16,312 Microsoft Corporation $MSFT Shares Sold by Nellore Capital Management LLC

Nellore Capital Management LLC lowered its position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 44.4% during the second quarter, HoldingsChannel reports. The firm owned 20,388 shares of the software giant’s stock after selling 16,312 shares during the period. Microsoft comprises 0.8% of Nellore Capital Management LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 10th biggest position. Nellore Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $7,605,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.

Other hedge funds and other institutional investors also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Safeguard Investment Advisory Group LLC boosted its stake in Microsoft by 15.8% during the 2nd quarter. Safeguard Investment Advisory Group LLC now owns 9,873 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $3,683,000 after purchasing an additional 1,348 shares during the last quarter. Nykredit A S purchased a new stake in shares of Microsoft during the second quarter worth $880,602,000. Hudson Portfolio Management LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 24.5% in the second quarter. Hudson Portfolio Management LLC now owns 3,789 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,413,000 after buying an additional 745 shares during the last quarter. Tranquilli Financial Advisor LLC raised its position in shares of Microsoft by 15.0% in the second quarter. Tranquilli Financial Advisor LLC now owns 5,057 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,886,000 after buying an additional 661 shares during the last quarter. Finally, EMC Capital Management acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the second quarter valued at about $782,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Insider Activity

In other Microsoft news, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,810 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $496.48, for a total value of $2,388,068.80. Following the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 42,677 shares in the company, valued at $21,188,276.96. The trade was a 10.13% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, EVP Amy Hood sold 41,674 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, September 14th. The shares were sold at an average price of $498.27, for a total transaction of $20,764,903.98. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 533,624 shares in the company, valued at $265,888,830.48. The trade was a 7.24% decrease in their ownership of the stock. Additional details regarding this sale are available in the official SEC disclosure. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Insiders sold 150,314 shares of company stock valued at $75,404,992 over the last three months. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by company insiders.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

MSFT has been the topic of several research reports. Evercore raised shares of Microsoft from an “underperform” rating to an “outperform” rating in a research note on Monday, October 5th. Morgan Stanley cut shares of Microsoft from an “overweight” rating to a “negative” rating in a research note on Monday, October 5th. Bank of America upped their price objective on shares of Microsoft from $500.00 to $600.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Tuesday, September 1st. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded shares of Microsoft from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and increased their price objective for the company from $530.00 to $575.00 in a report on Tuesday, September 22nd. Finally, CLSA restated an “outperform” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, July 30th. Forty-four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating, four have given a Hold rating and one has issued a Sell rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $596.07.

More Microsoft News

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Analysts remain constructive ahead of earnings. Oppenheimer raised its price target to $625 from $570, while Truist lifted its target to $600 from $575; both cited strong enterprise demand and sustained Azure growth. Oppenheimer raises Microsoft target ahead of earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Wall Street expects continued AI momentum, with Azure growth projected to accelerate toward 45% and Copilot adoption supporting longer-term monetization. Microsoft’s reported cloud backlog and a reported agreement for Anthropic to spend at least $45 billion on Microsoft cloud infrastructure also reinforce demand visibility. Azure AI growth ahead of earnings
• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft expanded its AI collaboration with Dayforce across human resources, finance and operations, potentially broadening enterprise use of Microsoft’s AI and cloud ecosystem. Dayforce expands AI collaboration with Microsoft
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft reports after the bell Wednesday. Analysts expect approximately $4.72 EPS and $90.69 billion in revenue, while options markets imply about a 5.09% post-earnings move. Traders are positioned around $555 calls and $460 puts, signaling substantial volatility rather than a clear direction. Microsoft earnings options outlook
• Negative Sentiment: Microsoft is offering voluntary buyouts to roughly 60,000 employees across the U.S., Canada, India and the U.K. The move may reduce costs and redirect resources toward AI, but its scale raises concerns about restructuring, execution and the underlying pressure from heavy data-center investment. Microsoft offers voluntary buyouts to 60,000 employees
• Negative Sentiment: Investors are also weighing rising AI infrastructure costs, capacity constraints and possible margin pressure. A reported delay affecting a Microsoft AI data-center project in the U.K. highlights the practical bottlenecks facing the company’s aggressive capital-spending strategy. Microsoft AI data-center constraints

Microsoft Trading Down 0.2%

NASDAQ MSFT opened at $531.33 on Wednesday. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $510.19 and its 200-day simple moving average is $437.69. Microsoft Corporation has a 52 week low of $349.20 and a 52 week high of $553.72.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The software giant reported $4.74 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.24 by $0.50. The firm had revenue of $90.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $87.62 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.65 EPS. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation will post 19.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Increases Dividend

The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, December 10th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, November 19th will be paid a dividend of $0.98 per share. This represents a $3.92 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. This is a boost from Microsoft’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.91. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, November 19th.

Microsoft Profile

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is a global technology company that develops software, cloud services, devices and digital platforms. Its products and services are used by consumers, businesses, governments and educational institutions worldwide.

The company’s principal offerings include the Windows operating system; Microsoft 365 productivity applications such as Word, Excel, Teams and Outlook; Azure cloud computing and infrastructure services; Dynamics business applications; and enterprise security solutions.