Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

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Key Metrics & Ratings

  • symbol MSFT
  • Rev/Share 36.321
  • Book/Share 43.2998
  • PB 10.801
  • Debt/Equity 0.1882
  • CurrentRatio 1.3716
  • ROIC 0.2211

 

  • MktCap 3476050307200.0
  • FreeCF/Share 9.3308
  • PFCF 50.1125
  • PE 35.978
  • Debt/Assets 0.1077
  • DivYield 0.0069
  • ROE 0.3274

 

  • Rating A-
  • Score 4
  • Recommendation Buy
  • P/E Score 2
  • DCF Score 4
  • 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 $475 $500 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Goldman -- Buy $450 $480 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Piper Sandler -- Overweight $435 $475 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Wedbush -- Outperform $475 $515 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Raymond James -- Outperform $480 $490 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Stifel -- Buy $475 $500 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT RBC Capital Mkts -- Outperform $500 $525 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT Barclays -- Overweight $430 $494 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT BMO Capital Markets -- Outperform $470 $485 May 1, 2025
Reiterated MSFT JP Morgan -- Overweight $465 $475 May 1, 2025

News

OpenAI and Microsoft Reportedly Rework Pact Ahead of Possible IPO
MSFT
Published: May 11, 2025 by: PYMNTS
Sentiment: Positive

OpenAI is reportedly in the middle of reworking its multibillion-dollar agreement with Microsoft. The negotiated deal would allow the artificial intelligence (AI) company to someday launch an initial public offering (IPO), while protecting Microsoft's access to AI models, the Financial Times (FT) reported Sunday (May 11).

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Final Trades: Vertex Pharma, Palantir, Wynn Resorts and Microsoft
MSFT, PLTR, VRTX, WYNN
Published: May 09, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Neutral

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

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Buy These 5 Cloud Computing Stocks to Strengthen Your Portfolio
AFRM, FIVN, JNPR, MSFT, TYL
Published: May 09, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Five cloud-computing stocks have strong earnings and revenue growth potential for 2025. These are: FIVN, AFRM, MSFT, JNPR, TYL.

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How Amazon plans to catch Google and Microsoft in the quantum computing race
AMZN, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT
Published: May 09, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Positive

CNBC's Kate Rooney got exclusive access to Amazon's quantum computing lab and explores how the tech giant plans to catch up to Google and Microsoft.

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Artificial Intelligence: A beginner's guide to investing
MSFT
Published: May 09, 2025 by: Proactive Investors
Sentiment: Neutral

A few years ago, cloud computing was the hottest story in tech. Before that, mobile was the buzz.

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2 No-Brainer Artificial Intelligence (AI) Stocks to Buy Right Now
MSFT, TSM
Published: May 09, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

The technology sector is the home of the most innovative companies in the world. This is the sector that has historically delivered monster winners in the stock market.

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Microsoft doesn't allow its employees to use China's Deepseek-President
MSFT
Published: May 08, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft does not allow its employees to use an artificial intelligence app developed by Chinese AI startup Deepseek, due to concerns related to data vulnerability as well as Chinese propaganda, President Brad Smith said on Thursday.

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Wedbush's Dan Ives: The use cases are exploding for AI, regulation will not stop spending
AAPL, GOOG, GOOGL, MSFT, NVDA
Published: May 08, 2025 by: CNBC Television
Sentiment: Positive

Dan Ives, Wedbush Securities global head of technology research, joins CNBC's 'Squawk on the Street' to discuss outlooks on tech, what he's watching from tech executives' senate testimony on AI, and more.

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Microsoft (MSFT) Is Considered a Good Investment by Brokers: Is That True?
MSFT
Published: May 08, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Investors often turn to recommendations made by Wall Street analysts before making a Buy, Sell, or Hold decision about a stock. While media reports about rating changes by these brokerage-firm employed (or sell-side) analysts often affect a stock's price, do they really matter?

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Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Stock Price Prediction and Forecast 2025-2030 (May 2025)
MSFT
Published: May 08, 2025 by: 24/7 Wall Street
Sentiment: Neutral

Everyone knows Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) and its best-known products, including the Windows operating system and Microsoft 365 suite of productivity apps, but its growing cloud computing platform, Azure, is the future of the company.

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5 Stocks That Crushed Earnings and Guidance Forecasts
AMD, META, MSFT, NFLX, RBLX
Published: May 08, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Negative

Headwinds exist in 2025, and the second half could be rough for many companies. However, leaders like Microsoft NASDAQ: MSFT and Advanced Micro Devices NASDAQ: AMD crushed their earnings and guidance forecasts for Q1, suggesting the market correction in H1 is more than an overreaction.

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Kensington Announces Availability of Accessories for Microsoft Surface Pro 1st Edition 12”
MSFT
Published: May 08, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

BURLINGAME, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- #blackbelt--Kensington announced availability of accessories for the new Microsoft Surface Pro 1st Edition 12".

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Tech Earnings Estimates Increase Again: What's Going On?
GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Note: The following is an excerpt from this week's Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, please click here>>>

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Tech Earnings Estimates Increase Again: What's Going On?
GOOG, GOOGL, META, MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Neutral

Note: The following is an excerpt from this week's Earnings Trends report. You can access the full report that contains detailed historical actual and estimates for the current and following periods, please click here>>>

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Microsoft to urge senators to speed permitting for AI, boost government data access
MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Neutral

Microsoft President Brad Smith on Thursday will urge U.S. lawmakers to streamline federal permitting for artificial intelligence energy needs and open more government data sets for AI training, according to written testimony seen by Reuters.

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Microsoft wins appeal in FTC challenge to $69 billion Activision Blizzard deal
MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Fox Business
Sentiment: Positive

The 9th Circuit Court of Appeals issued an opinion Wednesday affirming a denial of a preliminary injunction the FTC had sought for Microsoft's now-completed acquisition of Activision Blizzard.

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EFM Signs Deal With Microsoft for Purchase of Nature-Based Carbon Removals and Fund Investment
MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

PORTLAND, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--EFM, a forest investment and management firm has finalized a multi-year offtake agreement with Microsoft alongside a fund investment that together secure Microsoft's access to up to 3 million nature-based carbon removal credits from EFM's investment platform. The deal includes an offtake agreement for the delivery of up to 700,000 credits through 2035, from a recently acquired property in Washington State's Olympic Peninsula that EFM is transitioning to climate-.

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Microsoft: Ignoring The Noise Was Right After All
MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Investors who doubled down on Microsoft in early April have outperformed the S&P 500, showing it was right to ignore the noise. Wall Street was unduly worried about Microsoft's adjustment on its CapEx footprint, as it proved to be overstated. Microsoft's ability to justify sustained enterprise spending is a testament to the resilience and secularity of enterprise spending on Azure.

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Carba Announces 5-Year Carbon Removal Credit Purchase Agreement with Microsoft
MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: Newsfile Corp
Sentiment: Neutral

Oakton, Virginia--(Newsfile Corp. - May 7, 2025) - Carba, a Minneapolis, Minnesota carbon removal company, announced an agreement today to deliver 44,000 carbon removal credits to Microsoft over a 5 year period. Carba's novel pyrolysis technology and burial method removes carbon dioxide, storing biochar underground in low-oxygen environments based on a patented, highly efficient pyrolysis reactor.

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3 Cloud and AI Stocks That Could Help Set You Up for Life
FIVN, MSFT, NET
Published: May 07, 2025 by: The Motley Fool
Sentiment: Positive

The cloud and artificial intelligence (AI) markets expanded rapidly over the past decade. Many companies realized it was more convenient to use cloud-based services instead of desktop-based software -- which required more on-site computing power, maintenance, and manual updates -- and they used AI algorithms to crunch all of that cloud-based data to make smarter decisions.

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OpenAI expects to cut share of revenue it pays Microsoft by 2030
MSFT
Published: May 07, 2025 by: TechCrunch
Sentiment: Positive

OpenAI sees itself paying a lower share of revenue to its investor and close partner Microsoft by 2030 than it currently does, The Information reported, citing financial documents.

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OpenAI plans to slash revenue share to Microsoft, The Information reports
MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

OpenAI has told investors it will share a smaller fraction of revenue with Microsoft , The Information reported on Tuesday.

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Microsoft's Heavy CapEx Spending: A Short-Term Blip, Not A Long-Term Risk
MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Seeking Alpha
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft's heavy investments in AI and data centers, despite criticism of low immediate returns, are aimed at long-term strategic compounding rather than short-term profits. While its ROIC lags behind peers like Nvidia, Microsoft's $80 billion CapEx plan in 2025 is building a powerful future moat. Despite concerns over overvaluation, Microsoft's cloud growth and impressive EBITDA margin indicate substantial value creation.

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Is Microsoft (MSFT) a Solid Growth Stock? 3 Reasons to Think "Yes"
MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft (MSFT) could produce exceptional returns because of its solid growth attributes.

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3 Stable Stocks to Buy When the Price is Right
BRK-A, BRK-B, JNJ, MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Morningstar
Sentiment: Positive

There's no such thing as a safe stock, but these low-volatility names stand up relatively well in shaky markets.

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Microsoft Stock After Xbox Price Hike: Buy or Hold?
MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: MarketBeat
Sentiment: Negative

Microsoft Corporation NASDAQ: MSFT announced that prices for its popular Xbox gaming console will increase due to rising development costs associated with tariffs. The news, while logical, shows that technology stocks aren't completely insulated from the current tariff problems besetting the broader economy.

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Investors Heavily Search Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Here is What You Need to Know
MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Zacks Investment Research
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft (MSFT) has been one of the stocks most watched by Zacks.com users lately. So, it is worth exploring what lies ahead for the stock.

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Argano Acquires Microsoft Partner Real Dynamics
MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Business Wire
Sentiment: Neutral

PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Argano, the world's first and largest digital services consultancy focused exclusively on enabling high performance across its clients' business operations, today announced that it has acquired Real Dynamics, an expert team of consultants and technologists for large-scale Microsoft Dynamics implementations. This addition represents Argano's second this year as part of its strategic acquisition program, which is intended to significantly increase the company's capa.

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Microsoft launches lower-priced AI laptops with Qualcomm chips
MSFT, QCOM
Published: May 06, 2025 by: Reuters
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft on Tuesday said it will release a new laptop and tablet with chips from Qualcomm at lower prices than before, aiming to get new AI features to a broader set of customers.

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Microsoft introduces Surface PCs that run AI models and cost less than earlier versions
MSFT
Published: May 06, 2025 by: CNBC
Sentiment: Positive

Microsoft is teasing lower prices and longer battery life in its Surface Laptop and the Surface Pro convertible tablet. The PCs have smaller screen sizes, and their processors contain fewer cores.

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About Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

  • IPO Date 1986-03-13
  • Website https://www.microsoft.com
  • Industry Software - Infrastructure
  • CEO Mr. 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.