Analyst's Ratings : Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT)

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) closed its last session at $88.52. The stock traded within a range of $87.51 and $90.88. The company operates in the Technology sector with a market capitalization of 682.49 Million. Trading volume for Microsoft Corporation was 48.4 Million in its previous trading session. Currently, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has an average volume of 33.62 Million.

Company Profile

Microsoft is a technology company. Their products include operating systems for computing devices, servers, phones, and other intelligent devices; server applications for distributed computing environments; cross-device productivity applications; business solution applications; desktop and server management tools; software development tools; video games; and online advertising. They also design and sell hardware including PCs, tablets, gaming and entertainment consoles, phones, other intelligent devices, and related accessories. They offer cloud-based solutions that provide customers with software, services, platforms, and content. They also provide consulting and product and solution support services, and they train and certify computer system integrators and developers.

Analyst Views

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) received a Buy rating from 9 analysts. 0 analysts gave its stock an Outperform rating. 1 analysts say it’s a Hold while 0 analysts provided their expert opinion as Sell.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) touched its 1-Year High price of $97.24 on 03/13/18 and its 1-Year Low price of $64.85 on 04/11/17.

EPS & Financials

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported its EPS in the last quarter as $0.96/Share beating the analyst estimate of $0.87/Share by a difference of $0.09. This showed a surprise of 10.3% in the last quarter earnings.

For the current quarter, 30 analysts are projecting a mean EPS of $0.85/share. According to their observations and findings, the stock could provide a high EPS of $0.91/share and a low EPS of $0.79/share.

Analysts believe that the company has the potential to earn average revenue of $25.77 Billion for the current quarter. According to their predictions high & low revenue estimates are 26.35 Billion and 25.58 Billion respectively.

Technical Analysis

By taking a look at the stock’s current statistics it can gauged that the stock candle is BEARISH with HIGH volatility. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has a 20-Day average volume of 36.45 Million. According to today’s trading volume Microsoft Corporation is ABOVE its 20-Day Avg. volume with the stock showing ABOVE Abnormal volume in the past 150 days.

Moving average convergence divergence (MACD) shows that the stock is on a PRICE RELATIVITY trend. The trend for the past 10-days shows that the company was in BEARISH territory while an analysis of the last 40-Day trend shows a BULLISH signal. The 100-Day trend also shows a BULLISH trend as well.

The company currently has an insider ownership of 0.1 Percent and Institutional ownership of 75.4 Percent. The return on assets stands at 4.7%, Return on Equity currently is 14.2% and the Return on Investment value is 11.7%.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) gross margin percentage stands at 63.7% while its operating margin for the past trailing twelve month is 27.6 percent and its overall profit margin (ttm) is 11.7 Percent. The stock is currently moving below its 20-Day Simple Moving Average of -4.72% with a 50-Day Simple Moving Average of -4 percent. As of today, the company has a SMA200 (200-day simple moving average) of 8.89 Percent. The Stock has YTD (year to date) performance of 3.48 percent.

The TTM operating margin for the company stands at 27.6%. The return on invested capital is at 11.7%, which is good, compared to its peers. The Free Cash Flow or FCF margin is 32.47.

The company’s stock is currently moving with a +ve distance from the 200 day SMA of approximately 8.89%, and has a solid year to date (YTD) performance of 3.48% which means that the stock is constantly adding to its value from the previous fiscal year end price.

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