Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust Acquires Shares of 70,877 Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust acquired a new stake in shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) during the 4th quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The fund acquired 70,877 shares of the software giant’s stock, valued at approximately $34,278,000. Microsoft makes up approximately 9.2% of Retail Employees Superannuation Pty Ltd as trustee for Retail Employees Superannuation Trust’s investment portfolio, making the stock its biggest position.

Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Seven Grand Managers LLC raised its stake in Microsoft by 74.7% during the fourth quarter. Seven Grand Managers LLC now owns 131,000 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $63,354,000 after buying an additional 56,000 shares in the last quarter. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Microsoft by 8.3% during the fourth quarter. Castlekeep Investment Advisors LLC now owns 3,002 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,452,000 after buying an additional 229 shares in the last quarter. IPG Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in Microsoft by 22.6% during the fourth quarter. IPG Investment Advisors LLC now owns 43,005 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $20,798,000 after buying an additional 7,941 shares in the last quarter. Connecticut Capital Management Group LLC acquired a new stake in Microsoft during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $2,744,000. Finally, Smith Chas P & Associates PA Cpas raised its stake in Microsoft by 65.0% during the fourth quarter. Smith Chas P & Associates PA Cpas now owns 190,445 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $92,103,000 after buying an additional 74,998 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Insider Buying and Selling

In related news, EVP Amy Coleman sold 1,262 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 14th. The stock was sold at an average price of $411.34, for a total value of $519,111.08. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president directly owned 46,003 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $18,922,874.02. This represents a 2.67% decrease in their position. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Judson Althoff sold 15,500 shares of the stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, June 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $460.99, for a total value of $7,145,345.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 110,477 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $50,928,792.23. This trade represents a 12.30% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Corporate insiders own 0.03% of the company’s stock.

Wall Street Analyst Weigh In

Several analysts have issued reports on the company. Citigroup assumed coverage on Microsoft in a research note on Monday, June 1st. They set a “market outperform” rating on the stock. HSBC cut their price objective on Microsoft from $593.00 to $571.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 30th. Royal Bank Of Canada restated a “buy” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, May 22nd. Tigress Financial upped their price objective on Microsoft from $595.00 to $680.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 6th. Finally, BNP Paribas Exane dropped their price target on Microsoft from $556.00 to $555.00 and set an “outperform” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, May 1st. Forty-one analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and six have given a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Microsoft currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $561.20.

Trending Headlines about Microsoft

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft won a major healthcare AI win, with NHS England planning a rollout of Microsoft 365 Copilot to 505,000 clinicians and staff. The deal could expand recurring Copilot adoption and reinforces Microsoft’s AI monetization story. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Analysts pointed to fresh support for Azure and Microsoft’s broader AI cloud business, including commentary that rising AI infrastructure demand could boost cloud upside and longer-term earnings growth. Article Title
• Positive Sentiment: Microsoft also received positive coverage around its AI strategy, with articles highlighting its agentic AI ambitions and Citi reaffirming a Buy rating with a $620 price target, signaling continued Wall Street confidence. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Microsoft’s open-source GitHub projects were reportedly compromised by hackers trying to steal AI developer logins, which is a security concern but not yet a clear direct financial hit. Article Title
• Neutral Sentiment: Several pieces discussed Microsoft’s long-term AI position, OpenAI relationship, and stock valuation, but these were mostly commentary rather than new business updates. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Microsoft stock is also facing pressure from reports that it is “sinking” despite some positive news, reflecting investor caution after recent gains and a broader rotation away from mega-cap tech. Article Title
• Negative Sentiment: Short-interest data and hedge-fund activity added to the cautious tone, with articles noting Microsoft has been a recent target of heavy debate and that David Tepper sold most of Appaloosa’s Microsoft position. Article Title

Microsoft Stock Performance

Shares of MSFT stock opened at $403.41 on Wednesday. Microsoft Corporation has a 12-month low of $356.28 and a 12-month high of $555.45. The firm has a market capitalization of $3.00 trillion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 24.01, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.48 and a beta of 1.11. The business has a 50 day simple moving average of $409.48 and a 200 day simple moving average of $430.37. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.08, a current ratio of 1.28 and a quick ratio of 1.27.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, April 29th. The software giant reported $4.27 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $4.06 by $0.21. Microsoft had a return on equity of 31.94% and a net margin of 39.34%.The business had revenue of $82.89 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $81.44 billion. During the same period in the prior year, the company posted $3.46 EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 18.3% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities research analysts anticipate that Microsoft Corporation will post 16.76 EPS for the current year.

About Microsoft

Microsoft Corporation is a global technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft develops, licenses and supports a broad range of software products, services and devices for consumers, enterprises and governments worldwide. Its operations span personal computing, productivity software, cloud infrastructure, enterprise applications, developer tools and gaming.

Microsoft’s product portfolio includes the Windows operating system and the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity and collaboration tools (Office apps, Outlook, Teams).