Briefing From The Editor -- MSFT Stock

By Scott Lee • Wednesday, December 10 15:29 • Permanent Link

Large-cap Technology company Microsoft has moved -2.9% so far today on a volume of 21,886,737, compared to its average of 22,173,101. In contrast, the S&P 500 index moved 1.0%.

Microsoft trades -23.58% away from its average analyst target price of $625.41 per share. The 52 analysts following the stock have set target prices ranging from $483.0 to $730.0, 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's current price is 302.2% above its Graham number of $118.83, which implies that at its current valuation it does not offer a margin of safety
Microsoft has moved 9.6% over the last year, and the S&P 500 logged a change of 12.4%
Based on its trailing earnings per share of 14.07, Microsoft has a trailing 12 month Price to Earnings (P/E) ratio of 34.0 while the S&P 500 average is None
MSFT has a forward P/E ratio of 25.5 based on its forward 12 month price to earnings (EPS) of $18.73 per share
Its Price to Book (P/B) ratio is 9.79 compared to its sector average of None
Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide.
Based in Redmond, the company has 228,000 full time employees and a market cap of $3.55 Trillion. Microsoft currently returns an annual dividend yield of 0.7%.

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