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NYSE · MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
$497.12
Down-$6.82 (-1.37%)
Updated Sep 16, 2026, 8:37 PM
SID Score
7.4/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
59/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 3.59T
- P/E ratio
- 34.27
- Dividend yield
- 0.87%
- 52-week range
- $349.20 – $517.78
- Volume
- 17.79M
- Avg. volume
- 24.76M
Price performance
MSFT price history
1M range · 20 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
MSFT closed at $497.12 after 20 trading sessions, up 3.22% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $497.12
- Period change
- +3.22%
- Period low
- $481.15
- Period high
- $513.53
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | $500.06 | $505.90 | $495.54 | $497.12 | 17.79M |
| Sep 14, 2026 | $497.06 | $509.95 | $495.3416 | $505.41 | 23.09M |
| Sep 11, 2026 | $495.65 | $498.97 | $492.58 | $495.63 | 14.52M |
| Sep 10, 2026 | $488.32 | $494.52 | $486.00 | $492.44 | 16.04M |
| Sep 9, 2026 | $493.07 | $494.39 | $489.80 | $491.65 | 12.89M |
| Sep 8, 2026 | $493.01 | $495.19 | $490.15 | $493.95 | 18.88M |
| Sep 4, 2026 | $510.00 | $511.00 | $499.36 | $499.70 | 18.1M |
| Sep 3, 2026 | $501.66 | $515.65 | $500.80 | $510.12 | 24.13M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $499.85 | $500.27 | $493.81 | $496.82 | 15.34M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $497.52 | $505.97 | $496.78 | $501.02 | 21.05M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $510.38 | $512.19 | $506.39 | $507.29 | 27.21M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $505.33 | $517.78 | $504.8675 | $513.53 | 29.21M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $494.88 | $506.48 | $490.08 | $505.06 | 28.69M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $487.85 | $497.40 | $487.31 | $496.37 | 20.76M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $485.44 | $492.435 | $484.30 | $491.71 | 19.52M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $483.205 | $490.605 | $481.86 | $487.31 | 17.23M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $479.88 | $486.36 | $478.53 | $483.24 | 22.51M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $483.30 | $484.16 | $479.50 | $481.15 | 20.02M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $480.065 | $489.30 | $479.36 | $484.31 | 19.96M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $481.54 | $484.27 | $477.1505 | $481.63 | 24.09M |
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MSFT research
Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
Microsoft develops and licenses consumer and enterprise software. It is known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity suite. The company is organized into three equally sized broad segments: productivity and business processes (legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, Dynamics), intelligence cloud (infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings Azure, Windows Server OS, SQL Server), and more personal computing (Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktops).
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $643.76
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 33
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 15, 2026 | Citizens | Market Outperform | — |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Stifel | Hold | — |
| Sep 1, 2026 | B of A Securities | Buy | — |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Tigress Financial | Buy | — |
News briefing
Generated Sep 16, 2026, 5:22 PM
Why Is MSFT Down Today?
Microsoft shares fell 0.62% today as broader market concerns about rate hikes and crowded AI trades weighed on tech stocks. While MSFT faced headwinds from macro uncertainty, the company continued to demonstrate momentum in its AI and cloud initiatives, with new strategic partnerships and platform expansions.
Bottom line: Microsoft's modest 0.62% decline reflects macro uncertainty rather than company-specific weakness, as MSFT continues to solidify its position as the enterprise platform for agentic AI through strategic partnerships and platform expansions. Investors should monitor rate expectations and overall tech sector sentiment as near-term headwinds, while maintaining conviction in Microsoft's structural growth drivers in cloud infrastructure and enterprise AI adoption.
Yahoo · Sep 16, 2026
Sector Update: Tech Stocks Gain Wednesday Afternoon
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Palantir, Microsoft’s biggest warning gets real for AI stocks
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What Happens To Apple Stock If Its Margin Keeps Slipping?
Apple (AAPL) reported a record June quarter, with revenue up 16%. The stock has returned 42% over the past year against 17% for the S&P 500. That is a price built on everything going right, and by Apple's own guide the margin behind it is already giving way.
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Microsoft Corporation Stock Performance
Microsoft Corporation shares traded at $497.12, reflecting a daily decline of approximately 0.93% per SID market data. Over the trailing one-month period, MSFT posted a modest gain of 1.72%, while the three-month return reached a robust 29.35%, signaling significant mid-term momentum. The one-year return stood at a more modest 3.81%, indicating that much of the recent strength represents a recovery from prior weakness. Technically, the stock trades well above its 50-day moving average of $455.97 and its 200-day moving average of $419.40, confirming a sustained uptrend across both intermediate and longer-term timeframes. The 14-day RSI registered at 60.2, according to Massive/Polygon data, placing MSFT in neutral-to-moderately bullish territory without signaling overbought conditions. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 24.76 million shares, supporting the stock's current $3.59 trillion market capitalization. Beta measures 1.07, indicating near-market-level systematic risk.
Microsoft Corporation Valuation Analysis
Microsoft Corporation currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.27, reflecting a premium valuation consistent with its position as a dominant technology platform company, per SID market data. The PEG ratio stands at 11.45, suggesting that the current earnings multiple significantly exceeds the company's near-term earnings growth rate, according to SEC filings. The price-to-book ratio registers at 9.90, while the price-to-sales ratio sits at 12.33, both elevated relative to broader market averages but characteristic of capital-light, high-margin software businesses. Microsoft offers a dividend yield of approximately 0.70%, providing a modest income component to total shareholder returns. The company's $3.59 trillion market capitalization ranks it among the world's most valuable publicly traded companies. These valuation metrics collectively position MSFT at the upper end of the large-cap technology spectrum, reflecting the market's pricing of its cloud computing, enterprise software, and artificial intelligence revenue streams.
Smart Money Activity for MSFT
Microsoft Corporation's composite smart money score stands at 59 out of 100, generating a neutral overall signal per SID market data. The institutional component scores a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating maximum institutional conviction and sustained accumulation by large fund managers, according to 13F institutional filings. Congressional trading activity also registers near-maximum levels at 24.9 out of 25, reflecting significant buying interest among members of Congress who have disclosed MSFT positions. In contrast, insider activity scores 0 out of 25, driven by exclusively bearish insider transactions. SEC Form 4 filings reveal three insider trades over the past 90 days, comprising zero purchases and three sales, indicating that corporate officers and directors have been net sellers during this period. Dark pool activity registers at 9.1 out of 25, suggesting below-average institutional accumulation through off-exchange venues. The divergence between strong institutional and congressional signals versus weak insider and dark pool readings creates the neutral composite reading, reflecting mixed sentiment among different categories of informed market participants.
Microsoft Corporation Earnings Outlook
Microsoft Corporation has demonstrated a consistent pattern of exceeding analyst expectations across recent quarters, according to company earnings reports. In the most recent reported quarter ending July 2026, MSFT delivered earnings per share of $4.74 against a consensus estimate of $4.23, representing a positive surprise of $0.51, or approximately 12.1%. The prior quarter saw EPS of $4.27 versus estimates of $4.07, a $0.20 beat. The January 2026 quarter produced EPS of $4.14 compared to the $3.86 estimate, a $0.28 upside surprise. Looking ahead, analyst estimates project EPS of $4.04 for the February 2026 reporting period, per consensus data. The sequential earnings trajectory from $4.14 to $4.27 to $4.74 demonstrates accelerating profit growth across the three most recently completed quarters. This pattern of consistent beats averaging approximately $0.33 above consensus underscores the company's operational execution and potential conservatism embedded in analyst forecasts.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for MSFT
Wall Street analyst sentiment toward Microsoft Corporation remains broadly constructive, with recent coverage actions predominantly reaffirming bullish stances, per SID consensus data. On September 15, 2026, Citizens reiterated a Market Outperform rating, while Bank of America Securities maintained its Buy rating on September 1, 2026, according to Wall Street analyst reports. Wells Fargo reaffirmed an Overweight rating on August 12, 2026, and Tigress Financial reiterated its Buy recommendation on August 5, 2026. The lone neutral voice came from Stifel, which maintained its Hold rating on September 4, 2026. Notably, none of the five most recent analyst actions involved a downgrade or a shift to a bearish posture; all five represented reiterations of existing ratings rather than initiations or changes. This pattern of four out of five analysts maintaining buy-equivalent ratings reflects broad institutional confidence in Microsoft's fundamental trajectory. The absence of any sell or underperform ratings among recent coverage updates underscores the prevailing consensus view.
