Microsoft (MSFT) Research Report — Score, Intrinsic Value, Peer Rankings

Microsoft (MSFT)Technology / Software - Infrastructure

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$495.40 -$1.48(-0.30%)as of Friday's close

52‑wk Range

$349.20

$553.72

Cap ($M USD) $3,678,615

P/E 27.6

EPS (1Y)31.6%

Dividend$3.64

Last Filing06/30/26

Sales ($M)331,839

Fwd. P/E 21.0

Sales (1Y)17.8%

Fwd. Yield 0.7%

Next Earnings11/04/26

MSFT has underperformed the S&P 500 by -25.8% in the past year.

MSFT has underperformed its sector by -43.3% in the past year.

The Technology sector has outperformed the market by 17.5% in the past year.

ANALYST CONSENSUS

Strong Buy

The consensus rating has worsened a little since last month when it was also Strong Buy.

Strong Buy

Buy

Hold

Sell

Strong Sell

Strong BuyBuyHoldSellStrong Sell

QUANTITATIVE SCORES

Fair Value

$498.74

Margin of Safety

The Margin of Safety is the difference between a company's Fair Value and the current price. See more on page 8.

1 warning

Details on Page 8

Value Score

Value Score: Our value score looks at EV/EBITDA, P/E, P/S, P/TB (Price/Tangible Book) and EPS Predictability. P/S and P/TB are compared within a sector. Other metrics are compared across all stocks

Quality Score

Quality Score: Our quality score compares profitability and balance sheet metrics to find high quality companies using ROIC, Net Margin, Gross Margin, Interest Coverage, and Debt / Equity metrics.

Growth Score

Growth Score: Our growth score looks at the 5 year history and the forward estimates for EBITDA, Sales, and EPS growth, ranking the best companies across all stocks.

Sentiment Score

Sentiment Score: Our sentiment score finds stocks in favor by analyzing Short Interest, returns in key periods over the last year, Price vs. 52-wk High, Days Since 52-wk High and MACD signals.

BUSINESS SUMMARY

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).

Employees 223,000Homepage www.microsoft.comHeadquarters Redmond, WA

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VALUATION SUMMARY

	MSFT	Industry	S&P 500
Value Score	68	42	71
Price / Earnings	27.6	46.9	27.9
Price / Sales	11.1	3.5	3.8
Price / Free Cash Flow	55.3	-	37.1
Price / Book	8.3	8.6	6.0
Price / Tangible Book	12.1	49.4	393.8
EV / EBITDA	17.6	18.0	19.8
EPS Predict. Pctl.	96	56	72
Piotroski F Score	6	7	6

5‑Year P/E Range	20.8 42.6
5‑Year P/B Range	6.3 18.1
5‑Year P/S Range	8.1 15.5

GROWTH SUMMARY

	MSFT	Industry	S&P 500
Growth Score	99	50	77
Sales Growth
Sales Growth Next Year	19.7%	20.5%	19.0%
Sales 1‑Year Chg (%)	17.8%	35.5%	19.3%
Sales 3‑Year Avg (%)	16.1%	10.9%	13.3%
Sales 5‑Year Avg (%)	14.6%	13.9%	12.6%
EPS Growth
Next Yr. Growth Est.	19.5%	19.5%	19.8%
EPS 1‑Year Chg (%)	31.6%	49.7%	32.0%
EPS 3‑Year Avg (%)	22.8%	17.3%	17.3%
EPS 5‑Year Avg (%)	17.4%	17.5%	14.0%

PEERS ANALYSIS SUMMARY

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AAPL

Apple

$4,464,797

35.1

0.4%

-2.8%

31.9%

MSFT

Microsoft

$3,678,615

27.6

0.7%

28.7%

-4.4%

ORCL

Oracle

$433,568

25.8

1.3%

17.6%

-37.9%

PLTR

Palantir Technologies

$418,228

149.3

30.2%

-3.9%

-32%

PANW

Palo Alto Networks

$313,180

333.3

8.9%

121.4%

-29%

CRWD

CrowdStrike Holdings

$220,911

3.0%

104.3%

-29%

FTNT

Fortinet

$117,401

56.5

-4.1%

107.1%

-14%

NET

Cloudflare

$112,442

12.1%

61.6%

-34%

SNPS

Synopsys

$80,708

96.2

-1.0%

-31.6%

14%

CRWV

CoreWeave

$58,054

31.7%

5.8%

XYZ

Block

$49,793

147.1

3.6%

9.0%

-6%

NTAP

NetApp

$40,636

32.6

1.0%

18.6%

92.3%

-16%

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PROFITABILITY SUMMARY

	MSFT	Industry	S&P 500
Quality Score	99	48	76
Gross Margin	67.9%	49.9%	32.6%
Operating Margin	46.8%	24.9%	16.6%
Net Margin	40.3%	19.2%	13.5%
Return on Assets	19.4%	17.0%	14.3%
Return on Equity	30.2%	30.1%	38.7%
ROIC	29.6%	23.0%	27.5%

RETURNS SUMMARY

	MSFT	Industry	S&P 500
Sentiment Score	68	47	64
5‑Day Return	-0.9%	0.4%	0.4%
1‑Month Return	28.7%	23.9%	3.2%
YTD Return	2.9%	6.4%	14.3%
1‑Year Return	-4.4%	-2.0%	21.7%
3‑Year Return	56.5%	65.7%	80.0%
5‑Year Return	76.3%	6.6%	86.5%
Beta 1‑Year	0.93	1.14	1.00

DIVIDEND

	MSFT	Industry
Forward Dividend Yield	0.7%	0.6%
Payout Ratio	19.8%	20.5%
TTM Yield	0.7%	-
Fwd. Div. Per Share	$3.64	$2.29
Div. 1Y Chg (%)	9.6%	-
Div. 3Y Avg (%)	10.2%	-
Div. 5Y Avg (%)	10.2%	-
Cons. Growth Years	10+	-
Div. Coverage Ratio	4.9	3.7

DEBT & EQUITY

Current Ratio	1.2
Quick Ratio	1.1
Price	$495.40
Net Cash Per Share	$2.64
Equity Per Share	$59.58
Debt / Equity	0.1
Solvency Ratio	80%
Interest Coverage	55.4
Short % of Float	1.1%
Altman Z‑Score	8.8

ANALYST REVISIONS

Current Quarter EPS
# Up Last 30 days	2.00
# Down Last 30 days	5.00
Mean Estimate	4.71
% Change (30 Days)	1.95%

Next Quarter EPS
# Up Last 30 days	2.00
# Down Last 30 days	3.00
Mean Estimate	4.82
% Change (30 Days)	0.62%

MEAN ESTIMATE TREND

	Cur Qtr	Next Qtr	Cur Year	Next Year
Latest	$4.71	$4.82	$19.70	$23.55
30 Days Ago	$4.62	$4.79	$19.39	$22.59
90 Days Ago	$4.61	$4.77	$19.37	$22.63
% Change (90 Days)	2.1%	0.9%	1.7%	4.1%

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EARNINGS SURPRISES

Earnings surprise is the difference between a company's announced earnings and the average analyst estimated value. Surprises typically causes the stock price to jump and are often followed by more of the same surprise type.

Surprise Summary (Last 12 Quarters)

Surprise Type	Amount	Percent
Positive Quarters (> 2%)	11	91.7%
Negative Quarters (< 2%)	0	-
In-Line Quarters (within 2%)	1	8.3%

Surprise Detail (Last 6 Quarters)

Surprise Type	Announce Date	Period End Date	Actual EPS	Est. EPS	Surprise (%)
Positive	07/29/26	06/30/26	$4.74	$4.24	11.8%
Positive	04/29/26	03/31/26	$4.27	$4.07	4.9%
Positive	01/28/26	12/31/25	$4.14	$3.92	5.6%
Positive	10/29/25	09/30/25	$4.13	$3.66	12.8%
Positive	07/30/25	06/30/25	$3.65	$3.38	8.0%
Positive	04/30/25	-	$3.46	$3.22	7.5%

RISK

	MSFT	Industry	S&P 500
Best Monthly Return (5Y)	20.9%	13.6%	9.6%
Worst Monthly Return (5Y)	-19.0%	-25.6%	-9.6%
Beta 1‑Year	0.93	1.14	1.00
Volatility 1‑Year	0.31	0.29	0.13
Volatility 1Y Pctl.	31	-	-
Max Drawdown 1‑Year	-34.5%	-38.3%	-8.8%
Max Drawdown 3‑Year	-34.5%	-39.5%	-18.7%
Max Drawdown 5‑Year	-37.1%	-45.5%	-24.6%

SEASONALITY

Seasonal Performance vs the S&P 500

5-YEAR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE VS S&P 500

Relative to the S&P 500 baseline, MSFT has underperformed the S&P 500 by -8.7% in the past 5 Years.

MSFT has underperformed its sector by -66.6% in the past 5 Years.

The Technology sector has outperformed the market by 57.9% in the past 5 Years.

Microsoft 5-YEAR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE VS S&P 500 chart

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Overall Rating
vs. Peers

Ratings scores are relative to industry groups. They compare key metrics to rank stocks vs. their competitors.
For example, higher growth than peers will score high even when the absolute growth is below the market average.

Growth vs Peers

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PLTR

Palantir Technologies

100

92.8%

215.4%

48.6%

78.9%

44.3%

35.8%

MSFT

Microsoft

17.8%

31.8%

19.7%

17.8%

16.1%

14.6%

ORCL

Oracle

20.6%

21.9%

46.2%

17.3%

10.5%

10.7%

PANW

Palo Alto Networks

31.2%

20.9%

15.0%

15.4%

20.0%

AAPL

Apple

16.4%

28.7%

9.5%

14.2%

6.7%

6.1%

Valuation vs Peers

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ORCL

Oracle

25.8

13.8

5.1

6.5

11.6

15.4

75.6

MSFT

Microsoft

27.6

21.0

1.6

11.1

8.3

20.8

42.6

AAPL

Apple

35.1

32.1

3.1

9.7

41.5

20.5

43.4

PANW

Palo Alto Networks

333.3

197.0

15.5

26.7

11.3

39.5

PLTR

Palantir Technologies

149.3

75.2

72.5

42.7

100.1

Efficiency vs Peers

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AAPL

Apple

100

48.7%

33.2%

27.6%

115.1%

197.0%

26.1%

35.8%

MSFT

Microsoft

100

67.9%

46.8%

40.3%

28.9%

44.7%

18.0%

22.2%

PLTR

Palantir Technologies

84.8%

42.8%

49.0%

-23.5%

30.9%

-18.4%

34.4%

ORCL

Oracle

65.8%

33.3%

25.4%

-100.0%

792.5%

5.0%

11.8%

PANW

Palo Alto Networks

71.9%

9.6%

8.0%

-100.0%

54.8%

-5.3%

15.8%

Financial Strength vs Peers

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PLTR

Palantir Technologies

0.0

7.2

174%

3.2%

MSFT

Microsoft

0.1

55.4

1.1

18.2%

80%

1.1%

PANW

Palo Alto Networks

0.1

-1,268.7

0.8

63.1%

13%

2.6%

AAPL

Apple

0.8

0.9

5.3%

64%

1.0%

ORCL

Oracle

3.7

5.3

1.1

23.8%

14%

2.9%

Dividends vs Peers

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AAPL

Apple

0.4%

$305.93

$1.08

10+

12.0%

MSFT

Microsoft

0.7%

$495.40

$3.64

10+

19.8%

ORCL

Oracle

1.3%

$150.52

$2.00

10+

33.7%

PANW

Palo Alto Networks

$384.27

PLTR

Palantir Technologies

$174.04

Momentum vs Peers

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PANW

Palo Alto Networks

8.9%

61.3%

130.2%

108.6%

121.4%

1.25

0.41

96.3%

PLTR

Palantir Technologies

30.2%

30.1%

32.4%

-2.1%

-3.9%

1.94

0.58

83.9%

MSFT

Microsoft

28.7%

21.3%

24.0%

2.9%

-4.4%

0.93

0.31

89.5%

AAPL

Apple

-2.8%

2.7%

19.8%

12.8%

31.9%

0.72

0.25

88.8%

ORCL

Oracle

17.6%

-22.8%

-5.4%

-22.0%

-37.9%

2.01

0.63

43.5%

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DIVIDEND DETAIL

CALENDAR YEAR DIVIDEND HISTORY

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2026 Dividends

$2.73

08/20/26

09/10/26

Regular

$0.91

05/21/26

06/11/26

Regular

$0.91

02/19/26

03/12/26

Regular

$0.91

2025 Dividends

$3.40

11/20/25

12/11/25

Regular

$0.91

08/21/25

09/11/25

Regular

$0.83

05/15/25

06/12/25

Regular

$0.83

02/20/25

03/13/25

Regular

$0.83

2024 Dividends

$3.08

11/21/24

12/12/24

Regular

$0.83

08/15/24

09/12/24

Regular

$0.75

05/15/24

06/13/24

Regular

$0.75

02/14/24

03/14/24

Regular

$0.75

2023 Dividends

$2.79

11/15/23

12/14/23

Regular

$0.75

08/16/23

09/14/23

Regular

$0.68

05/17/23

06/08/23

Regular

$0.68

02/15/23

03/09/23

Regular

$0.68

2022 Dividends

$2.54

11/16/22

12/08/22

Regular

$0.68

08/17/22

09/08/22

Regular

$0.62

05/18/22

06/09/22

Regular

$0.62

02/16/22

03/10/22

Regular

$0.62

UPCOMING DIVIDEND

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Ex-Dividend Date

08/20/26

Payment Date

09/10/26

Amount

$0.91

Type

Regular

DIVIDEND RATE

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Regular Dividend

$0.91

Forward Dividend Rate

$3.64

Forward Dividend Yield

0.7%

Trailing 12 Months Dividends

$3.56

Trailing 12 Months Yield

0.7%

STATISTICS

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Payout Ratio

19.8

Dividend Coverage Ratio

4.9

Consecutive Growth Years

10+

3 Year Growth Rate

10.2%

5 Year Growth Rate

10.2%

10 Year Growth Rate

9.7%

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FINANCIAL STATEMENT SUMMARY

Income Statement

Revenue

Operating Income

Net income

Earnings per share diluted

Average shares diluted

P/E Ratio

Balance Sheet

Cash

Current assets

Net Property, Plant and Equipment

Working Capital

Net Debt

Stockholders' Equity

Cash Flow

Operating Cash Flow

Cap Ex

Free Cash Flow

Free Cash Flow per share

Profitability

Operating Margin

Return on Assets

Return on Equity

Return on Invested Capital

Dividends

Dividends Per Share

Dividend Yield

Dividend Growth

Dividend Coverage

184,903

204,094

227,583

261,802

305,453

331,839

13.5%

78,628

82,815

100,533

117,711

142,559

155,237

15.9%

71,185

67,449

82,541

92,750

119,262

133,749

14.6%

$9.39

$9.00

$11.06

$12.41

$15.98

$17.95

15.1%

7,575

7,499

7,465

7,471

7,462

7,453

-0.4%

37.6

25.8

36.5

34.8

34.4

27.6

-6.5%

125,348

99,495

80,982

71,551

89,456

76,651

-10.1%

174,188

157,823

147,393

147,080

180,190

207,710

3.9%

79,568

96,379

128,706

189,718

286,229

337,253

36.7%

96,678

76,105

26,377

38,198

50,185

38,885

-17.9%

-61,316

-39,381

7,392

-9,327

-31,849

-19,825

11.8%

160,010

183,136

238,268

302,695

390,875

442,387

24.6%

83,909

84,386

102,647

125,583

160,506

182,935

18.4%

-23,216

-24,768

-35,202

-55,552

-83,094

-115,948

60,693

59,618

67,445

70,031

77,412

66,987

2.2%

$8.01

$7.95

$9.03

$9.37

$10.37

$8.99

2.5%

42.5%

40.6%

44.2%

45.0%

46.7%

46.8%

2.1%

22.2%

19.2%

20.5%

18.7%

20.2%

19.4%

-2.9%

44.5%

36.8%

34.6%

30.6%

30.5%

30.2%

-8.0%

32.8%

28.5%

26.0%

26.2%

27.2%

29.6%

-2.2%

$2.30

$2.54

$2.79

$3.08

$3.40

$3.64

10.4%

0.7%

1.1%

0.8%

0.7%

-0.2%

10.4%

9.8%

10.4%

12.3%

4.1x

3.6x

4.0x

4.1x

4.7x

5.1x

4.5%

USD in Millions

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VALUATION & PROFITABILITY HISTORY

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Price / Earnings

27.6

40.4

36.2

35.1

30.5

Price / Cash Flow

20.2

29.8

28.3

29.0

25.3

Price / Book

8.3

12.1

12.2

12.4

13.4

Price / Tangible Book

12.1

21.8

29.5

20.6

25.9

Price / Sales

11.1

14.5

13.2

11.7

11.5

EV / EBITDA

17.6

24.9

23.7

22.5

21.3

Forward Dividend Yield

0.7%

0.6%

0.7%

0.8%

0.9%

Shareholder Yield

1.3%

1.1%

1.2%

1.7%

2.3%

Gross Margin

67.9%

68.8%

69.8%

68.9%

68.4%

Net Margin

40.3%

36.2%

36.0%

34.2%

36.7%

Return on Assets

19.4%

18.0%

19.1%

18.6%

20.8%

Return on Equity

30.2%

29.7%

32.8%

35.1%

43.7%

ROIC

29.6%

27.5%

29.2%

29.0%

33.2%

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WARNINGS

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Net EPS Rev. Cur. Qtr.: -3

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Quantitative Scores

Our scores analytics is to offer our concise analysis of a stock in powerful, but easy to digest format. Each of the composite score metrics are designed to use the best available accounting practices as well as source data from SEC filings. The scores are computed for a company vs. the market as a whole.

Fair Value

Fair value performs a forecasted discounted cash flow analysis of a company to determine the company's intrinsic value based on the expected future cash flows the company will produce. It basically determines what a company is worth based on how much cash flow it is expected to generate for you in the future, taking into account the time value of money and the predictability of those forecasted cash flows.

Peers

Peer ratings are computed from ranking companies in the same industry group. The selection of peers shown in the tables above are chosen from the same industry and closest proximity of revenue.

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ANALYST CONSENSUS

QUANTITATIVE SCORES

BUSINESS SUMMARY

VALUATION SUMMARY

GROWTH SUMMARY

PEERS ANALYSIS SUMMARY

PROFITABILITY SUMMARY

RETURNS SUMMARY

DIVIDEND

DEBT & EQUITY

ANALYST REVISIONS

MEAN ESTIMATE TREND

EARNINGS SURPRISES

RISK

SEASONALITY

5-YEAR RELATIVE PERFORMANCE VS S&P 500

Growth vs Peers

Valuation vs Peers

Efficiency vs Peers

Financial Strength vs Peers

Dividends vs Peers

Momentum vs Peers

DIVIDEND DETAIL

Returns

CALENDAR YEAR DIVIDEND HISTORY

UPCOMING DIVIDEND

DIVIDEND RATE

STATISTICS

FINANCIAL STATEMENT SUMMARY

VALUATION & PROFITABILITY HISTORY

WARNINGS

REPORT TIPS

DISCLAIMER