Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Stock Holdings Lifted by Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC

Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC lifted its position in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 80.8% during the fourth quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 31,621 shares of the software giant’s stock after buying an additional 14,136 shares during the quarter. Microsoft makes up 10.6% of Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its largest holding. Madison Park Capital Advisors LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $13,328,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other large investors also recently modified their holdings of MSFT. WFA Asset Management Corp increased its holdings in Microsoft by 27.0% in the 1st quarter. WFA Asset Management Corp now owns 1,016 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $427,000 after acquiring an additional 216 shares during the last quarter. Ironwood Wealth Management LLC. raised 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 valued at $5,658,000 after buying an additional 38 shares in the last quarter. Beck Bode LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 37.3% during the 2nd quarter. Beck Bode LLC now owns 39,951 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $17,856,000 after buying an additional 10,847 shares in the last quarter. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 2.1% during the 2nd quarter. Commonwealth Financial Services LLC now owns 19,968 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $9,310,000 after buying an additional 412 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Certified Advisory Corp raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 9.2% during the 2nd quarter. Certified Advisory Corp now owns 13,899 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $6,212,000 after buying an additional 1,175 shares in the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Microsoft Trading Down 0.9 %

NASDAQ MSFT opened at $393.31 on Monday. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $416.40 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $421.85. The stock has a market cap of $2.92 trillion, a P/E ratio of 31.67, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.92. Microsoft Co. has a 12-month low of $381.00 and a 12-month high of $468.35. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates 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 company earned $2.93 earnings per share. On average, analysts forecast that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

MSFT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Cantor Fitzgerald reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $509.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Wednesday, January 29th. Loop Capital increased their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $550.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research report on Monday, December 23rd. Stifel Nicolaus reduced their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $515.00 to $475.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday. Piper Sandler reissued an “overweight” rating and issued a $520.00 price objective on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Monday, January 27th. Finally, Morgan Stanley reduced their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $540.00 to $530.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Thursday, January 30th. Four investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-six have issued a buy rating to the stock. According to data from MarketBeat, Microsoft has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $509.54.

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.