Currently, there are 7.43B common shares owned by the public and among those 7.33B shares have been available to trade.
The company’s stock has a 5-day price change of -4.15% and 3.85% over the past three months. MSFT shares are trading 9.13% year to date (YTD), with the 12-month market performance up to 18.58% higher. It has a 12-month low price of $339.65 and touched a high of $468.35 over the same period. MSFT has an average intraday trading volume of 19.53 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 -2.23%, -2.45%, and -2.49% respectively.
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Institutional ownership of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares accounts for 72.78% of the company’s 7.43B shares outstanding.
It has a market capitalization of $3081.24B and a beta (3y monthly) value of 0.90. The stock’s trailing 12-month PE ratio is 33.87, while the earnings-per-share (ttm) stands at $12.12. The company has a PEG of 2.46 and a Quick Ratio of 1.29 with the debt-to-equity ratio at 0.34. Price movements for the stock have been influenced by the stock’s volatility, which stands at 1.78% over the week and 1.57% over the month.
Earnings per share for the fiscal year are expected to increase by 11.14%, and 15.66% over the next financial year. EPS should shrink at an annualized rate of 13.74% over the next five years, compared to 18.45% 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 October 31, 2024, with the firm’s price target at $500-$495. Goldman coverage for the Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock in a research note released on October 10, 2024 offered a Buy rating with a price target of $500. Oppenheimer was of a view on October 08, 2024 that the stock is Perform, while DA Davidson gave the stock Neutral rating on September 23, 2024, issuing a price target of $475. New Street on their part issued Buy rating on June 10, 2024.
