Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has a price-to-earnings ratio that is above its average at 35.41x. The stock has a 36-month beta value of 0.90. Opinions on the stock are mixed, with 39 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 14 as “overweight,” 5 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for MSFT is 7.33B, and at present, short sellers hold a 0.85% of that float. On January 20, 2025, the average trading volume of MSFT was 20.92M shares.
MSFT) stock’s latest price update
The stock of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has increased by 1.05 when compared to last closing price of 424.58. Despite this, the company has experienced a 2.41% gain in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. pymnts.com reported 2025-01-19 that The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has issued a report examining the partnerships among artificial intelligence (AI) and cloud giants. The report, published Friday (Jan. 17) by the FTC, focused on the largest cloud service providers (CSPs) — Google, Amazon and Microsoft — and two of the largest AI companies: OpenAI and Anthropic.
MSFT’s Market Performance
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has seen a 2.41% rise in stock performance for the week, with a -5.00% decline in the past month and a 3.10% surge in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.75%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.84% for MSFT. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is 0.37% for MSFT stock, with a simple moving average of 0.92% for the last 200 days.
Analysts’ Opinion of MSFT
Many brokerage firms have already submitted their reports for MSFT stocks, with Cantor Fitzgerald repeating the rating for MSFT by listing it as a “Overweight.” The predicted price for MSFT in the upcoming period, according to Cantor Fitzgerald is $509 based on the research report published on January 17, 2025 of the current year 2025.
Piper Sandler, on the other hand, stated in their research note that they expect to see MSFT reach a price target of $520, previously predicting the price at $470. The rating they have provided for MSFT stocks is “Overweight” according to the report published on January 06th, 2025.
BMO Capital Markets gave a rating of “Outperform” to MSFT, setting the target price at $495 in the report published on October 31st of the previous year.
MSFT Trading at 0.07% from the 50-Day Moving Average
After a stumble in the market that brought MSFT to its low price for the period of the last 52 weeks, the company was unable to rebound, for now settling with -8.40% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.84%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.75%, as shares sank -5.60% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading +5.04% upper at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MSFT rose by +2.41%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +1.80% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $427.45. In addition, Microsoft Corporation saw 1.79% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further gains.
Insider Trading
Reports are indicating that there were more than several insider trading activities at MSFT starting from Numoto Takeshi, who sale 2,500 shares at the price of $447.41 back on Dec 09 ’24. After this action, Numoto Takeshi now owns 49,352 shares of Microsoft Corporation, valued at $1,118,530 using the latest closing price.
Numoto Takeshi, the EVP, Chief Marketing Officer of Microsoft Corporation, sale 2,000 shares at $437.32 during a trade that took place back on Dec 04 ’24, which means that Numoto Takeshi is holding 51,852 shares at $874,634 based on the most recent closing price.
Stock Fundamentals for MSFT
Current profitability levels for the company are sitting at:
- 0.44 for the present operating margin
- 0.69 for the gross margin
The net margin for Microsoft Corporation stands at 0.36. The total capital return value is set at 0.28. Equity return is now at value 35.60, with 18.69 for asset returns.
Based on Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.25 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 1.26. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.34. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 37.8.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 133.01 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.55. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 12.85. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.76for trailing twelve months and the total asset turnover is 0.49. The liquidity ratio also appears to be rather interesting for investors as it stands at 1.30.
Conclusion
To sum up, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has seen a better performance recently. Analysts have differing views on the stock, with some seeing it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It is worth mentioning that the stock is currently trading in close proximity to its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
