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Microsoft Corporation MSFT
$517.53 +0.92% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $3.84T
High qualityLow risk
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +8.9%).
- The stock is in an uptrend: above its 200-day average for 46 trading days, with the 50-day average above the 200-day.
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $17.95, up 31.6% year over year.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Technology sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth57Neutral
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 38%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 37%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 26%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 25%
- Revenue growth accelerationBottom 42%
Quality89Strong
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginTop 29%
- Operating marginTop 2%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 35%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 49%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
- Interest coverTop 10%
Value59Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 26%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 40%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 34%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 20%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 31%
Momentum66Positive
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthBottom 43%
- 6-month returnTop 38%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Bottom 46%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 13%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 18%
Revisions78Positive
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 48%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 9%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 23%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 29%
Stability88Strong
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 15%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 7%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Top 31%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Bottom 48%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 17.9% | 17.8% | ↓ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 29.8% | 31.6% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 68.8% | 67.9% | ↓ |
| Operating margin | 45.6% | 46.8% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 25.4% | 20.2% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 17.8% | 17.9% | ↓ | Top 38% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 31.6% | 29.8% | ↑ | Top 37% |
| Gross margin | 67.9% | 68.8% | ↓ | Top 29% |
| Operating margin | 46.8% | 45.6% | ↑ | Top 2% |
| Net margin | 40.3% | 36.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 20.2% | 25.4% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 20.6% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 16.1% | — | Top 25% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 1.37×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- -6.5%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 3.7%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- -2.1 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.52×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 50.9×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.69%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- 0.53%
- Shareholder yield
- 1.22%
- Share count change, 1 year
- -0.1%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -0.1%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +8.9%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- -0.3%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 2 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $563.50
- Target vs current price
- +8.9%
- Analysts with a rating
- 82
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 82%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | +11.8% | -0.7% | +25.3% | +25.0% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +5.2% | -1.1% | -4.2% | -3.9% | -11.1% |
| Jan 28, 2026 | +6.2% | +0.2% | -14.4% | -16.6% | -13.5% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +12.5% | -0.1% | -5.1% | -12.0% | -13.2% |
| Jul 30, 2025 | +8.3% | +0.1% | +3.0% | -2.1% | +1.6% |
| Apr 30, 2025 | +7.5% | +0.3% | +10.0% | +16.1% | +30.4% |
| Jan 29, 2025 | +2.5% | -1.1% | -7.8% | -10.6% | -13.4% |
| Oct 30, 2024 | +6.5% | +0.1% | -4.7% | -0.9% | +3.5% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 29, 2026 | $4.74 | $4.24 | +11.8% | $90.01B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $4.27 | $4.06 | +5.2% | $82.89B |
| Jan 28, 2026 | $4.14 | $3.90 | +6.2% | $81.27B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $4.13 | $3.67 | +12.5% | $77.67B |
| Jul 30, 2025 | $3.65 | $3.37 | +8.3% | $76.44B |
| Apr 30, 2025 | $3.46 | $3.22 | +7.5% | $70.07B |
| Jan 29, 2025 | $3.23 | $3.15 | +2.5% | $69.63B |
| Oct 30, 2024 | $3.30 | $3.10 | +6.5% | $65.58B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 28.8× | 32.0× | 29th | Top 26% |
| P/E (forward) | 26.2× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 19.0× | — | — | Top 34% |
| EV / Sales | 11.91× | — | — | Bottom 20% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.74% | — | — | Bottom 40% |
| Earnings yield | 3.47% | — | — | Top 26% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 21.8× – 38.5× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- -0.4%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +31.6%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -42.2%
Most of the move came from a change in the valuation multiple.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✓ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✓ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 46
- Days above the 200-day average
- 46
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- +10.5%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.4%
- Distance from 50-day average
- +6.1%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +19.6%
- RSI (14)
- 62.6
- Relative volume
- 0.83×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 38.4%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 92th percentile · High for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.12
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.55
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -4.5%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -34.9%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2021 | Nov 3, 2022 | -37.6% | 240 days | 153 days (Jun 15, 2023) |
| Oct 28, 2025 | Jun 25, 2026 | -34.9% | 164 days | Not yet recovered |
| Jul 5, 2024 | Apr 8, 2025 | -24.2% | 190 days | 40 days (Jun 5, 2025) |
| Jul 18, 2023 | Sep 26, 2023 | -13.2% | 49 days | 30 days (Nov 7, 2023) |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $3.84T
- P/E (TTM)
- 28.8
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $17.95
- Revenue (TTM)
- $331.84B
- Dividend yield
- 0.89%
- 52-week range
- $349.20 – $553.72
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $198.27B | $211.91B | $245.12B | $281.72B | $331.84B |
| Gross profit | $135.62B | $146.05B | $171.01B | $193.89B | $225.47B |
| Operating income | $83.38B | $88.52B | $109.43B | $128.53B | $155.24B |
| Net income | $72.74B | $72.36B | $88.14B | $101.83B | $133.75B |
| EPS (diluted) | $9.65 | $9.68 | $11.80 | $13.64 | $17.95 |
| Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | Q3 2026 | Q4 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $65.58B | $69.63B | $70.07B | $76.44B | $77.67B | $81.27B | $82.89B | $90.01B |
| Net income | $24.67B | $24.11B | $25.82B | $27.23B | $27.75B | $38.46B | $31.78B | $35.77B |
| EPS (diluted) | $3.30 | $3.23 | $3.46 | $3.65 | $3.72 | $5.16 | $4.27 | $4.80 |
| FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | FY 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $89.03B | $87.58B | $118.55B | $136.16B | $182.94B |
| Capital expenditure | -$23.89B | -$28.11B | -$44.48B | -$64.55B | -$115.95B |
| Free cash flow | $65.15B | $59.48B | $74.07B | $71.61B | $66.99B |
| Dividends paid | -$18.14B | -$19.80B | -$21.77B | -$24.08B | -$26.45B |
| Net share buybacks | -$30.86B | -$20.38B | -$15.25B | -$16.36B | -$20.26B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $76.84B
- Total assets
- $758.38B
- Total liabilities
- $315.99B
- Total debt
- $128.81B
- Net debt
- $107.87B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $442.39B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 29, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Nov 19, 2026 | $0.98 | Dec 10, 2026 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $0.91 | Sep 10, 2026 |
| May 21, 2026 | $0.91 | Jun 11, 2026 |
| Feb 19, 2026 | $0.91 | Mar 12, 2026 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | $0.91 | Dec 11, 2025 |
| Aug 21, 2025 | $0.83 | Sep 11, 2025 |
| May 15, 2025 | $0.83 | Jun 12, 2025 |
| Feb 20, 2025 | $0.83 | Mar 13, 2025 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 67,346,414
- Days to cover
- 3.73
- Change vs previous report
- -9.5%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Feb 18, 2003
- 2-for-1
- Mar 29, 1999
- 2-for-1
- Feb 23, 1998
- 2-for-1
- Dec 9, 1996
- 2-for-1
- May 23, 1994
- 2-for-1