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Tig Advisors Llc, a New York-based fund reported 3.54 million shares. The firm has a market capitalization of $537.50 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 30.72 and a beta of 1.08. This represents a $1.56 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.24%. About 33,785 shares traded. Rosenbaum Jay D stated it has 4.44% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). It has outperformed by 41.77% the S&P500. The company was downgraded on Wednesday, January 6 by Barclays Capital. The software giant reported $0.73 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts' consensus estimates of $0.69 by $0.04. Also, insider G Mason Morfit sold 7,000,000 shares of the firm's stock in a transaction that occurred on Thursday, May 4th. The current share price indicates that stock is -0.13% away from its one year high and is moving 44.94% ahead of its 52-week low. About 5.45 million shares traded. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a market cap of $538.21B and the number of outstanding shares have been calculated 7.72B. It has outperformed by 17.82% the S&P500.
Investors sentiment increased to 0.95 in 2016 Q4. Its up 0.11, from 0.84 in 2016Q3. It improved, as 49 investors sold MSFT shares while 897 reduced holdings. 155 funds opened positions while 739 raised stakes. Pomelo Capital Llc acquired 46,000 shares as Centurylink Inc (Put) (CTL)'s stock rose 2.43%. Twin Tree Mngmt LP reported 50,280 shares or 0.03% of all its holdings. The fund owned 56,009 shares of the software giant's stock after buying an additional 25,441 shares during the period. Skba Capital Management Llc has 392,720 shares. Thompson Invest Inc invested 2.61% in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT). Salem Capital Mgmt accumulated 136,484 shares. Microsoft Co. has a 52-week low of $48.03 and a 52-week high of $69.88. Finally, Raymond James Financial, Inc. reiterated a "strong-buy" rating and issued a $77.00 price objective (up from $73.00) on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Monday, May 1st. Regal Ltd Com reported 65,696 shares or 1.13% of all its holdings. Da Davidson invested in 38,725 shares or 0.06% of the stock. Montag & Caldwell Ltd Liability holds 2.75M shares. Farr Miller Washington Ltd Limited Liability Company Dc holds 522,957 shares or 3.5% of its portfolio. Rand Wealth Limited Com has 0.68% invested in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Since January 30, 2017, it had 0 insider purchases, and 12 insider sales for $2.54 billion activity. BROD FRANK H had sold 7,500 shares worth $490,125 on Monday, January 30. Beacon holds 0% of its portfolio in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) for 75 shares. More interesting news about Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) were released by: Investorplace.com and their article: "How to Buy Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Stock at All-Time Highs" published on May 23, 2017 as well as Seekingalpha.com's news article titled: "Microsoft Corporation's (MSFT) Management Presents At J.P. Morgan 45th Annual ..." with publication date: May 23, 2017. Therefore 82% are positive. For now, Microsoft Corporation is the toast of Wall Street as its ABR stands at 2.00 with 14 out of 37 analysts rating the stock a buy. Goldman Sachs Group Inc reiterated a "buy" rating and set a $68.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Friday, January 20th. Vetr lowered Microsoft from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating and set a $67.56 price objective for the company.in a research report on Wednesday, March 8th. Foster Dykema Cabot & Co Inc acquired 47,246 shares as Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)'s stock rose 4.75%. The rating was maintained by BMO Capital Markets with "Outperform" on Wednesday, July 20. Credit Suisse analysts stated on 27/04/2017 that they launched coverage on this stock with Outperform rating. The firm earned "Hold" rating on Friday, January 29 by Wunderlich. Stifel Nicolaus upgraded the shares of MSFT in report on Thursday, August 13 to "Buy" rating. Piper Jaffray maintained the stock with "Overweight" rating in Tuesday, November 10 report. The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has "Market Perform" rating given on Friday, April 1 by Cowen & Co.
More notable recent Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) news were published by: Seekingalpha.com which released: "Microsoft rebrands its Twitch rival to Mixer, adds co-streaming" on May 25, 2017, also Seekingalpha.com with their article: "Microsoft Still Has Plenty Of Room To Grow" published on May 25, 2017, Seekingalpha.com published: "Microsoft: Customers 'Being Very Badly Used?'" on May 22, 2017.
Gamco Investors Inc Et Al, which manages about $15.83 billion US Long portfolio, upped its stake in Astoria Finl Corp Com (NYSE:AF) by 69,720 shares to 356,420 shares, valued at $6.65 million in 2016Q4, according to the filing. It also reduced its holding in Williams Sonoma Inc (NYSE:WSM) by 1.14M shares in the quarter, leaving it with 1.42 million shares, and cut its stake in Comcast Corp New (NASDAQ:CMCSA).
Investors sentiment increased to 1.14 in Q4 2016. The average true range, a measure of volatility is at 0.86, however its weekly and monthly volatility is 1.01%, 1.18% respectively. 81 funds opened positions while 195 raised stakes. Stralem And reported 434,005 shares. 154,612 were reported by Nordea Inv Mngmt Ab. 16,331 are owned by Paloma Prtnrs Management. Salient Lta accumulated 247,119 shares. Citigroup has invested 0.01% in CIT Group Inc. During the same period previous year, the firm earned $0.62 earnings per share. Amer Century has invested 0.04% in Centurylink Inc (NYSE:CTL). Mutual of America Capital Management LLC now owns 998,767 shares of the software giant's stock worth $57,529,000 after buying an additional 23,993 shares in the last quarter. Neuberger Berman Grp Limited Liability stated it has 13.04M shares.
Omni Partners Llp holds 5.3% of its portfolio in Brocade Communications Systems, Inc. for 1.89 million shares. Greenwood Cap Assocs Ltd Co reported 115,655 shares.
