1. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 269
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) develops, licenses, and supports software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide. On November 18, China’s antitrust regulator rejected Microsoft Corp’s request to have its planned $69 billion acquisition of Activision approved, which was reviewed under a simplified filing. Latest data shows that Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation Trust holds more than 39 million shares in the company worth more than $9 billion, representing 26% of the portfolio.
On October 26, BMO Capital analyst Keith Bachman maintained an Outperform rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock and lowered the price target to $270 from $295, noting that the company’s first-quarter results featured numerous sources of disappointment.
At the end of the second quarter of 2022, 269 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $61.2 billion in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), compared to 258 in the previous quarter worth $56 billion.
In its Q2 2022 investor letter, Baron Funds, an asset management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:
“Shares of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), a leading global provider of software solutions, declined 16.6% in the quarter along with the broader software group as well as due to growing concerns of a potential macro-driven slowdown. This is despite the company posting strong quarterly financial results and successfully absorbing headwinds from the war in Ukraine. The company had 21% revenue growth, 23% operating income growth, and 35% growth in Microsoft Cloud (all year-over-year in constant currency), which now represents 47% of total revenues. (read more…)
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