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According to the market data, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock price is $258 and the 52 weeks low is $164.44, which means the Microsoft Corporation stock price is up 47.47% in the last 12 months.
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Stock Price has been Trending Strongly with an ADX reading of 26.32 as per the Weekly Chart.
A Upward trend indicates that Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Stock Price may keep going up, with temporary Retracement (the process of stock price bouncing because of short term profit taking by the traders and investors).
Technical Indicators are algorithms that are used mostly by Technical traders to predict the price action of a stock.
Based on our analysis of 16 technical indicators, 31.25% are indicating that MSFT Stock price might rise further, 18.75% indicating that MSFT Stock price might fall, and 50.00% are in a neutral position.
Based on these technical algorithms, overall MSFT stock price has a Neutral Signal, which means the stock price has the potential to move either up or down, depending on the nature of consolidating market phase, since majority of indicators are providing a neutral signal.
Out of 41 Institutional Analysts, majority recommended MSFT stock as Moderate Buy. Since most investors and traders follow analyst ratings closely, this can be a potentially driving factor for the future stock price of Microsoft Corporation.
High | Low | Average |
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$330.75 | $181.80 | $278.17 |
The average price target for MSFT by Institutional Analysts is $278.17, which is 7.82% Upside from the current price. So according to the Institutional Analysts, MSFT Stock might be a bit undervalued at this stage and there’s potential for upside.
However, although Institutional Analysts set their price targets after extensive research, they’re not always correct. After all, the market is mostly driven by investors speculation and emotion than just concrete numbers.
According to the news articles published last week, most journalists and bloggers talked positively about MSFT, it shows that Microsoft Corporation had a 88.88% positive news coverage.
Positive news coverage usually affects short-term price of a stock, so this positive coverage provides an indication that MSFT stock price may surge in the next few weeks.
Analyst | Recommendation | Action |
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Argus Research | Buy | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
Piper Sandler | Overweight | Reiterated |
Argus Research | Buy | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintained |
Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintained |
Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Mizuho | Buy | Maintained |
Jefferies | Buy | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Citigroup | Buy | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
B of A Securities | Buy | Maintained |
Goldman Sachs | Buy | Initiated |
Citigroup | Buy | Upgraded |
B of A Securities | Buy | Reiterated |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Initiated |
Oppenheimer | Outperform | Upgraded |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Stifel | Buy | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Initiated |
RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintained |
Oppenheimer | Perform | Downgraded |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintained |
Jefferies | Buy | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Goldman Sachs | Buy | Maintained |
Argus Research | Buy | Maintained |
RBC Capital | Outperform | Reiterated |
Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Mizuho | Buy | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Jefferies | Buy | Maintained |
RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Mizuho | Buy | Maintained |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintained |
Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
CFRA | Buy | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintained |
Stifel | Buy | Maintained |
RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintained |
Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintained |
Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Mizuho | Buy | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Piper Sandler | Overweight | Maintained |
RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Wells Fargo | Overweight | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Jefferies | Buy | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Mizuho | Buy | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
Stifel | Buy | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Citi | Neutral | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Jefferies | Buy | Upgraded |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintained |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Wells Fargo | Outperform | Maintained |
Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Initiated |
Jefferies | Underperform | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Bank of America | Buy | Maintained |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Mizuho | Buy | Initiated |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Wedbush | Outperform | Initiated |
Macquarie | Outperform | Upgraded |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Argus | Buy | Maintained |
Wells Fargo | Outperform | Maintained |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintained |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Maintained |
PiperJaffray | Overweight | Maintained |
Bank of America | Buy | Maintained |
Argus | Buy | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintained |
JP Morgan | Overweight | Upgraded |
Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintained |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintained |
Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Bank of America | Buy | Maintained |
JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Initiated |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintained |
Argus | Buy | Upgraded |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintained |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Canaccord Genuity | Buy | Upgraded |
Moffett Nathanson | Neutral | Initiated |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Cleveland Research | Buy | Initiated |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Initiated |
Tigress Financial | Buy | Upgraded |
Wells Fargo | Outperform | Initiated |
PiperJaffray | Overweight | Initiated |
Goldman Sachs | Buy | Upgraded |
Atlantic Equities | Neutral | Upgraded |
Wunderlich | Buy | Upgraded |
William Blair | Outperform | Upgraded |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
Wunderlich | Hold | Maintained |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
William Blair | Market Perform | Initiated |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Cowen & Co. | Outperform | Upgraded |
Canaccord Genuity | Hold | Initiated |
Macquarie | Neutral | Initiated |
RBC Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Macquarie | Neutral | Maintained |
Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Maintained |
Cowen & Co. | Market Perform | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Cowen & Co. | Market Perform | Maintained |
Macquarie | Neutral | Initiated |
Hilliard Lyons | Neutral | Downgraded |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Upgraded |
BMO Capital | Outperform | Initiated |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Upgraded |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Raymond James | Strong Buy | Upgraded |
PiperJaffray | Overweight | Maintained |
Jefferies | Underweight | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Bank of America | Buy | Upgraded |
Bank of America | Neutral | Upgraded |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Upgraded |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Jefferies | Underperform | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Maintained |
Jefferies | Underperform | Maintained |
Wunderlich | Hold | Initiated |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Upgraded |
KeyBanc | Overweight | Maintained |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Pacific Crest | Overweight | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Upgraded |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Wells Fargo | Outperform | Upgraded |
Pacific Crest | Outperform | Maintained |
Atlantic Equities | Underweight | Downgraded |
Citigroup | Sell | Maintained |
Nomura | Neutral | Downgraded |
JP Morgan | Neutral | Downgraded |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Bank of America | Underperform | Downgraded |
PiperJaffray | Overweight | Initiated |
Jefferies | Underperform | Initiated |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
BMO Capital | Market Perform | Initiated |
FBN Securities | Outperform | Initiated |
MKM Partners | Buy | Initiated |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
Pacific Crest | Outperform | Upgraded |
FBR Capital | Outperform | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Bank of America | Neutral | Upgraded |
Deutsche Bank | Hold | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
FBR Capital | Outperform | Upgraded |
Summit Research Partners | Hold | Initiated |
Oppenheimer | Outperform | Maintained |
JP Morgan | Neutral | Maintained |
FBR Capital | Market Perform | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Jefferies | Buy | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Hold | Downgraded |
Cowen & Co. | Market Perform | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
B. Riley FBR | Neutral | Initiated |
B. Riley | Neutral | Initiated |
Sterne Agee | Neutral | Initiated |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Credit Suisse | Outperform | Maintained |
Citigroup | Neutral | Maintained |
Barclays | Overweight | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Upgraded |
Citigroup | Neutral | Downgraded |
Barclays | Overweight | Upgraded |
Evercore Partners | Overweight | Maintained |
McAdams Wright Ragen | Hold | Maintained |
Bank of America | Underperform | Downgraded |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Jefferies | Buy | Upgraded |
Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Downgraded |
BMO Capital | Market Perform | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Upgraded |
Stifel Nicolaus | Hold | Downgraded |
Evercore Partners | Overweight | Upgraded |
Atlantic Equities | Neutral | Downgraded |
Cowen & Co. | Market Perform | Downgraded |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Hold | Downgraded |
Nomura | Neutral | Maintained |
Stifel Nicolaus | Buy | Maintained |
Standpoint Research | Hold | Downgraded |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
McAdams Wright Ragen | Hold | Downgraded |
Credit Agricole | Outperform | Downgraded |
Nomura | Neutral | Downgraded |
Hilliard Lyons | Neutral | Downgraded |
Goldman Sachs | Sell | Downgraded |
BGC Financial | Hold | Downgraded |
Bank of America | Neutral | Downgraded |
McAdams Wright Ragen | Buy | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Nomura | Buy | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Equal-Weight | Downgraded |
Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintained |
Argus Research | Hold | Downgraded |
Argus | Hold | Downgraded |
SunTrust Robinson Humphrey | Neutral | Initiated |
BMO Capital | Market Perform | Initiated |
Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintained |
Standpoint Research | Buy | Upgraded |
MKM Partners | Neutral | Maintained |
Nomura | Maintained | |
Barclays | Equal-Weight | Maintained |
RBC Capital | Sector Perform | Downgraded |
Jefferies | Hold | Initiated |
Longbow Research | Buy | Initiated |
Griffin Securities | Buy | Initiated |
Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
McAdams Wright Ragen | Buy | Maintained |
Goldman Sachs | Neutral | Maintained |
Deutsche Bank | Buy | Maintained |
Bank oferica | Buy | Maintained |
UBS | Buy | Maintained |
Morgan Stanley | Overweight | Maintained |
Hilliard Lyons | Long-Term Buy | Maintained |
Argus Research | Buy | Upgraded |
Actual | Estimate | Date |
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$2.03 | $1.8798600000000003 | 2020-12-31 |
The latest average Earning Per Share Estimate for Microsoft Corporation is $1.81, which is lower than MSFT's last EPS, $2.03. This means that Analysts are expecting Microsoft Corporation to report lower earnings. This can drive share prices lower since the investors have negative sentiment about market performance of Microsoft Corporation.
Actual | Estimate | Date |
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$2.03 | $1.8798600000000003 | 2020-12-31 |
$1.82 | $1.5744618000000001 | 2020-09-30 |
$1.46 | $1.369758 | 2020-06-30 |
$1.4 | $1.289943 | 2020-03-31 |
$1.51 | $1.3452372 | 2019-12-31 |
$1.38 | $1.2700734000000002 | 2019-09-30 |
$1.37 | $1.2372294000000001 | 2019-06-30 |
$1.14 | $1.0186332 | 2019-03-31 |
$1.1 | $1.1142378 | 2018-12-31 |
$1.14 | $0.9823314 | 2018-09-30 |
$1.13 | $1.0974792 | 2018-06-30 |
$0.95 | $0.8662554 | 2018-03-31 |
$0.96 | $0.8821674 | 2017-12-31 |
$0.84 | $0.7351038000000001 | 2017-09-30 |
$0.98 | $0.7194876 | 2017-06-30 |
$0.73 | $0.7114296 | 2017-03-31 |
$0.84 | $0.8067588 | 2016-12-31 |
$0.76 | $0.6966906 | 2016-09-30 |
$0.69 | $0.5923446 | 2016-06-30 |
$0.62 | $0.6501275999999999 | 2016-03-31 |
$0.78 | $0.726954 | 2015-12-31 |
$0.67 | $0.5993622 | 2015-09-30 |
$0.6 | $0.57426 | 2015-06-30 |
$0.61 | $0.5165586000000001 | 2015-03-31 |
$0.75 | $0.7275966 | 2014-12-31 |
$0.54 | $0.49521 | 2014-09-30 |
$0.55 | $0.6141318 | 2014-06-30 |
$0.68 | $0.6421104 | 2014-03-31 |
$0.78 | $0.6911928 | 2013-12-31 |
$0.62 | $0.5497493999999999 | 2013-09-30 |
$0.66 | $0.7646532 | 2013-06-30 |
$0.72 | $0.6929982 | 2013-03-31 |
$0.76 | $0.7604916 | 2012-12-31 |
$0.53 | $0.571557 | 2012-09-30 |
$0.67 | $0.6299520000000001 | 2012-06-30 |
$0.6 | $0.5863265999999999 | 2012-03-31 |
$0.78 | $0.7729662 | 2011-12-31 |
$0.68 | $0.6912438000000001 | 2011-09-30 |
$0.69 | $0.5870712 | 2011-06-30 |
$0.56 | $0.5669772000000001 | 2011-03-31 |
The analysts provide Buy, Sell or Hold ratings after extensive research of a companies financial reports, listening to conference calls and some of them even get in contact with upper management of the company to get an overall picture of operation.
Although institutional Analyst’s are not always correct, their ratings are followed by millions of traders around the world and they can heavily influence trading activities for a company.
As a retail investor, going through analyst ratings will instantly provide you an idea if the stock is worth buying. Top Analysts also provide their price targets. It’s a prediction of where the stock price might go based on their analysis.
The best way to analyze price targets is to combined average price targets of major analysts. If the average price target is much higher than the current price of the stock, then the probability of a stock going up is also high.
Technical Analysis refers to analyzing a stock's price over a period of time. In the financial market, past price patterns are one of the strongest indicators of an asset's future performance.
In easier terms, millions of traders use Live Charts to watch the stock prices, it is actually a single source of truth for most traders. When a stock's price reaches a significant price level/pattern in the chart, millions of traders take buy/sell positions from those levels.
As a regular investor, one of the easiest ways to check technical analysis of a stock is through Technical Indicators. Technical Indicators are programmed algorithms that monitor price changes in the Charts and indicate Buy/Sell based on market conditions.
Some Technical Indicators can be very powerful (e.g SMA) and some can be pretty useless. Stock research tools like iTradely heavily simplify the technical analysis process for the investors by showing Buy/Sell/Neutral ratings combined from 17 powerful technical indicators, all in one page.
EPS, or Earning Per Share, can tell a lot about a stock’s performance. It’s calculated by dividing a company’s profit by the number of outstanding shares of its common stocks.
In layman’s term, earnings is an indicator of a company’s profitability. Higher the earnings, the more profitable a company is.
Some traders pick stocks solely based on EPS or earnings Analysis, it is a very powerful indicator of a stock’s price.
Before you buy a stock, check the company’s earnings History and Surprises. A Surprise happens when a company reports a much higher or lower actual earnings/EPS than the forecasted earnings/EPS.
If a company reports higher EPS surprises consistently, analysts keep raising their estimates, traders become more confident in the company, driving the share price higher.
Stock Sentiment refers to how people speculating about the stock or what kind of trading position investors are often taking.
There are different kinds of sentiments you can find online for a company, this includes Investor Sentiment (Percentage of investors buying or selling), News Sentiment (Is the company getting positive or negative impressions from the Press?), Social Sentiment (The overall trends about the company in social media, is it negative or positive?).