Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc. reduced its position in shares of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) by 3.2% from the third quarter, in keeping with its current 13F filing on the Filing (SEC). The institutional investor owned 456,719 shares within the software giant's stock after selling 15,340 shares throughout the period. Microsoft Corp. overcompensates approximately 4.6% of Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc.'s portfolio, making the stock its 2nd largest position. Campbell Newman Asset Management Inc.'s holdings in buy windows 10 were worth $26,307,000 following the current reporting period.

Several other large investors have recently modified their holdings of MSFT. American Economic Planning Group Inc. ADV raised its stake in Microsoft Corp. by 0.3% during the third quarter. American Economic Planning Group Inc. ADV now owns 4,878 shares of the software giant's stock priced at $280,000 after buying 1 14 shares within the past quarter. Gemmer Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Microsoft Corp. by 0.3% inside third quarter. Gemmer Asset Management LLC now owns 7,309 shares of your respective software giant's stock worth $421,000 after buying a new 20 shares within the last few quarter. Cortland Associates Inc. MO raised its stake in Microsoft Corp. by 0.4% in the third quarter. Cortland Associates Inc. MO now owns 5,430 shares within the software giant's stock priced at $313,000 after purchasing a different 20 shares throughout the last quarter. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. raised its stake in Microsoft Corp. by 0.5% while in the second quarter. Capstone Financial Advisors Inc. now owns 7,512 shares of the software giant's stock valued at $384,000 after buying yet another 40 shares within the last quarter. Finally, Beacon Investment Advisory Services Inc. raised its stake in Microsoft Corp. by 0.4% with the second quarter. Beacon Investment Advisory Services Inc. now owns 13,331 shares inside the software giant's stock priced at $682,000 finally, before using yet an additional 52 shares within the last few quarter. Hedge funds along with other institutional investors own 70.73% within the company's stock.

Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) opened at 62.50 on Thursday. Yourrrre able to send 50-day moving average expense is $62.23 and also 200 day moving average charges are $58.68. The firm is known for a market capitalization of $485.96 billion, a PE ratio of 29.93 rrncluding a beta of 1.13. Microsoft Corp. comes with a 365 days low of $48.03 and a year a lot of $64.10.

The business also recently declared an every 3 months dividend, that might be paid on Thursday, March 9th. Stockholders of record on Thursday, February 16th will be given a dividend of $0.39 per share. This represents a $1.56 dividend when using an annualized basis including a dividend yield of 2.50%. The ex-dividend date about this dividend is Tuesday, February 14th. Microsoft Corp.'s payout ratio is 75.00%.

Several equities research analysts have commented on MSFT shares. Nomura restated a "buy" rating and issued a $65.00 price objective on shares of buy windows 7 within a research directory of Thursday, October 13th. Zacks Investment Research raised Microsoft Corp. in the "hold" rating onto a "buy" rating as well as a $64.00 target price for the company in a very research note on Thursday, October 13th. Vetr raised Microsoft Corp. from the local "hold" rating up to a "buy" rating as well a $59.95 target price for that company inside research note , October 11th. Deutsche Bank AG reaffirmed a "buy" rating spot a $65.00 target price on shares of Microsoft Corp. for a research note on Wednesday, September 28th. Finally, Wunderlich raised Microsoft Corp. originating from a "hold" rating towards a "buy" rating and upped their target price for the stock from $60.00 to $70.00 during a research note on Friday, October 21st. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock by having a sell rating, seven have assigned a hold rating and twenty-seven have issued a buy rating within the company. Microsoft Corp. presenting an amount rating of "Buy" in addition to a consensus price target of $63.89.

In other news, Director William H. Gates III sold 3,300,000 shares of these stock in any transaction that occurred on Friday, October 28th. The stock was sold in the average price $60.30, for that total transaction of $198,990,000.00. The sale was disclosed from a legal filing together with the SEC, and these can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, EVP Christopher C. Capossela sold 12,000 shares in the stock in an exceedingly transaction that occurred on Wednesday, November 2nd. The stock was sold with an average valuation on $59.57, to get total expense of $714,840.00. Using the sale, the manager second in command now owns 265,306 shares around the company, priced at $15,804,278.42. The disclosure to the sale are offered here. Insiders own 2.99% belonging to the company's stock.

Microsoft Corp. Company Profile

Microsoft Corporation can be a technology cheap office 2010 company. The brand develops, licenses and supports many different software products, services and devices. Its segments are Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, plus more ! Personal Computing. Its products include platforms; cross-device productivity applications; server applications; business solution applications; desktop and server management tools; software development tools; game titles, and training and certification laptop system integrators and developers.

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