Yale University Stock Portfolio: Top 5 Picks

1. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 238

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is perhaps one of the most recognizable brands in the world. Although the Yale stake in the firm is not a large one compared to their overall portfolio, it nonetheless represents the trust that the institution places in the company. Most investment advisors are bullish on Microsoft as the cloud and software market grow by leaps and bounds. Morgan Stanley has an Overweight rating on the shares with a price target of $364. 

Yale University owned more than 407 shares in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) worth $110,000 at the end of June 2021, representing 0.04% of the portfolio. 

Among the hedge funds being tracked by Insider Monkey, Washington-based investment firm Fisher Asset Management is a leading shareholder in Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) with 24.8 million shares worth more than $6.7 billion.

In its Q1 2021 investor letter, Polen Capital, an investment management firm, highlighted a few stocks and Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) was one of them. Here is what the fund said:

“We have written extensively about Microsoft in recent commentaries. It was our leading contributor last year and one of our largest weightings within the Portfolio. It continues to experience business momentum through several dominant, essential, and competitively advantaged businesses, like Office 365 and Azure. The markets it competes for are enormous, which gives the company the ability to compound at scale. In the past quarter alone, the company generated over $40 billion in revenue, representing a 17% growth rate. The inherent operating leverage in Microsoft’s business model continues and led to 34% earnings growth this past quarter. Despite the broad rotation we saw in the first quarter and Microsoft’s robust performance in 2020, we think its business fundamentals continue to exhibit strength, and the stock continues to reflect the fundamentals.”

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