Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): A Detailed Look at its Institutional Ownership

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) produced a 47.91% rally since recording the worst price of $71.28. Thanks to the latest 1.19% increase, it now trades at $105.43. Throughout the trading on 07/13/2018, the share price floated between $104.09 and $105.6. This company shares are 6.76% off its target price of $112.56 and the current market capitalization stands at $811.6B. The recent change has given its price a 6.27% lead over SMA 50 and 0.98% lead over its 52-week high. The stock witnessed 4.54% gains, 13.27% gains and 19.7% gains for the 1-month, 3-month and 6-month period, respectively. To measure price-variation, we found MSFT’s volatility during a week at 1.19% and during a month it has been found around 1.55%.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Top Holders

Institutional investors currently hold around $595.93 billion or 74.7% in MSFT stock. Look at its top three institutional owners. Vanguard Group Inc owns $61.79 billion in Microsoft Corporation, which represents roughly 7.61% of the company’s market cap and approximately 10.37% of the institutional ownership. Similar statistics are true for the second largest owner, Blackrock Inc., which owns 499,849,770 shares of the stock are valued at $52.7 billion. The third largest holder is State Street Corp, which currently holds $30.66 billion worth of this stock and that ownership represents nearly 3.78% of its market capitalization.

Microsoft Corporation 13F Filings

At the end of March reporting period, 1,196 institutional holders increased their position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by some 234,709,357 shares, 1,469 decreased positions by 284,602,954 and 190 held positions by 5,133,100,966. That puts total institutional holdings at 5,652,413,277 shares, according to SEC filings. The stock grabbed 144 new institutional investments totaling 25,651,583 shares while 77 institutional investors sold out their entire positions totaling 14,513,665 shares.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) Insider Trades

Multiple company employees have indulged in significant insider trading. Microsoft Corporation disclosed in a document filed with the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that EVP, Chief Marketing Officer Capossela Christopher C has sold 10,000 shares of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in trading session dated Jun. 07, 2018. These shares are worth $1,009,900 and were traded at $100.99 each. The SEC filing shows that Peterson Sandra E performed a purchase of 5,400 shares. The Director added these shares by way of transaction on Jun. 05, 2018. The company’s shares were assimilated at $101.96 per share worth to an investment of some $550,584 on account of Peterson Sandra E.

EVP, Chief Marketing Officer, Capossela Christopher C, sold 3,500 common shares of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in the open market. In a transaction dated Feb. 23, 2018, the shares were put up for sale at an average price of $93, raking in a sum of $325,500. After this sale, 171,278 common shares of MSFT are directly owned by the insider, with total stake valued at $18,057,840.

In the transaction dated Feb. 20, 2018, the great number of shares disposed came courtesy the EVP, Chief Marketing Officer; Capossela Christopher C disposed a total of 3,500 shares at an average price of $93, amounting to approximately $325,500. The insider now directly owns 174,778 shares worth $18,426,845.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Analyst Guide

Several analysts have released their opinion on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), with 21 analysts believing it is a strong buy. Whereas 2 of them predict the stock is a hold. Also, there are 1 buy, 1 sell and 0 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 1.32 average brokerage recommendation.

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