Harfst & Associates Inc. There is $ 5.59 million in Microsoft Co. (Nasdaq: msft)

Harfst & Associates Inc. lowered its possessions in Microsoft Co. (Nasdaq: MSFT – Free Report) by 1.1% during the fourth quarter, reports HoldingsChannel.com. The fund owned 13,266 shares of the software giant as it sold 144 shares during this period. Microsoft accounts for 1.2% of Harfst & Associates Inc. portfolio, making shares keeping the 10th larger. Harfst & Associates Inc. Microsoft was worth $ 5,592,000 in terms of its most recent submission to the Insurance and Exchange Commission.

Other protective funds and other institutional investors have also increased or reduced their shares in the company. Fiduciary Advisors Inc. bought a new action in Microsoft during the fourth quarter worth about $ 38,000. IFS Advisors LLC increased its possessions in Microsoft shares by 53.8% in the 4th trimester. IFS Advisors LLC now owns 100 shares of Software Giant worth $ 42,000 after earning 35 additional shares in the last quarter. Avondal wealth management increased its position in Microsoft by 144.4% during the 4th quarter. Avondal property management now owns 110 shares of $ 46,000 software giant after earning 65 additional shares over the last quarter. Midatlantic Capital Management Inc. Won a new action in Microsoft during the 3rd quarter worth $ 62,000. Finally, Kieckhefer Group LLC bought a new position in Microsoft in the 4th quarter worth $ 141,000. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s shares.

Wall Street analysts predict growth

A number of brokerage recently weighed in MSFT. Keycorp repeated an estimate of “sector weight” in Microsoft shares in a research note on Thursday, April 17. Stifel Nicolaus raised their price target in Microsoft shares from $ 475.00 to $ 500.00 and gave the company a “Buy” rating in a study report on Thursday. Goldman Sachs Group increased their target price in Microsoft shares from $ 450.00 to $ 480.00 and gave shares a “Buy” rating in a study report on Thursday. Morgan Stanley raised their price target in Microsoft shares from $ 472.00 to $ 482.00 and gave the company a “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday. Finally, the BMO Capital Markets increased their Microsoft price target from $ 470.00 to $ 485.00 and gave the company a “best” rating in a study report on Thursday. Six investment analysts have evaluated shares with a holding assessment and thirty have issued a purchase assessment in stock. According to Marketbeat.com, shares have a consensus rating of “Buy Moderal” and a $ 507.77 consensus price.

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Microsoft stock performance

MSFT shares opened with $ 435.28 on Friday. Microsoft CO has a $ 1-year low of $ 344.79 and a 1-year height of $ 468.35. The average pricing of the 50-day business movement is $ 384.93 and its average price two hundred days in motion is $ 411.07. The firm has a $ 3.24 trillion market cap, a PE ratio of 35.05, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 1.00. The company has a current ratio of 1.35, a rapid ratio of 1.34, and a debt-capital ratio of 0.13.

Microsoft (Nasdaq: MSFT – Get FREE report) released for the last time quarter profits on Wednesday, April 30. The software giant reported $ 3.46 dollars per share profits (EPS) for the quarter, overcoming a consensus estimate of $ 3.22 by $ 0.24. Microsoft had a return of capital of 33.36% and a net difference of 35.43%. The business had a revenue of $ 70.07 billion during the quarter, compared to the estimates of analysts of $ 68.54 billion. During the same period last year, the firm earned $ 2.94 EPS. Microsoft quarterly income increased 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, research analysts predict that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 Action Profits for the current year.

Microsoft notifies the dividend

The business also recently discovered a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12. Investors on Thursday, May 15 will be given a dividend of $ 0.83. The date of the former Dividend of this dividend is Thursday, May 15. This represents an annual dividend of $ 3.32 and a yield of 0.76%. Microsoft’s dividend payment ratio is currently 26.73%.

Microsoft profile

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The Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, equipment and solutions worldwide. The productivity and business process segment offers Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft Viva and Microsoft 365 Copilot; and office customer services, such as Microsoft Customer Subscriptions 365, offices licensed in other office environments and services.

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