Briefing From The Editor -- MSFT Stock

By Chris Stiles • Saturday, December 02 14:58 • Permanent Link

Microsoft logged a -1.2% change during today's afternoon session, and is now trading at a price of $374.51 per share. The S&P 500 index moved 1.0%. MSFT's trading volume is 32,908,681 compared to the stock's average volume of 24,437,415.

Microsoft trades 1.14% away from its average analyst target price of $370.28 per share. The 46 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $261.66 to $413.14, and on average have given Microsoft a rating of buy.

If you are considering an investment in MSFT, you'll want to know the following:

Microsoft's current price is 366.0% above its Graham number of $80.37, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Microsoft has moved 47.0% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 14.0%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 10.34, Microsoft has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 36.2 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
MSFT has a forward P/E ratio of 31.5 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $11.89 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.59 — a number near or below 1 signifying that Microsoft is fairly valued compared to its estimated growth potential
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 12.61 compared to its sector average of 6.23
Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide.
Based in Redmond, the company has 221,000 full time employees and a market cap of $2.78 Trillion. Microsoft currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.7%.

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