Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol MSFT
  • Rev/Share 37.9018
  • Book/Share 46.21
  • PB 11.0316
  • Debt/Equity 0.1764
  • CurrentRatio 1.3534
  • ROIC 0.2202

 

  • MktCap 3789207070900.0
  • FreeCF/Share 9.6342
  • PFCF 52.9138
  • PE 37.2095
  • Debt/Assets 0.0979
  • DivYield 0.0064
  • ROE 0.3244

 

  • Rating B+
  • Score 3
  • Recommendation Neutral
  • P/E Score 2
  • DCF Score 3
  • P/B Score 1
  • D/E Score 3

Recent Analyst Ratings

Type Ticker Analyst Firm Previous Rating Current Rating Previous Price Target Current Price Target Date
Reiterated MSFT Mizuho -- Outperform $540 $625 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Bernstein -- Outperform $540 $637 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT UBS -- Buy $600 $650 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Morgan Stanley -- Overweight $530 $582 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Barclays -- Overweight $550 $625 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Jefferies -- Buy $600 $675 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Wells Fargo -- Overweight $600 $650 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT BofA Securities -- Buy $585 $640 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Oppenheimer -- Outperform $600 $630 July 31, 2025
Reiterated MSFT TD Cowen -- Buy $580 $640 July 31, 2025

News

Final Trades: Adobe, Microsoft, Kinetik Holdings and Kinsale Capital
ADBE, KNSL, KNTK, MSFT
Published: May 15, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

The Investment Committee give you their top stocks to watch for the second half.

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Microsoft to Retire Bing Search APIs, Promote Azure AI Agents
MSFT
Published: May 15, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Neutral

Microsoft said Monday (May 12) that it will retire Bing Search APIs on Aug. 11. “Any existing instances of Bing Search APIs will be decommissioned completely, and the product will no longer be available for usage or new customer signup,” the company said in an Azure Update.

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The Dark Side Of Infrastructure Stock Investing
AQN, B, BAM, BEP, BEPC, BIP, BIPC, BLK, BN, BX, ET, HE, MSFT, PAX, UTF, XIFR
Published: May 15, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Negative

Infrastructure stocks are my favorite place to invest. However, there is a dark side to investing in infrastructure stocks. I share what this dark side is and how to position your infrastructure portfolio for long-term outperformance.

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3 Reasons US Equities May Be Short-Term Overheated
AAPL, AVGO, MSFT, NVDA
Published: May 15, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Negative

Rapidly shifting sentiment, extreme overbought conditions, and key resistance levels suggest that investors should proceed with a fair degree of caution in the short-term.

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The Top 3 Most Popular U.S. Stocks Among Experienced Dividend Investors
AAPL, MSFT, V
Published: May 15, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft delivers both income and innovation. It dominates key markets like cloud computing and enterprise software, while consistently raising its dividend. While Microsoft remains structurally strong, it faces mounting pressure from AI competition, saturation in mature segments like Windows and Office, and the challenge of integrating major acquisitions like Activision. Apple has transformed itself from a hardware company into a cash flow machine built around an ecosystem of products and services.

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Microsoft and OpenAI Just Hit Reset—Here's Why MSFT Stock Wins
MSFT
Published: May 15, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ: MSFT and OpenAI have announced that they are looking to reset their partnership. The reset is the latest chapter in a story that's been building between the two companies for the last six years.

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Microsoft announces layoffs despite earnings beat
MSFT
Published: May 14, 2025 by: The Street
Sentiment: Negative

It's the company's largest round of cuts since laying off 10,000 workers in 2023. Transcript: Despite reporting better-than-expected quarterly results, tech giant Microsoft announced it will be laying off roughly 6,000 employees.

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CoreWeave's ties to Microsoft, Nvidia in focus ahead of first quarterly report
CRWV, MSFT, NVDA
Published: May 14, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

CNBC's Kristina Partsinevelos reports on news regarding CoreWeave.

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Exclusive: EU antitrust regulators to accept Microsoft's Office-Teams offer, sources say
MSFT
Published: May 14, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

EU antitrust regulators are set to accept Microsoft's offer to widen the price differential between the Office product sold with its chat and video app Teams and its software sold without the app, people familiar with the matter said on Wednesday.

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Twilio CEO Outlines Microsoft Partnership
MSFT, TWLO
Published: May 14, 2025 by: Bloomberg Technology
Sentiment: Positive

Twilio CEO Khozema Shipchandler discusses the company's new partnership with Microsoft and the impact conversational AI is having on the business. Shipchandler speaks with Ed Ludlow on “Bloomberg Technology”.

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Microsoft Reassured The Market That Data Center Growth Remains Strong
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft is set for continued data center growth driven by AI and cloud services demand. Management reassured the market by signaling growth in capital investments through eFY26. AI agent adoption is beginning to show signs of growth with the market for AI agents expected to increase at a 45.8% CAGR through 2030. Microsoft may also realize growth in its integrated IT/OT offering as manufacturing reshoring occurs.

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Microsoft laying off 3% of its global workforce
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced it is laying off about 3% of its global workforce, impacting about 6,000 employees across all levels, teams, and locations. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC.

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Microsoft to lay off about 3% of its workforce
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: TechXplore
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft began laying off nearly 3% of its entire workforce Tuesday, its largest mass layoff in more than two years.

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Microsoft to Cut 3% of Workforce While Reducing Management Layers
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft is reportedly laying off 3% of its workforce, or about 6,000 employees, to reduce the number of management layers. The job cuts are not performance-related, CNBC reported Tuesday (May 13), citing a Microsoft spokesperson.

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Microsoft Slashing Thousands of Workers, Including Management Jobs
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: WSJ
Sentiment: Negative

The cuts amount to less than 3% of the tech company's workforce.

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Dell vs. Microsoft: Which Cloud Stock Is the Better Buy Now?
DELL, MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

DELL and MSFT are well-known players in the cloud computing industry. Let's find out which one is a better investment option.

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Tencent hires WizardLM team, a Microsoft AI group with an odd history
MSFT, TCEHY
Published: May 13, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

WizardLM, a Beijing-based Microsoft AI research group, appears to have joined Tencent, the Chinese company that owns WeChat and blockbuster games like PUBG Mobile.

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Microsoft to lay off 3% of global workforce — roughly 7K jobs — in shift to develop AI
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: New York Post
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft is cutting roughly 3% of its global workforce as the company shifts more resources toward the race to develop advanced artificial intelligence, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

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Dow Jones Software Giant Microsoft Stock Hits New Buy Point After Big Earnings Move
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Investors Business Daily
Sentiment: Positive

Dow Jones software giant Microsoft stock is trying to break out past a new buy point following a big earnings-fueled move in recent weeks.

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Microsoft Cuts Thousands of Jobs in Latest Layoffs
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Barrons
Sentiment: Negative

The layoffs will be focused on reducing management layers to enable faster decision making.

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Microsoft is reportedly about to layoff 3% of its workforce
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft is about to trim its worldwide workforce by 3%, CNBC reports. The company had around 228,000 employees worldwide as of June, it says, meaning more than 6,500 could be affected by the cuts.

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Microsoft Reportedly Cutting 3% of Global Workforce
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Investopedia
Sentiment: Neutral

Microsoft (MSFT) is looking to cut about 3% of its global workforce, according to a report from CNBC on Tuesday.

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Microsoft is cutting 3% of all workers
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft on Tuesday said that it's laying off 3% of employees across all levels, teams and geographies. “We continue to implement organizational changes necessary to best position the company for success in a dynamic marketplace,” a Microsoft spokesperson said in a statement to CNBC.

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Microsoft: Phenomenal Q3 Bounce-Back Makes It The Best-Performing Mag 7 Stock In 2025
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft's Q3-25 earnings showcased a 35% constant-currency growth in Azure, driven by AI workloads, surpassing Amazon's AWS growth rate. Despite higher valuation multiples, MSFT's price premium is justified by its superior top and bottom-line growth compared to GOOG and AMZN. Microsoft's increased capex investments have significantly boosted revenue growth, positioning Azure to potentially overtake AWS in market share by decade's end.

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Microsoft has started its culling of managers and non-coders, with around 6,000 cuts planned
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Business Insider
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft plans to cut around 6,000 jobs, less than 3% of its global workforce. The cuts aim to reduce middle managers and increase coders versus non-coders as BI earlier reported.

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Microsoft to cut 3% of employees
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Negative

CNBC's Steve Kovach joins 'Squawk on the Street' with breaking details on Microsoft.

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Microsoft cuts nearly 3% of global workforce, about 6,000 jobs, in latest push for efficiency
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: GeekWire
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft began issuing layoff notices to thousands of employees Tuesday morning, two weeks after hinting at plans to streamline its workforce by cutting layers of management and focusing on more agile, high-performing teams.

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Microsoft is cutting 3% of all workers
MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft, which is cutting 3% of its headcount, had 228,000 employees as of last June. The maker of Windows and Word is aiming to reduce management layers.

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These 2 Computer and Technology Stocks Could Beat Earnings: Why They Should Be on Your Radar
INTU, MSFT
Published: May 13, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Why investors should use the Zacks Earnings ESP tool to help find stocks that are poised to top quarterly earnings estimates.

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GOOGL, META, MSFT: 3 Promising AI Giants With Attractive Valuations
GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT
Published: May 12, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Three promising generative AI behemoths in focus are: GOOGL, META, MSFT.

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About Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

  • IPO Date 1986-03-13
  • Website https://www.microsoft.com
  • Industry Software - Infrastructure
  • CEO Satya Nadella
  • Employees 228000

Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft Viva, and Skype for Business; Skype, Outlook.com, OneDrive, and LinkedIn; and Dynamics 365, a set of cloud-based and on-premises business solutions for organizations and enterprise divisions. The Intelligent Cloud segment licenses SQL, Windows Servers, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses; GitHub that provides a collaboration platform and code hosting service for developers; Nuance provides healthcare and enterprise AI solutions; and Azure, a cloud platform. It also offers enterprise support, Microsoft consulting, and nuance professional services to assist customers in developing, deploying, and managing Microsoft server and desktop solutions; and training and certification on Microsoft products. The More Personal Computing segment provides Windows original equipment manufacturer (OEM) licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows Commercial, such as volume licensing of the Windows operating system, Windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and Windows Internet of Things. It also offers Surface, PC accessories, PCs, tablets, gaming and entertainment consoles, and other devices; Gaming, including Xbox hardware, and Xbox content and services; video games and third-party video game royalties; and Search, including Bing and Microsoft advertising. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online stores, and retail stores. Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.