• Negative Sentiment: Xbox reportedly is rethinking Project Helix because of AI-related supply shortages, which adds to concerns that AI infrastructure demand is creating bottlenecks and higher costs. Microsoft Stock (MSFT) Slips as Xbox ‘Rethinks’ Project Helix Due to AI-Related Supply Shortages
• Negative Sentiment: Some investors remain focused on the timing of AI monetization, with commentary noting that Microsoft’s AI revenue ramp may take longer than hoped while capex rises. AI Monetization Timelines Weighed on Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in Q1

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSFT has been the subject of several analyst reports. Truist Financial lowered their target price on Microsoft from $675.00 to $575.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Thursday, April 30th. Weiss Ratings lowered Microsoft from a “buy (b-)” rating to a “hold (c+)” rating in a research report on Tuesday, March 24th. Mizuho cut their target price on Microsoft from $620.00 to $515.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Tuesday, April 14th. Jefferies Financial Group reaffirmed a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Monday, May 4th. Finally, Phillip Securities upgraded Microsoft to a “buy” rating and set a $485.00 target price for the company in a report on Wednesday, May 13th. Forty-one investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the company’s stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $561.20.

About Microsoft

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).