Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company which produces computer software, consumer electronics, personal computers, and related services. Its best known software products are the Microsoft Windows line of operating systems, the Microsoft Office suite, and the Internet Explorer and Edge web browsers. Its flagship hardware products are the Xbox video game consoles and the Microsoft Surface lineup of touchscreen personal computers. Microsoft ranked No. 21 in the 2020 Fortune 500 rankings of the largest United States corporations by total revenue; it was the world's largest software maker by revenue as of 2016. It is considered one of the Big Five companies in the U.S. information technology industry, along with Google, Apple, Amazon, and Facebook.
| Revenue (TTM) | $331.84B |
| Gross Profit (TTM) | $225.47B |
| EBITDA | $194.24B |
| Operating Margin | 45.10% |
| Return on Equity | 34.00% |
| Return on Assets | 14.10% |
| Revenue/Share (TTM) | $44.67 |
| Book Value | $59.56 |
| Price-to-Book | 8.48 |
| Price-to-Sales (TTM) | 11.49 |
| EV/Revenue | 11.24 |
| EV/EBITDA | 17.98 |
| Quarterly Earnings Growth (YoY) | 31.70% |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth (YoY) | 17.70% |
| Shares Outstanding | $7.43B |
| Float | $7.41B |
| % Insiders | 0.09% |
| % Institutions | 75.88% |
Volatility is currently contracting
Wall Street can't agree on Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT, and that disagreement might say more about the Federal Reserve than about the company itself. Since July, several firms, including Mizuho, Argus and Barclays, have lowered price targets at various points while maintaining bullish ratings or recommendations.
A pullback is on the table for September, says Jay Woods, who calls out seasonal volatility and tech's recent surge as dominos that can fall and lead to a chain reaction. The question he poses to investors: "how long with the stumble happen" before an eventual rebound?
Microsoft is trading at a valuation that's below its normal range. Microsoft is seeing sales strength from Azure and Copilot.
Microsoft is projected to announce a 10–12% dividend increase, driven by robust revenue and EPS growth, reaching 24 consecutive years of payout hikes. MSFT's Productivity and Intelligent Cloud segments delivered 16% and 30% revenue growth, offsetting weakness in More Personal Computing. Despite heavy AI investments, MSFT maintains a compounded dividend growth rate near 10% over 3 and 5 years.
Microsoft's software offers capabilities that will be critical for AI, one analyst notes.
The 14% trailing-month rally in Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT | MSFT Price Prediction) stock looks impressive when stacked against a year that barely moved.
Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options: https://bit.ly/2v9tH6D. Microsoft (MSFT) has surged following earnings, with strong Azure and cloud growth helping shares rally 48% from their June low and reach a 10-month high.
Microsoft (MSFT) reported earnings 30 days ago. What's next for the stock?
GOOGL, MSFT, AMZN and ANET stand out as cloud computing plays as AI, scalability and cost efficiency fuel enterprise adoption.
Azure just crossed $100 billion and commercial bookings are stacking up at a pace that redefines what valuation ceiling even means for a company this size. The math toward an unprecedented market cap milestone is closer than most investors realize.
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