The Case for and Against Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is an interesting player in the Technology space, with a focus on Business Software & Services. The stock has been active on the tape, currently trading at $90.77, up from yesterday’s close by 0.60%. Given the stock’s recent action, it seemed like a good time to take a closer look at the company’s recent data.

Fundamental Analysis

Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) currently trades with a market capitalization of $715.56 Billion. That value represents a market adjusting for revenues that have been growing by 11.97 % on a quarterly year/year basis as of the company’s last quarterly report.

You can get a sense of how sustainable that is by a levered free cash flow of $33.29 Billion over the past twelve months. Generally speaking, earnings are expected to grow in coming quarters. Analysts are forecasting earnings of $0.85 on a per share basis this quarter. Perhaps, that suggests something about why 5.97% of the outstanding share supply is held by institutional investors.

Technical Analysis

Sometimes, we can understand most about a stock by simply looking at how it has been trading. Looking at the stock’s movement on the chart, Microsoft Corporation recorded a 52-week high of $97.24. It is now trading 6.47% off that level. The stock is trading $92.13 its 50-day moving average by 1.36%. The stock carved out a 52-week low down at $64.85.

In recent action, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has made a move of -5.98% over the past month, which has come on Strong relative transaction volume. Over the trailing year, the stock is underperforming the S&P 500 by 10.65, and it’s gotten there by action that has been more volatile on a day-to-day basis than most other stocks on the exchange. In terms of the mechanics underlying that movement, traders will want to note that the stock is trading on a float of 0.76% with $7.59 Billion sitting short, betting on future declines. That suggests something of the likelihood of a short squeeze in shares of MSFT.

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