Boulder Wealth Advisors LLC Has $1.14 Million Holdings in Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Boulder Wealth Advisors LLC boosted its stake in shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 5.3% in the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 2,705 shares of the software giant’s stock after purchasing an additional 136 shares during the quarter. Microsoft accounts for approximately 0.6% of Boulder Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 15th biggest position. Boulder Wealth Advisors LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $1,140,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.

Several other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of MSFT. SPC Financial Inc. increased its holdings in Microsoft by 6.3% in the 4th quarter. SPC Financial Inc. now owns 29,014 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $12,229,000 after buying an additional 1,716 shares during the period. LVZ Inc. increased its holdings in Microsoft by 9.5% in the 4th quarter. LVZ Inc. now owns 4,329 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,825,000 after buying an additional 375 shares during the period. BCM Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Microsoft by 5.4% in the 4th quarter. BCM Advisors LLC now owns 1,471 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $608,000 after buying an additional 76 shares during the period. Assetmark Inc. increased its holdings in Microsoft by 6.7% in the 4th quarter. Assetmark Inc. now owns 1,663,502 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $701,166,000 after buying an additional 103,961 shares during the period. Finally, NewSquare Capital LLC increased its holdings in Microsoft by 10.8% in the 4th quarter. NewSquare Capital LLC now owns 16,294 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $6,868,000 after buying an additional 1,589 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

MSFT has been the topic of several analyst reports. Morgan Stanley lowered their price target on shares of Microsoft from $540.00 to $530.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 30th. DA Davidson reissued a “neutral” rating and issued a $425.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Guggenheim reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Microsoft in a report on Friday, January 24th. Wedbush reaffirmed an “outperform” rating and issued a $550.00 target price on shares of Microsoft in a report on Tuesday, November 19th. Finally, UBS Group lowered their target price on shares of Microsoft from $525.00 to $510.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, January 30th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and twenty-six have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $510.96.

Microsoft Stock Performance

Microsoft stock opened at $396.89 on Friday. 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 Co. has a 1 year low of $381.00 and a 1 year high of $468.35. The company has a market cap of $2.95 trillion, a PE ratio of 31.96, a PEG ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.92. The company’s 50-day moving average is $417.14 and its two-hundred day moving average is $422.06.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last released its earnings results on Wednesday, January 29th. The software giant reported $3.23 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating 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 quarter in the prior year, the firm posted $2.93 EPS. Equities analysts anticipate that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 earnings per share for the current year.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In related news, CMO Takeshi Numoto sold 2,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, December 9th. The shares were sold at an average price of $447.41, for a total value of $1,118,525.00. Following the sale, the chief marketing officer now directly owns 49,352 shares in the company, valued at $22,080,578.32. This trade represents a 4.82 % decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this link. 0.03% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.

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.