Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) is AHL Investment Management Inc.’s 3rd Largest Position

AHL Investment Management Inc. lowered its position in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 1.6% in the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 17,979 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 291 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for 5.3% of AHL Investment Management Inc.’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 3rd largest holding. AHL Investment Management Inc.’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $7,578,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

A number of other large investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC raised its position in Microsoft by 2.6% during the 4th quarter. BlueSky Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 2,393 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $1,008,000 after buying an additional 61 shares during the last quarter. Strong Tower Advisory Services raised its position in Microsoft by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Strong Tower Advisory Services now owns 31,732 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $13,375,000 after buying an additional 662 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Management Partners LLC raised its position in Microsoft by 1.5% during the 4th quarter. Wealth Management Partners LLC now owns 22,944 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $9,671,000 after buying an additional 339 shares during the last quarter. Sarasin & Partners LLP raised its position in Microsoft by 33.5% during the 4th quarter. Sarasin & Partners LLP now owns 1,977,464 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $833,501,000 after buying an additional 496,086 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Community Bank of Raymore increased its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 19.1% in the 4th quarter. Community Bank of Raymore now owns 5,341 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $2,251,000 after purchasing an additional 857 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of equities analysts have recently issued reports on MSFT shares. Cantor Fitzgerald reiterated an “overweight” rating and issued a $509.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Wednesday, January 29th. StockNews.com downgraded shares of Microsoft from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a report on Friday, February 28th. Loop Capital increased their price target on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a report on Monday, December 23rd. Morgan Stanley cut their price target on shares of Microsoft from $540.00 to $530.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Finally, Guggenheim reiterated a “neutral” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Friday, January 24th. Four analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-six have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, Microsoft presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $510.96.

Microsoft Price Performance

Microsoft stock opened at $401.02 on Thursday. Microsoft Co. has a 12-month low of $381.00 and a 12-month high of $468.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $2.98 trillion, a P/E ratio of 32.29, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.92. The firm’s 50-day moving average is $417.97 and its two-hundred day moving average is $422.24. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a current ratio of 1.35 and a quick ratio of 1.34.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $3.15 by $0.08. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.43% and a return on equity of 33.36%. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $2.93 EPS. Equities analysts predict that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, CMO Takeshi Numoto sold 2,500 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $447.41, for a total value of $1,118,525.00. Following the sale, the chief marketing officer now directly owns 49,352 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $22,080,578.32. This trade represents a 4.82 % decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Company Profile

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.