Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has a higher price-to-earnings ratio of 32.75x compared to its average ratio. MSFT has 36-month beta value of 0.91. Analysts have mixed views on the stock, with 39 analysts rating it as a “buy,” 14 as “overweight,” 6 as “hold,” and 0 as “sell.”
The public float for MSFT is 7.32B, and currently, short sellers hold a 0.85% ratio of that float. The average trading volume of MSFT on February 14, 2025 was 21.94M shares.
MSFT) stock’s latest price update
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)’s stock price has plunge by -0.95relation to previous closing price of 410.54. Nevertheless, the company has seen a -0.76% plunge in its stock price over the last five trading sessions. zacks.com reported 2025-02-14 that Recently, Zacks.com users have been paying close attention to Microsoft (MSFT). This makes it worthwhile to examine what the stock has in store.
MSFT’s Market Performance
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has experienced a -0.76% fall in stock performance for the past week, with a -4.62% drop in the past month, and a -3.88% drop in the past quarter. The volatility ratio for the week is 1.44%, and the volatility levels for the past 30 days are at 1.66% for MSFT. The simple moving average for the last 20 days is -3.88% for MSFT stock, with a simple moving average of -4.55% 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 -5.33% 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 -13.18% of loss for the given period.
Volatility was left at 1.66%, however, over the last 30 days, the volatility rate increased by 1.44%, as shares sank -4.03% for the moving average over the last 20 days. Over the last 50 days, in opposition, the stock is trading -5.46% lower at present.
During the last 5 trading sessions, MSFT fell by -0.56%, which changed the moving average for the period of 200-days by +1.30% in comparison to the 20-day moving average, which settled at $423.07. In addition, Microsoft Corporation saw -3.53% in overturn over a single year, with a tendency to cut further losses.
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:
- 0.45 for the present operating margin
- 0.69 for the gross margin
The net margin for Microsoft Corporation stands at 0.35. The total capital return value is set at 0.28. Equity return is now at value 34.29, with 18.47 for asset returns.
Based on Microsoft Corporation (MSFT), the company’s capital structure generated 0.17 points at debt to capital in total, while cash flow to debt ratio is standing at 2.02. The debt to equity ratio resting at 0.21. The interest coverage ratio of the stock is 56.51.
Currently, EBITDA for the company is 133.01 billion with net debt to EBITDA at 0.31. When we switch over and look at the enterprise to sales, we see a ratio of 11.71. The receivables turnover for the company is 5.43for 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 1.35.
Conclusion
To put it simply, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) has had a bad performance in recent times. Analysts have a mixed opinion on the stock, with some rating it as a “buy” and others as a “hold”. It’s important to note that the stock is currently trading at a significant distance from its 50-day moving average and its 52-week high.
