Microsoft Corporation (MSFT · NASDAQ)
MSFT · MARKET VIEW
Market view · as of Oct 17, 2026
Price (last ~year)
Microsoft (MSFT) closed at $529.05, down 1.9% on the day but up 38.9% over three months and sitting 92.5% of its 52-week range. The company beat estimates in all four of its most recent quarters, including the June 2026 quarter where EPS of $4.74 topped consensus by 12.6%, and quarterly revenue climbed sequentially from $77.67B in September 2025 to $90.01B in June 2026. Revenue grew 17.7% year over year with earnings up 31.7%, supported by a 67.9% gross margin and 45.1% operating margin, while free cash flow of $19.64B in the June quarter reflects heavy capex of $35.80B. The stock trades at a P/E of 30.27 against an analyst target of $596.22, with leverage modest at 0.7x debt/EBITDA.
Valuation
- Market cap
- $4.01T
- P/E
- 30.27
- PEG
- 1.617
- P/B
- 8.36
- P/S
- 12.07
- EV/EBITDA
- 17.72
- Beta
- 1.099
- Analyst target
- $596.22
Quality & returns
- Gross margin
- 67.9%
- Operating margin
- 45.1%
- Profit margin
- 40.3%
- ROE
- 34.0%
- ROA
- 14.1%
Price movement
- Last
- $529.05
- 1-month
- +7.1%
- 3-month
- +38.9%
- RSI (14)
- 63
- vs SMA200
- +21.9%
- 52-wk position
- 92.5% -2.6% vs high
Quarterly trajectory
Revenue by quarter (oldest → newest)
| Quarter | Revenue | Op income | Net income | EBITDA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | $90.01B | $40.60B | $35.77B | $55.91B |
| 2026-03-31 | $82.89B | $38.40B | $31.78B | $50.28B |
| 2025-12-31 | $81.27B | $38.27B | $38.46B | $58.18B |
| 2025-09-30 | $77.67B | $37.96B | $27.75B | $48.06B |
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Sources this view read
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- filing Quarterly financial statements (Alpha Vantage INCOME/BALANCE/CASH)
- earnings Reported earnings history (Alpha Vantage EARNINGS)
- prices Adjusted daily prices (Alpha Vantage TIME_SERIES_DAILY_ADJUSTED)