Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) currently has a daily average trading volume of 20.29M but it saw 20717314 shares traded in last market. With a market cap of 3342.43B USD, the company’s current market price of $449.56 came rising about 0.13 while comparing to the previous closing price of $448.99. In past 52 weeks, the stock remained buoying in the range of price level as high as $468.35 and as low as $364.13. In the recent trading on the day, stock has struck highest price mark of $449.13 while lowest mark touched by it was $456.1648.
Taking a look at 20-day trading activity of Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) gives us an average price of $429.39, while its current price level is -4.01% below from 52-week high level whereas it is 23.46% above from lowest level seen by the stock during that period. Simple moving average of 50 days or SMA-50 of the stock’s closing price is $423.38 while that of 200 days or SMA-200 reads an average of $423.60. A closer look into the stock’s movement over the week reveals that its volatility is standing at 1.51% during that period while stretching the period over a month that increases to 1.77%. It is also necessary to take a look into other indicators of a stock too, to get a better idea about its price movement. And in doing so, we find stock’s 14-day relative strength index (RSI) standing at 69.23 which implies that the stock is in neutral territory.
The company’s shares got several price updates from the analyst firms in past one month and most recent of them is from the BMO Capital Markets which reiterated the stock as “Outperform” in its note to investors issued on October 31, 2024, recommending a price target of between $500 and $495 for it.
Over the week, MSFT’s stock price is moving 1.57% up while it is 6.27% when we observe its performance for the past one month. Year-to-date it is 19.55% up and over the past year, the stock is showing an upside performance of 20.08%.
The company is expected to be releasing its next quarterly report in January, for which analysts forecasted an EPS of 3.14 while estimate for next year EPS is 13.07. In next quarter, company is expected to be making quarterly sales of $69.95B as analysts are expecting the sales for current fiscal year at $278.7B and seeing the company making $318.79B in sales next year. Moreover, analysts are in estimates of $68.91B for current-quarter revenue.
Currently, Microsoft Corporation’s total number of outstanding shares is 7.44B. Company’s return on investment (ROI) stands at 24.09% and return on equity (ROE) at 35.60%. It has a price to earnings ratio (P/E ratio) of 37.10 while having a 29.74 of forward P/E ratio. Stock’s beta reads 0.89. Stock has a price to book (P/B) ratio of 11.62 while price to sale or P/S ratio amounts to 13.15. Its return on asset (ROA) is 18.69% on average.
