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.
April 24, 2024: Reports suggest that Microsoft-backed Rubrik's IPO is 20 times oversubscribed.
April 23, 2024: Microsoft stock has dipped slightly ahead of its latest earnings report, potentially providing investors an opportunity, but this will inevitably depend on a strong or weak report later this week.
April 16, 2024: Reports says Microsoft has invested $1.5 billion in UAE's top artificial intelligence (AI) firm, G42. As part of the deal, Microsoft will be getting a board seat and G42 will be using Azure cloud for its AI applications.
April 1, 2024: Jefferies analysts maintained a Buy rating on Microsoft, with an updated price target of $550 (from $465), according to Benzinga.
March 29, 2024: Microsoft and OpenAI are planning an unprecedented supercomputer that uses millions of specialized server chips and could cost up to $100 billion, according to Business Insider.
Microsoft estimates its fiscal third-quarter revenue between $60 billion and $61 billion, or $60.50 billion at the middle of the range. The company predicts lower-than-expected cost of revenue and operating expenses during the quarter.
Analysts average earnings estimate for the next quarter is $2.64 and average revenue estimate is $60.93 billion, in line with what Microsoft forecasts, according to Yahoo Finance.
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Over the last 12 months, Microsoft's shares have ranged in value from as little as $300.841 up to $430.82. 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 0.877. This would suggest that Microsoft's shares are less volatile than average (for this exchange).
Historical closes compared with the last close of $406.32
| 1 week (2024-04-19) | 1.80% |
|---|---|
| 1 month (2024-03-27) | -3.59% |
| 3 months (2024-01-26) | 0.59% |
| 6 months (2023-10-27) | 23.20% |
| 1 year (2023-04-27) | 33.29% |
| 2 years (2022-04-27) | 43.46% |
| 3 years (2021-04-27) | 55.10% |
| 5 years (2019-04-26) | 212.82% |
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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 37x. In other words, Microsoft stocks trade at around 37x 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 2.0242. 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 $118.4 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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