1274 institutional investors are raising stakes in Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) enjoyed a 56.69% run-up in share price since hitting record low of $72.92. The stock managed 0.61% rise and now stands at $114.26 as of 09/21/2018. At recent session, the prices were hovering between $113.51 and $115.29. This company shares are 6.62% off its target price of $121.82 and the current market capitalization stands at $870.88B. The recent change has given its price a 5.06% lead over SMA 50 and 0.4% lead over its 52-week high. The stock witnessed 6.73% gains, 13.79% gains and 31.06% 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 1.74% and during a month it has been found around 1.49%.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Top Holders

Institutional investors currently hold around $645.75 billion or 74.5% in MSFT stock. Look at its top three institutional owners. Vanguard Group Inc owns $65.02 billion in Microsoft Corporation, which represents roughly 7.47% of the company’s market cap and approximately 10.07% of the institutional ownership. Similar statistics are true for the second largest owner, Blackrock Inc., which owns 506,636,253 shares of the stock are valued at $57.89 billion. The third largest holder is State Street Corp, which currently holds $33.09 billion worth of this stock and that ownership represents nearly 3.8% of its market capitalization.

Microsoft Corporation 13F Filings

At the end of June reporting period, 1,274 institutional holders increased their position in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) by some 172,040,185 shares, 1,384 decreased positions by 177,037,466 and 235 held positions by 5,300,000,000. That puts total institutional holdings at 5,650,000,000 shares, according to SEC filings. The stock grabbed 106 new institutional investments totaling 17,722,253 shares while 53 institutional investors sold out their entire positions totaling 7,494,082 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 59,162 shares of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in trading session dated Sep. 10, 2018. These shares are worth $6,431,501 and were traded at $108.71 each. The SEC filing shows that Hogan Kathleen T performed a sale of 40,000 shares. The EVP, Human Resources disposed these shares by way of transaction on Sep. 04, 2018. The company’s shares were given away at $111.31 per share worth to an income of some $4,452,400 on account of Hogan Kathleen T.

EVP, CFO, Hood Amy, sold 118,000 common shares of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) in the open market. In a transaction dated Sep. 04, 2018, the shares were put up for sale at an average price of $111, raking in a sum of $13,086,200. After this sale, 441,931 common shares of MSFT are directly owned by the insider, with total stake valued at $50,495,036.

In the transaction dated Aug. 10, 2018, the great number of shares disposed came courtesy the CEO; Nadella Satya disposed a total of 328,000 shares at an average price of $109.44, amounting to approximately $35,900,000. The insider now directly owns 778,596 shares worth $89,000,000.

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Analyst Guide

Several analysts have released their opinion on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), with 19 analysts believing it is a strong buy. Whereas 2 of them predict the stock is a hold. Also, there are 12 buy, 0 sell and 1 strong sell ratings, collectively assigning a 1.59 average brokerage recommendation.

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