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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) closed the day trading at $466.25 up 1.46% from the previous closing price of $459.54. In other words, the price has increased by $1.46 from its previous closing price. On the day, 17.79 million shares were traded. MSFT stock price reached its highest trading level at $466.46 during the session, while it also had its lowest trading level at $458.9.
Ratios:
For a better understanding of MSFT, let’s look at its different ratios. It provided that stocks Price–to–Cash (P/C) ratio for the trailing twelve months (TTM) is standing at 43.31 whereas its Price-to-Free Cash Flow (P/FCF) for the term is 49.10. For the most recent quarter (mrq), Quick Ratio is recorded 1.23 and its Current Ratio is at 1.24. In the meantime, Its Debt-to-Equity ratio is 0.42 whereas as Long-Term Debt/Eq ratio is at 0.31.
Upgrades & Downgrades
In addition, analysts’ ratings and any changes thereto give investors an idea of the stock’s future direction. In the most recent recommendation for this company, New Street on June 10, 2024, initiated with a Buy rating and assigned the stock a target price of $570.
On June 07, 2024, Oppenheimer reiterated its Outperform rating and also lowered its target price recommendation from $450 to $500.
Wells Fargo reiterated its Overweight rating for the stock on April 17, 2024, while the target price for the stock was revised from $460 to $480.
Insider Transactions:
The insider trade also gives investors a glimpse into the future direction of stock prices, which can be beneficial to investors. A recent insider transaction in this stock occurred on Jun 03 ’24 when Numoto Takeshi sold 244 shares for $415.53 per share. The transaction valued at 101,389 led to the insider holds 47,011 shares of the business.
Numoto Takeshi sold 322 shares of MSFT for $134,145 on May 31 ’24. The EVP, Chief Marketing Officer now owns 47,255 shares after completing the transaction at $416.60 per share. On May 23 ’24, another insider, Althoff Judson, who serves as the EVP, Chief Commercial Officer of the company, sold 25,000 shares for $425.68 each. As a result, the insider received 10,641,950 and left with 104,949 shares of the company.
Valuation Measures:
Investors should consider key stock statistics when deciding whether to invest or divest. In the wake of the recent closing price, MSFT now has a Market Capitalization of 3465314304000 and an Enterprise Value of 3491528704000. As of this moment, Microsoft’s Price-to-Earnings (P/E) ratio for their current fiscal year is 40.40, and their Forward P/E ratio for the next fiscal year is 34.98. The expected Price-to-Earnings-to-Growth (PEG) calculation for the next 5 years is 2.49. For the stock, the TTM Price-to-Sale (P/S) ratio is 14.65 while its Price-to-Book (P/B) ratio in mrq is 13.69. Its current Enterprise Value per Revenue stands at 14.758 whereas that against EBITDA is 27.715.
Stock Price History:
The Beta on a monthly basis for MSFT is 0.89, which has changed by 0.3606782 over the last 52 weeks, in comparison to a change of 0.24919295 over the same period for the S&P500. Over the past 52 weeks, MSFT has reached a high of $468.35, while it has fallen to a 52-week low of $309.45. The 50-Day Moving Average of the stock is 8.52%, while the 200-Day Moving Average is calculated to be 18.48%.
Shares Statistics:
Over the past 3-months, MSFT traded about 18.90M shares per day on average, while over the past 10 days, MSFT traded about 16559540 shares per day. A total of 7.43B shares are outstanding, with a floating share count of 7.32B. Insiders hold about 1.47% of the company’s shares, while institutions hold 72.95% stake in the company. Shares short for MSFT as of 1718323200 were 62396959 with a Short Ratio of 3.30, compared to 1715731200 on 43764126. Therefore, it implies a Short% of Shares Outstanding of 62396959 and a Short% of Float of 0.84.
Dividends & Splits
MSFT’s forward annual dividend rate is 2.93, up from 2.93 a year ago. Against a Trailing Annual Dividend Yield of 0.006375941The stock’s 5-year Average Dividend Yield is 0.92. The current Payout Ratio is 28.09% for MSFT, which recently paid a dividend on 2024-05-15 with an ex-dividend date of 1723680000. Stock splits for the company last occurred on 2003-02-18 when the company split stock in a 2:1 ratio.
