Key Facts About Microsoft You Can't Miss

By Chris Stiles • Thursday, January 18 10:00 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Technology company Microsoft has moved 0.7% so far today on a volume of 3,934,446, compared to its average of 26,490,675.

Microsoft trades -5.85% away from its average analyst target price of $416.53 per share. The 44 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $298.1 to $480.0, 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 has moved 67.9% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 21.6%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 10.32, Microsoft has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 38.0 while the S&P 500 average is 15.97
MSFT has a forward P/E ratio of 30.3 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $12.95 per share
The company has a price to earnings growth (PEG) ratio of 2.25 — 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 13.2 compared to its sector average of 7.92
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 $2.91 Trillion. Microsoft currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.7%.

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