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Buy rating, composite score 8/10 at $499.70 (-10.42 (-2.04%)). Full scorecard, fundamentals, technicals, sentiment, risks, and catalysts below — or look up a different ticker.
| Dimension | Score | Key Signal |
|---|---|---|
| Fundamentals | 8/10 | healthy revenue growth (+18% YoY); excellent margins (40.3%) |
| Technicals | 9/10 | textbook uptrend (price > 50d > 200d); strong 90-day momentum (+16%) |
| Sentiment / News | 8/10 | 64 of 69 analysts bullish — strong consensus buy |
| Composite | 8/10 | Rating: Buy |
Microsoft Corp (Technology) trades at $499.70 with a market capitalization of $3.71T.
Revenue grew +17.8% year-over-year on a trailing basis. Trailing net profit margin sits at 40.3%. At a trailing P/E of 27.7, the market is pricing in moderate growth expectations. The balance sheet carries a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.24 — a notably clean capital structure.
The 52-week range spans $349.20 to $553.72. Current price sits -9.8% from the high and +43% from the low — a controlled pullback from recent highs.
Price sits above both the 50-day ($444.17) and 200-day ($431.05) moving averages, with the 50-day itself above the 200-day — a textbook uptrend structure. The 14-day RSI at 59.4 is in neutral territory. MACD histogram is negative at -2.38, indicating waning short-term momentum.
Performance: 30-day return +30.9%, 90-day +16.4%, 1-year -1.6%. Maximum drawdown over the trailing year reached -34.9%. Annualized volatility sits at 32.1% — elevated but not extreme, typical of growth names.
As of 2026-09-01, 69 analysts cover MSFT: 23 Strong Buy, 41 Buy, 5 Hold, 0 Sell, 0 Strong Sell. The consensus skew is decisively bullish.
The most recent earnings (2026-06-30) beat expectations: actual EPS of $4.74 versus consensus of $4.33 (+0.41 surprise). A 9.5% positive surprise.
The composite rating of Buy (8/10) reflects strength across fundamentals, technicals, and analyst sentiment. Thesis breaks if analyst revisions turn sharply negative or earnings execution falters.