Rep. Jonathan L. Jackson Sells Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT) Shares

Representative Jonathan L. Jackson (D-Illinois) recently sold shares of Microsoft Co. (NASDAQ:MSFT). In a filing disclosed on May 13th, the Representative disclosed that they had sold between $50,001 and $100,000 in Microsoft stock on April 10th. The trade occurred in the Representative’s “MORGAN STANLEY TRUST ACCOUNT” account.

Representative Jonathan L. Jackson also recently made the following trade(s):

• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) on 4/21/2025.
• Purchased $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Eli Lilly and Company (NYSE:LLY) on 4/21/2025.
• Purchased $50,001 – $100,000 in shares of Netflix (NASDAQ:NFLX) on 4/16/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Amazon.com (NASDAQ:AMZN) on 4/16/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) on 4/16/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Aramark (NYSE:ARMK) on 4/10/2025.
• Sold $15,001 – $50,000 in shares of Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) on 3/11/2025.
• Sold $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) on 3/4/2025.
• Purchased $1,001 – $15,000 in shares of McKesson (NYSE:MCK) on 3/4/2025.

Microsoft Price Performance

MSFT opened at $452.94 on Thursday. The company’s 50 day simple moving average is $392.40 and its 200 day simple moving average is $412.14. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.13, a quick ratio of 1.34 and a current ratio of 1.35. Microsoft Co. has a 1 year low of $344.79 and a 1 year high of $468.35. The stock has a market capitalization of $3.37 trillion, a PE ratio of 36.47, a P/E/G ratio of 2.21 and a beta of 0.99.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 30th. The software giant reported $3.46 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.22 by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $70.07 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $68.54 billion. Microsoft had a net margin of 35.43% and a return on equity of 33.36%. Microsoft’s revenue was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $2.94 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts expect that Microsoft Co. will post 13.08 EPS for the current year.

Microsoft Announces Dividend

The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, June 12th. Investors of record on Thursday, May 15th will be given a $0.83 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, May 15th. This represents a $3.32 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.73%. Microsoft’s dividend payout ratio is presently 25.66%.

Insider Buying and Selling at Microsoft

In other Microsoft news, insider Bradford L. Smith sold 6,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, May 5th. The shares were sold at an average price of $433.17, for a total transaction of $2,599,020.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 471,036 shares in the company, valued at $204,038,664.12. The trade was a 1.26% decrease in their ownership of the stock. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at this link. 0.03% of the stock is owned by insiders.

Institutional Trading of Microsoft

A number of hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Truvestments Capital LLC increased its stake in shares of Microsoft by 4.6% in the first quarter. Truvestments Capital LLC now owns 16,601 shares of the software giant’s stock worth $6,232,000 after buying an additional 737 shares during the last quarter. Wealth Preservation Advisors LLC bought a new stake in shares of Microsoft in the first quarter worth $9,091,000. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG increased its stake in Microsoft by 3.3% during the first quarter. B. Metzler seel. Sohn & Co. AG now owns 1,730,008 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $649,426,000 after purchasing an additional 55,735 shares during the last quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Microsoft by 69.3% during the first quarter. Delta Investment Management LLC now owns 59,561 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $22,359,000 after purchasing an additional 24,388 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Triad Wealth Partners LLC increased its stake in Microsoft by 7.5% during the first quarter. Triad Wealth Partners LLC now owns 15,240 shares of the software giant’s stock valued at $5,721,000 after purchasing an additional 1,065 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors own 71.13% of the company’s stock.

Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades

A number of research analysts have weighed in on the stock. Evercore ISI lifted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $435.00 to $500.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Tigress Financial lifted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $550.00 to $595.00 and gave the company a “buy” rating in a research report on Thursday, March 20th. Westpark Capital reaffirmed a “hold” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Piper Sandler reaffirmed a “neutral” rating on shares of Microsoft in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, JPMorgan Chase & Co. lifted their price target on shares of Microsoft from $465.00 to $475.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Thursday, May 1st. Five analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and thirty-one have given a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $507.77.

About Representative Jackson

Jonathan Jackson (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Illinois’ 1st Congressional District. He assumed office on January 3, 2023. His current term ends on January 3, 2027.

Jackson (Democratic Party) is running for re-election to the U.S. House to represent Illinois’ 1st Congressional District. He declared candidacy for the 2026 election.

Jonathan Jackson was born in Chicago, Illinois. Jackson graduated from Whitney Young High School. He earned an M.B.A. from Northwestern University. Jackson’s career experience includes working as an investment analyst and an entrepreneur.

Microsoft Company Profile

Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services.