Currently, there are 7.43B common shares owned by the public and among those 7.32B shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -0.85% and 9.69% over the past three months. MSFT shares are trading 12.20% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 48.82% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $275.37 and touched a high of $430.82 over the same period. MSFT has an average intraday trading volume of 21.92 million shares. The stock is trading above its simple moving averages at the SMA20, SMA50, and SMA200, as the current price level is off by -0.29%, 1.78%, and 15.44% respectively.
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Institutional ownership of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares accounts for 72.90% of the company’s 7.43B shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $3134.90B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.87. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 38.16, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $11.06. The company has a PEG of 2.34 and a Quick Ratio of 1.20 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.47. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.27% over the week and 1.42% over the month.
Analysts forecast that Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) will achieve an EPS of $MSFU for the current quarter, $24.82 for the next quarter and $Stocks for Type. The lowest estimate earnings-per-share for the quarter is $MasterCraft Boat Holdings, Inc. while analysts give the company a high EPS estimate of $Shift Technologies, Inc.. Comparatively, EPS for the current quarter was $Direxion Daily MSFT Bear 1X Sha a year ago. Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 18.95%, and 14.77% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 16.30% over the next five years, compared to 35.37% over the past 5-year period.
Looking at the support for the MSFT, a number of firms have released research notes about the stock. BMO Capital Markets stated their Outperform rating for the stock in a research note on April 12, 2024, with the firm’s price target at $455-$465. Morgan Stanley coverage for the Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock in a research note released on April 11, 2024 offered a Overweight rating with a price target of $520. KeyBanc Capital Markets was of a view on March 21, 2024 that the stock is Overweight, while Exane BNP Paribas gave the stock Outperform rating on January 18, 2024, issuing a price target of $471. Truist on their part issued Buy rating on December 13, 2023.
