Microsoft/$MSFT
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About Microsoft
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).
- Ticker
- $MSFT
- Sector
- Software & Cloud Services
- Primary listing
- NASDAQ
- Employees
- 223,000
- Headquarters
- Redmond, United States
- Website
- www.microsoft.com
Microsoft Metrics
BasicAdvanced
$3.8T
28.76
$17.95
1.10
$3.64
0.71%
Price and volume
Market cap
$3.8T
Beta
1.1
52-week high
$553.72
52-week low
$349.20
Average daily volume
22M
Dividend rate
$3.64
Financial strength
Current ratio
1.23
Quick ratio
1.099
Long term debt to equity
0.248
Total debt to equity
0.291
Dividend payout ratio (TTM)
19.77%
Interest coverage (TTM)
50.39%
Profitability
EBITDA (TTM)
194,237
Gross margin (TTM)
67.94%
Net profit margin (TTM)
40.31%
Operating margin (TTM)
46.78%
Effective tax rate (TTM)
19.40%
Revenue per employee (TTM)
$1,490,000
Management effectiveness
Return on assets (TTM)
14.09%
Return on equity (TTM)
34.04%
Valuation
Price to earnings (TTM)
28.756
Price to revenue (TTM)
11.556
Price to book
8.67
Price to tangible book (TTM)
12.61
Price to free cash flow (TTM)
57.244
Free cash flow yield (TTM)
1.75%
Free cash flow per share (TTM)
9.017
Dividend yield (TTM)
0.71%
Forward dividend yield
0.71%
Growth
Revenue change (TTM)
17.79%
Earnings per share change (TTM)
31.60%
3-year revenue growth (CAGR)
16.12%
10-year revenue growth (CAGR)
13.79%
3-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
22.86%
10-year earnings per share growth (CAGR)
21.50%
3-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
10.20%
10-year dividend per share growth (CAGR)
9.72%
What the Analysts think about Microsoft
Analyst ratings (Buy, Hold, Sell) for Microsoft stock.
Analyst projections of the future price of Microsoft stock.
Bulls say / Bears say
Azure revenue grew 43% in the latest quarter and passed $100 billion for the year. Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $59.3 billion, while commercial remaining performance obligations rose 84% to $678 billion, giving the cloud business strong near-term demand visibility. (Microsoft)
Microsoft 365 Copilot passed 30 million paid seats, showing that AI is becoming a paid application rather than only a technology investment. Microsoft 365 commercial cloud revenue still grew 14%, supporting the case that Microsoft can monetise AI through its deeply embedded productivity suite. (Microsoft)
Growth is not confined to Azure: LinkedIn revenue rose 12% and Dynamics 365 revenue rose 13% in the latest quarter. This breadth makes Microsoft’s enterprise software and cloud expansion less dependent on a single product line. (Microsoft)
The AI build-out is consuming cash faster than revenue is converting into free cash flow. Microsoft’s latest filing warns that these investments may reduce operating margins, while capital expenditure reached $115.9 billion in fiscal 2026 and free cash flow fell to $67.0 billion. (Microsoft, SEC API)
OpenAI has become a meaningful concentration risk within Microsoft’s AI growth story. Microsoft recorded $24.1 billion of revenue from commercial arrangements with OpenAI and had $6.0 billion owed by the customer at year-end, so weaker funding or demand at OpenAI could affect Azure utilisation and contracted revenue. (The Motley Fool, Microsoft)
Regulatory intervention could weaken Microsoft’s software bundle and cloud advantages. The UK regulator is investigating whether the combination of Windows, Office, Teams, Copilot and cloud licensing limits competition, with targeted remedies possible if concerns are upheld. (Reuters)
Data summarised monthly by Lightyear AI. Last updated on 22 Sept 2026.
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Funds containing Microsoft
AllUSDGBPEUR
Fund name | Fund size | $MSFT weighting |
|---|---|---|
iShares MSCI USA Islamic$ISDU | $594M | 14.83% |
iShares MSCI USA Islamic£ISUS | £438M | 14.83% |
iShares S&P 500 Information Technology Sector$IUIT | $20B | 14.25% |
iShares S&P 500 Information Technology Sector€QDVE | €17B | 14.25% |
iShares S&P 500 Information Technology Sector£IITU | £15B | 14.25% |
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