Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is a technology company based in Redmond, Washington. Microsoft develops and supports software-infrastructure solutions, cloud services, personal computers, video game consoles and web browsers.
Founded in 1975 by Bill Gates and Paul Allen, Microsoft is best know for its Xbox video game console, the Microsoft 365 suite of productivity applications and its Edge web browser. Microsoft is listed on the NASDAQ.
December 5, 2023: Analyst outlook for Microsoft stock remains strong. Argus Research analyst Joseph Bonner maintained a Buy rating and updated the target price to $430 (from $390), while China Renaissance analyst Colin Liu initiated a Buy rating with a $466 target price, according to Benzinga.
November 29, 2023: Tigress Financial analyst Ivan Feinseth maintained a Buy rating and changed the target price from $433 to $475, according to Benzinga.
November 21, 2023: Microsoft stock continues to gain after this weekend's OpenAI debacle. Wedbush analysts reiterated their outperform rating and $425 price target for the stock, Macquarie analyst Frederick Havemeyer raised his target price on the stock to $405 from $400 and kept an Outperform rating, and Evercore ISI Group reiterated its Outperform rating.
November 20, 2023: Microsoft’s stock mostly recovered Monday morning after hiring Sam Altman and others after their abrupt departures from OpenAI, a key Microsoft partner. The unexpected ouster of Sam Altman, OpenAI’s cofounder and chief executive, had erased tens of billions from Microsoft’s market value Friday, according to The New York Times.
November 16, 2023: Wedbush analyst Dan Ives believes Microsoft's "game changing" AI products should power the stock 15% higher to record highs in 2024. Ives increased his price target to $425 from $400, reiterated his "Outperform" rating for Microsoft and said the stock remains on the Wedbush Best Ideas List, according to Business Insider.
November 12, 2023: Deutsche Bank analyst Brad Zelnick raised his price target from $380 to $395 and reiterated a buy rating on MSFT stock, noting that Microsoft’s revenue surpassed guidance, driven by strength across the board, with significant upside in the high-margin Windows offering, according to CNBC.
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Over the last 12 months, Microsoft's shares have ranged in value from as little as $217.4221 up to $384.3. A popular way to gauge a stock's volatility is its "beta".
Beta is a measure of a share's volatility in relation to the market. The market (NASDAQ average) beta is 1, while Microsoft's is 0.897. This would suggest that Microsoft's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $368.805
| 1 week (2023-11-30) | -2.65% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2023-11-07) | 3.65% |
| 3 months (2023-09-07) | 12.02% |
| 6 months (2023-06-07) | 13.33% |
| 1 year (2022-12-07) | 51.79% |
| 2 years (2021-12-07) | 15.14% |
| 3 years (2020-12-07) | 76.67% |
| 5 years (2018-12-07) | 270.52% |
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Valuing a stock is incredibly difficult, and any metric has to be viewed as part of a bigger picture of overall performance. However, analysts commonly use some key metrics to help gauge value. Check out the Microsoft P/E ratio, PEG ratio and EBITDA
Microsoft's current stock price divided by its per-share earnings (EPS) over a 12-month period gives a "trailing price/earnings ratio" of roughly 36x. In other words, Microsoft stocks trade at around 36x recent earnings.
That's relatively high compared to, say, the trailing 12-month P/E ratio for the United States stock markets on average as of November 10, 2023 (20.44). The high P/E ratio could mean that investors are optimistic about the outlook for the shares or simply that they're over-valued.
Microsoft's "price/earnings-to-growth ratio" can be calculated by dividing its P/E ratio by its growth – to give 2.2221. A PEG ratio over 1 can be interpreted as meaning shares are overvalued at the current rate of growth, or may anticipate an acceleration in growth.
The PEG ratio provides a broader view than just the P/E ratio, as it gives more insight into Microsoft's future profitability. By accounting for growth, it could also help you if you're comparing the stock prices of multiple high-growth companies.
Microsoft's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation) is a whopping $108.5 billion.
The EBITDA is a measure of a Microsoft's overall financial performance and is widely used to measure a its profitability.
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