Microsoft Stock Buy Hold or Sell Recommendation
| MSFT Stock | USD 404.27 7.57 1.84% |
Given the investment horizon of 90 days and your above-average risk tolerance, our recommendation regarding Microsoft is 'Hold'. Macroaxis provides Microsoft buy-hold-or-sell recommendation only in the context of selected investment horizon and investor attitude towards risk assumed by holding MSFT positions. The advice algorithm takes into account all of Microsoft's available fundamental, technical, and predictive indicators you will find on this site. Key drivers impacting Microsoft's buy or sell advice are summarized below:
Real Value 400.51 | Target Price 392.34 | Hype Value 404.25 | Market Value 404.27 | Naive Value 398.9 |
A buy or sell recommendation provided by Macroaxis is an automated directive regarding whether to purchase or sell Microsoft given historical horizon and risk tolerance towards Microsoft. When Macroaxis issues a 'buy' or 'sell' recommendation for Microsoft, the advice is generated through an automated system that utilizes algorithms and statistical models.
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Time Horizon
Risk Tolerance
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Hold
Market Performance | Weak | Details | |
Volatility | Very steady | Details | |
Hype Condition | Low key | Details | |
Current Valuation | Fairly Valued | Details | |
Odds Of Distress | Very Low | Details | |
Economic Sensitivity | Almost mirrors the market | Details | |
Investor Sentiment | Alarmed | Details | |
Analyst Consensus | Strong Buy | Details | |
Financial Strenth (F Score) | Strong | Details | |
Financial Leverage | Not Rated | Details | |
Reporting Quality (M-Score) | Unlikely Manipulator | Details |
Microsoft Trading Alerts and Improvement Suggestions
| Microsoft has a strong financial position based on the latest SEC filings | |
| About 74.0% of the company shares are owned by institutional investors | |
| On 14th of March 2024 Microsoft paid $ 0.75 per share dividend to its current shareholders | |
| Latest headline from foxbusiness.com: FTC may try to block yet another business merger |
Microsoft Returns Distribution Density
The distribution of Microsoft's historical returns is an attempt to chart the uncertainty of Microsoft's future price movements. The chart of the probability distribution of Microsoft daily returns describes the distribution of returns around its average expected value. We use Microsoft price's Value At Risk and its Upside Potential as a relative measure of the distribution. The graph of the distribution of Microsoft returns is essential to provide solid investment advice for Microsoft.
| Mean Return | 0.06 | Value At Risk | -2.07 | Potential Upside | 2.11 | Standard Deviation | 1.22 |
Return Density |
| Distribution |
Investment risk management requires an estimate of the probability of extreme price changes. Therefore, the correct representation of the distribution of Microsoft historical returns presented in an easy-to-digest graphical form helps investors and money managers understand the risk-reward trade-off of different investement strategies.
Microsoft Stock Institutional Investors
Have you ever been surprised when a price of an equity instrument such as Microsoft is soaring high without any particular reason? This is usually happening because many institutional investors are aggressively trading Microsoft backward and forwards among themselves. Microsoft's institutional investor refers to the entity that pools money to purchase Microsoft's securities or originates loans. Institutional investors include commercial and private banks, credit unions, insurance companies, pension funds, hedge funds, endowments, and mutual funds. Operating companies that invest excess capital in these types of assets may also be included in the term and may influence corporate governance by exercising voting rights in their investments.
| Shares | Capital Research & Mgmt Co - Division 3 | 2023-12-31 | 82.7 M | Capital Research Global Investors | 2023-12-31 | 78.2 M | Northern Trust Corp | 2023-12-31 | 77.8 M | Bank Of New York Mellon Corp | 2023-12-31 | 68.1 M | Bank Of America Corp | 2023-12-31 | 65.8 M | Wellington Management Company Llp | 2023-12-31 | 62.1 M | Legal & General Group Plc | 2023-12-31 | 61.8 M | Nuveen Asset Management, Llc | 2023-12-31 | 53.1 M | Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc | 2023-12-31 | 44.4 M | Vanguard Group Inc | 2023-12-31 | 664.9 M | Blackrock Inc | 2023-12-31 | 538.9 M |
Microsoft Cash Flow Accounts
| 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | ||
| Change To Inventory | 168M | (737M) | (1.1B) | 1.2B | 1.4B | 1.5B | |
| Change In Cash | 2.2B | 648M | (293M) | 20.8B | 23.9B | 25.1B | |
| Free Cash Flow | 45.2B | 56.1B | 65.1B | 59.5B | 68.4B | 71.8B | |
| Depreciation | 12.8B | 11.7B | 14.5B | 13.9B | 15.9B | 16.7B | |
| Capital Expenditures | 15.4B | 20.6B | 23.9B | 28.1B | 32.3B | 33.9B | |
| Net Income | 44.3B | 61.3B | 72.7B | 72.4B | 83.2B | 87.4B | |
| End Period Cash Flow | 13.6B | 14.2B | 13.9B | 34.7B | 39.9B | 41.9B | |
| Other Non Cash Items | (219M) | (1.2B) | (409M) | 196M | 176.4M | 185.2M | |
| Dividends Paid | 15.1B | 16.5B | 18.1B | 19.8B | 22.8B | 23.9B | |
| Investments | (10.7B) | 2.9B | 18.4B | (22.7B) | (26.1B) | (24.8B) | |
| Change Receivables | (2.8B) | (2.6B) | (6.5B) | (6.8B) | (6.2B) | (5.8B) | |
| Net Borrowings | (4B) | (8.9B) | (3.8B) | (9.0B) | (8.1B) | (7.7B) | |
| Change To Netincome | (2.6B) | 5.1B | 4.7B | 1.4B | 1.3B | 2.0B |
Microsoft Greeks
Most traded equities are subject to two types of risk - systematic (i.e., market) and unsystematic (i.e., nonmarket or company-specific) risk. Unsystematic risk is the risk that events specific to Microsoft or Software sector will adversely affect the stock's price. This type of risk can be diversified away by owning several different stocks in different industries whose stock prices have shown a small correlation to each other. On the other hand, systematic risk is the risk that Microsoft's price will be affected by overall stock market movements and cannot be diversified away. So, no matter how many positions you have, you cannot eliminate market risk. However, you can measure a Microsoft stock's historical response to market movements and buy it if you are comfortable with its volatility direction. Beta and standard deviation are two commonly used measures to help you make the right decision.
α | Alpha over NYSE Composite | -0.0082 | |
β | Beta against NYSE Composite | 1.05 | |
σ | Overall volatility | 1.24 | |
Ir | Information ratio | -0.0042 |
Microsoft Volatility Alert
Microsoft has relatively low volatility with skewness of -0.1 and kurtosis of 0.01. Understanding different market volatility trends often help investors to time the market. Properly using volatility indicators enable traders to measure Microsoft's stock risk against market volatility during both bullish and bearish trends. The higher level of volatility that comes with bear markets can directly impact Microsoft's stock price while adding stress to investors as they watch their shares' value plummet. This usually forces investors to rebalance their portfolios by buying different financial instruments as prices fall.Microsoft Implied Volatility
Microsoft's implied volatility exposes the market's sentiment of Microsoft stock's possible movements over time. However, it does not forecast the overall direction of its price. In a nutshell, if Microsoft's implied volatility is high, the market thinks the stock has potential for high price swings in either direction. On the other hand, the low implied volatility suggests that Microsoft stock will not fluctuate a lot when Microsoft's options are near their expiration.
Microsoft Fundamentals Vs Peers
Comparing Microsoft's fundamentals to the average values of its peers is one of the most widely used and accepted methods of equity analyses. It helps to analyze Microsoft's direct or indirect competition across all of the common fundamentals between Microsoft and the related equities. This way, we can detect undervalued stocks with similar characteristics as Microsoft or determine the stocks which would be an excellent addition to an existing portfolio. Peer analysis of Microsoft's fundamental indicators could also be used in its relative valuation, which is a method of valuing Microsoft by comparing valuation metrics with those of similar companies.
| Better Than Average | Worse Than Average | Compare Microsoft to competition |
| Fundamentals | Microsoft | Peer Average |
| Return On Equity | 0.39 | -0.31 |
| Return On Asset | 0.15 | -0.14 |
| Profit Margin | 0.36 % | (1.27) % |
| Operating Margin | 0.44 % | (5.51) % |
| Current Valuation | 3.09 T | 16.62 B |
| Shares Outstanding | 7.43 B | 571.82 M |
| Shares Owned By Insiders | 0.05 % | 10.09 % |
| Shares Owned By Institutions | 73.82 % | 39.21 % |
| Number Of Shares Shorted | 55.77 M | 4.71 M |
| Price To Earning | 26.64 X | 28.72 X |
| Price To Book | 12.93 X | 9.51 X |
| Price To Sales | 13.48 X | 11.42 X |
| Revenue | 211.91 B | 9.43 B |
| Gross Profit | 135.62 B | 27.38 B |
| EBITDA | 105.16 B | 3.9 B |
| Net Income | 72.36 B | 570.98 M |
| Cash And Equivalents | 34.7 B | 2.7 B |
| Cash Per Share | 14.39 X | 5.01 X |
| Total Debt | 59.97 B | 5.32 B |
| Debt To Equity | 0.44 % | 48.70 % |
| Current Ratio | 1.84 X | 2.16 X |
| Book Value Per Share | 32.06 X | 1.93 K |
| Cash Flow From Operations | 87.58 B | 971.22 M |
| Short Ratio | 2.60 X | 4.00 X |
| Earnings Per Share | 11.07 X | 3.12 X |
| Price To Earnings To Growth | 2.10 X | 4.89 X |
| Target Price | 435.44 | |
| Number Of Employees | 221 K | 18.84 K |
| Beta | 0.88 | -0.15 |
| Market Capitalization | 3.07 T | 19.03 B |
| Total Asset | 411.98 B | 29.47 B |
| Retained Earnings | 118.85 B | 9.33 B |
| Working Capital | 80.11 B | 1.48 B |
Note: Payment of 10302 shares by Christopher Young of Microsoft subject to Rule 16b-3 [view details]
Microsoft Market Momentum
Traders often use several daily momentume indicators to supplement a more traditional technical analysis when analyzing securities such as Microsoft . With many different options, investors must choose the best indicators for them and familiarize themselves with how they work. We suggest combining traditional momentum indicators with more near-term forms of technical analysis such as Accumulation Distribution or Daily Balance Of Power. With their quantitative nature, daily value technical indicators can also be incorporated into your automated trading systems.
| Accumulation Distribution | 392018.0 | |||
| Daily Balance Of Power | (0.96) | |||
| Rate Of Daily Change | 0.98 | |||
| Day Median Price | 407.96 | |||
| Day Typical Price | 406.73 | |||
| Price Action Indicator | (7.47) | |||
| Period Momentum Indicator | (7.57) |
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Please read more on our stock advisor page.| 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 (projected) | Short and Long Term Debt Total | 61.3B | 60.0B | 69.0B | 72.4B | Total Assets | 364.8B | 412.0B | 473.8B | 497.5B |
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Is Microsoft's industry expected to grow? Or is there an opportunity to expand the business' product line in the future? Factors like these will boost the valuation of Microsoft. If investors know Microsoft will grow in the future, the company's valuation will be higher. The financial industry is built on trying to define current growth potential and future valuation accurately. All the valuation information about Microsoft listed above have to be considered, but the key to understanding future value is determining which factors weigh more heavily than others.
Quarterly Earnings Growth 0.332 | Dividend Share 2.86 | Earnings Share 11.07 | Revenue Per Share 30.612 | Quarterly Revenue Growth 0.176 |
The market value of Microsoft is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of Microsoft that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of Microsoft's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is Microsoft's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because Microsoft's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect Microsoft's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between Microsoft's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if Microsoft is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, Microsoft's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.