Seaview Investment Managers LLC Has $9.94 Million Stock Position in Microsoft Corporation $MSFT

Posted by Brian Himes on Sep 3rd, 2026

Seaview Investment Managers LLC raised its stake in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT – Free Report) by 24.0% during the 2nd quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 26,651 shares of the software giant’s stock after acquiring an additional 5,156 shares during the quarter. Microsoft comprises 3.0% of Seaview Investment Managers LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 14th largest position. Seaview Investment Managers LLC’s holdings in Microsoft were worth $9,941,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.

Other hedge funds have also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Curbstone Financial Management Corp boosted its holdings in shares of Microsoft by 38.0% during the second quarter. Curbstone Financial Management Corp now owns 30,528 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $11,388,000 after acquiring an additional 8,400 shares during the period. Barlow Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 0.6% during the second quarter. Barlow Wealth Partners LLC now owns 101,834 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $39,037,000 after purchasing an additional 640 shares during the period. Congress Park Capital LLC lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 8.3% during the 2nd quarter. Congress Park Capital LLC now owns 17,259 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $6,438,000 after purchasing an additional 1,329 shares during the last quarter. Kelly Financial Group LLC lifted its holdings in Microsoft by 0.4% during the 2nd quarter. Kelly Financial Group LLC now owns 10,150 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $3,786,000 after purchasing an additional 43 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Mullaney Keating & Wright Inc. boosted its stake in Microsoft by 17.3% in the 2nd quarter. Mullaney Keating & Wright Inc. now owns 2,867 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $1,069,000 after purchasing an additional 422 shares during the period. 71.13% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Key Microsoft News

Here are the key news stories impacting Microsoft this week:

Positive Sentiment: Microsoft will begin disclosing quarterly Azure revenue in fiscal 2027 and consolidate its reporting structure from three segments to two. The added transparency should allow investors to compare Azure more directly with Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud and could highlight the scale of AI-driven demand. Microsoft to reveal Azure cloud sales in financial reporting shift
Positive Sentiment: Bank of America raised its Microsoft price target to $600 from $500, citing accelerating Azure growth, improving AI efficiency and more than 30 million paid Microsoft 365 Copilot seats. The bullish view reinforces expectations that Microsoft can convert AI infrastructure spending into higher revenue and earnings. Microsoft’s AI strategy accelerates cloud growth and efficiency: analysts
Positive Sentiment: Microsoft is expanding its AI ecosystem through a 20-year power agreement supporting a planned West Texas data center, a HUMAIN partnership targeting up to one million enterprise users in the Middle East and Africa, and new Microsoft 365 Copilot integrations. These agreements support long-term cloud, infrastructure and productivity growth, although near-term profitability depends on execution. Microsoft Signed a 20-Year AI Power Deal With Chevron
Neutral Sentiment: An EU court rejected Opera’s challenge to Microsoft Edge’s exemption from certain Digital Markets Act obligations. The ruling reduces an immediate regulatory burden for Edge, but its direct financial effect is likely limited. EU court rejects Opera challenge against Microsoft’s Edge exemption
Negative Sentiment: CEO Satya Nadella sold 86,525 MSFT shares worth approximately $43.4 million under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 plan. Although scheduled sales generally do not signal a change in business outlook, the transaction reduced his position by 15.09%; broader insider activity has also consisted entirely of sales over the past six months. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella Form 4 filing
Negative Sentiment: Investors remain concerned about Microsoft’s roughly $116 billion in annual property and equipment spending. The AI buildout could drive substantial growth, but depreciation, power constraints and uncertain returns may pressure margins if demand fails to keep pace. Big Tech Spent Over $1 Trillion on AI
Negative Sentiment: Additional pressure came from reports of a controversial Windows 11 feature, continuing concerns about a Microsoft 365 outage, and criticism surrounding 3,200 Xbox job cuts. These issues may weigh on user sentiment and highlight risks in Microsoft’s consumer and gaming businesses. Xbox layoffs

Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth

A number of brokerages have commented on MSFT. Phillip Securities lowered Microsoft from a “strong-buy” rating to a “moderate buy” rating in a report on Monday, August 3rd. UBS Group set a $525.00 target price on Microsoft in a report on Thursday, July 30th. Mizuho reduced their target price on shares of Microsoft from $515.00 to $490.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 15th. The Goldman Sachs Group restated a “buy” rating and issued a $640.00 price target on shares of Microsoft in a research note on Thursday, July 30th. Finally, Argus lowered their price target on shares of Microsoft from $620.00 to $510.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 10th. Forty-two investment analysts have rated the stock with a Buy rating and five have issued a Hold rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, Microsoft presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $562.49.

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Microsoft Price Performance

Microsoft stock opened at $496.82 on Thursday. The stock’s fifty day moving average price is $438.84 and its two-hundred day moving average price is $414.45. Microsoft Corporation has a one year low of $349.20 and a one year high of $553.72. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.07, a current ratio of 1.23 and a quick ratio of 1.22. The firm has a market cap of $3.69 trillion, a PE ratio of 27.66, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.61 and a beta of 1.11.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT – Get Free Report) last announced its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 29th. The software giant reported $4.74 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $4.24 by $0.50. The firm had revenue of $90.01 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $87.62 billion. Microsoft had a return on equity of 31.98% and a net margin of 40.31%.The company’s quarterly revenue was up 17.7% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $3.65 EPS. As a group, research analysts expect that Microsoft Corporation will post 19.59 EPS for the current fiscal year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 10th. Investors of record on Thursday, August 20th will be paid a $0.91 dividend. This represents a $3.64 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 0.7%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 20th. Microsoft’s payout ratio is 20.27%.

Insider Activity at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, CEO Satya Nadella sold 86,525 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, September 1st. The shares were sold at an average price of $501.46, for a total value of $43,388,826.50. Following the transaction, the chief executive officer directly owned 486,763 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $244,092,173.98. This trade represents a 15.09% decrease in their position. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which can be accessed through the SEC website. The transaction was executed under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan. Also, EVP Takeshi Numoto sold 4,810 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, August 4th. The shares were sold at an average price of $496.48, for a total transaction of $2,388,068.80. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president owned 42,677 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $21,188,276.96. The trade was a 10.13% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The SEC filing for this sale provides additional information. Insiders sold a total of 108,335 shares of company stock valued at $53,499,700 over the last quarter. 0.03% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.

Microsoft Company Profile

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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).