Ratan Capital Management LP bought a new stake of 2,250 Microsoft shares in the second quarter, worth about $839,000, according to an SEC filing; other institutions also added or trimmed positions, and institutional investors own 71.13% of the stock. CEO Judson Althoff sold 10,000 shares on August 5 at an average price of $487.89, while EVP Amy Hood sold 7,305 shares under a pre-arranged Rule 10b5-1 trading plan, and insiders sold 150,314 shares worth $75,404,992 over the last 90 days. Weekly news highlighted an AI diagnostic study, Azure annual revenue above $100 billion, 43% cloud-services growth and a commercial backlog of about $678 billion. Investors remain concerned about large AI capital expenditures as a valuation risk, and Xbox's pricing for cloud streaming of owned games has raised questions about consumer reaction. Mizuho raised its price objective from $510 to $600.
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