MSFT - Microsoft Corporation
109.10 +0.02 (0.02%)
After hours: 4:28PM EST
| Previous Close | 108.59 |
| Open | 110.89 |
| Bid | 109.06 x 3200 |
| Ask | 109.20 x 1000 |
| Day's Range | 109.05 - 111.26 |
| 52 Week Range | 83.83 - 116.18 |
| Volume | 35,778,674 |
| Avg. Volume | 34,979,901 |
| Market Cap | 837.463B |
| Beta (3Y Monthly) | 1.09 |
| PE Ratio (TTM) | 44.93 |
| EPS (TTM) | 2.43 |
| Earnings Date | Jan 29, 2019 - Feb 4, 2019 |
| Forward Dividend & Yield | 1.84 (1.76%) |
| Ex-Dividend Date | 2019-02-20 |
| 1y Target Est | 125.15 |
Investor's Business Daily•3 hours agoDow Jones Today: Caterpillar, Boeing Jump On China News; Verizon Hit On Downgrade
Indexes soared Wednesday on reports that China is considering giving foreign companies access to local markets. Caterpillar led in the Dow Jones today.
Investor's Business Daily•8 hours agoDow Jones Futures: Why This Market Is Worse Than A Full-Blown Bear Market
Stock futures: Today's volatile market may be more dangerous than a bear market, because investors still have hope. Top stocks clear buy points but struggle to stay up.
Investor's Business Daily•1 hour agoDow Romps 450 Points Before Backing Off In Stock Market Today
The key indexes scored solid gains in the stock market today, fueled by reports that China may allow foreign companies increased access to its economy.
- TheStreet.com•40 minutes ago
How Microsoft Got Its Groove Back, Surpassing Apple and Amazon in Market Cap
Microsoft's stock is up more than 25% since the beginning of this year, having avoided most of the recent declines afflicting the FAANG stocks. again as the most valuable public company in the world, with a market cap of roughly $840 billion as of Wednesday afternoon, compared to $818 billion for Amazon and $804 billion for Apple (after many years of leadership by Apple, the trio have been trading off the lead in recent months). The software giant's upswing dates back to at least 2014, when CEO Satya Nadella took the reins at the legacy tech giant and prioritized strategic M&A, such as Microsoft's $26 billion purchase of LinkedIn in 2016, and investments in public cloud services and apps.
- InvestorPlace•7 hours ago
Don’t Wait for the Perfect Time to Buy Salesforce Stock
Salesforce (NYSE:CRM) is rallying this morning but it has not all come easy this year. In August when markets were setting highs and Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) hit $2000 per share, Salesforce had a few tough days. Today, the opportunity presents itself once again to go long CRM stock here but for an investment not so much of a short-term trade.
- CNBC•3 hours ago
Apple stock is up 43,000% since its IPO 38 years ago
The company first listed its shares on public exchanges on Dec. 12, 1980, at $22 a share. Several stock splits and more than a billion iPhones later, the stock has gained 43,371 percent on a price appreciation basis. Apple has been sliding as of late, though.
- Quartz•8 days ago
All the gadgets I didn’t want to give back this year
One of the greatest privileges of my job is that I get to test out a ton of new gadgets each year, often before the technology hits the shelves. Sometimes after I've finished reviewing something, I really, really don't want to return it. And that was especially true in 2018, which was a fantastic year…
- TheStreet.com•5 hours ago
Microsoft, Amazon, Apple Are Top Holdings of U.S. Hedge Funds
were some of the most-held names by U.S. hedge funds in the third quarter, according to a list compiled by WalletHub. 1. Microsoft has risen 26.95% year to date. It's the company's cloud business that continues to have the brightest outlook, David Miller, chief investment officer of Catalyst Funds told TheStreet.
- CNBC•6 hours ago
Bernie Sanders: America is 'owned and controlled by a small number of multi-billionaires'
The power and greed of billionaires in the United States is threatening the country. "We live in a nation owned and controlled by a small number of multi-billionaires whose greed, incredible greed, insatiable greed, is having an unbelievably negative impact on the fabric of our entire country," Sanders told Paul Jay , CEO and senior editor of The Real News Network , in an interview posted Thursday. Sanders, who has become a political figurehead for the liberal end of the Democratic Party, said billionaires and their greed are to blame for any number of social problems in the United States.
- American City Business Journals•6 hours ago
Paul Allen gave $125 million to launch a new Allen Institute
The nonprofit bioscience research organization founded by Paul Allen is launching a new Allen Institute with money the late Microsoft co-founder gave before his death.
- The Wall Street Journal•7 hours ago
[$$] Stocks to Watch: PG&E, McDonald's, GE
Here are some of the companies with shares expected to trade actively in Wednesday’s session. Stock movements noted by ticker reflect movements during regular trading hours; premarket trading is specified separately.
- Investing.com•8 hours ago
Stocks - U.S. Futures Surge on Positive Trade Talks
Investing.com – U.S. futures pointed to a higher opening bell on Wednesday as trade optimism rose after upbeat comments from U.S. President Donald Trump.The S&P 500 futures rose 17 points or 0.67% to 2,658.88 as of 6:40 AM ET (11:40 GMT) while Dow futures gained 148 points, or 0.61%, to 24,572. Meanwhile tech heavy Nasdaq 100 futures increased 59 points, or 0.89%, to 6,776.75.Trump tweeted on Tuesday that talks with China were “very productive.” The two countries agreed to a trade truce in early December in order to discuss a trade deal. ...
- Market Realist•8 hours ago
Oracle Launches New Cloud Product to Address Developer Needs
Oracle (ORCL) knows that it is way behind in the cloud services market and it needs to do something dramatic to address this issue. According to Synergy Research Group, Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), IBM (IBM), Google (GOOG), and Alibaba (BABA) are the top five players in the cloud services market as of Q3 2018.
- Market Realist•8 hours ago
Why Cowen Says Amazon Is the Best Investment for 2019
Amazon (AMZN) stock has been one of the best performers in 2018. CNBC recently came out with a report citing Cowen that Amazon could be the best investment for 2019. Amazon’s e-commerce business is growing at a robust pace.
- Market Realist•8 hours ago
Could Microsoft’s Cloud Business Be Bigger than Windows by 2021?
Could Microsoft's Cloud Business Be Bigger than Windows by 2021? According to a report from CNBC citing KeyBanc analysts, Microsoft’s (MSFT) “cloud business could be bigger than Windows by 2021.” If this prediction comes true, it will be a big shift from what Microsoft has been known for, its Windows operating system. According to a report from Synergy Research Group, the overall cloud infrastructure market grew by 45% in the last quarter.
- Market Realist•8 hours ago
Why Verizon Took a $4.6 Billion Charge for Oath
In Verizon’s (VZ) filing with the SEC on December 11, the company announced that it’s taking a $4.6 billion goodwill impairment charge for Oath—its media business. Verizon formed Oath by combining Yahoo and AOL assets. Verizon spent $4.8 billion to acquire Yahoo and $4.4 billion to acquire AOL. Verizon wrote off almost 50% of the unit’s combined value.
- Quartz•9 hours ago
The Google Pixel Slate’s advantages over the iPad Pro aren’t enough to merit buying one
Sometimes a device comes along that really changes the way you think about what you need in a computer. Sadly, though, that's not Google's new tablet, the Pixel Slate. For me, that was Apple's latest iPad Pro, which refined a design it's been fiddling with for eight years, to the point I purchased one for…
- Bloomberg•11 hours ago
Almost Everyone Involved in Facial Recognition Sees Problems
On Tuesday, the Algorithmic Justice League and the Center of Privacy & Technology at Georgetown University Law Center unveiled the Safe Face Pledge, which asks companies not to provide facial AI for autonomous weapons or sell to law enforcement unless explicit laws are debated and passed to allow it. Microsoft Corp. last week said the software carries significant risks and proposed rules to combat the threat. Research group AI Now, which includes AI researchers from Google and other companies, issued a similar call.
- Bloomberg•15 hours ago
UBS Prepares Cloud Move to Secret Microsoft Data Centers
Switzerland’s largest bank may begin to store data at Microsoft’s purpose-built facilities near Zurich and Geneva as soon as next year, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. It would be a big win for Microsoft over rivals Google and Amazon.com Inc. after the company gambled on building facilities in Switzerland.
- Bloomberg•15 hours ago
UBS Prepares Cloud Move to Secret Microsoft Data Centers
Switzerland’s largest bank may begin to store data at Microsoft’s purpose-built facilities near Zurich and Geneva as soon as next year, the people said, asking not to be identified because the matter is private. It would be a big win for Microsoft over rivals Google and Amazon.com Inc. after the company gambled on building facilities in Switzerland.
Zacks•23 hours agoMicrosoft (MSFT) Gains As Market Dips: What You Should Know
Microsoft (MSFT) closed the most recent trading day at $108.59, moving +0.93% from the previous trading session.
- Investor's Business Daily•yesterday
Stock Market Struggles To Hold Early Gains; How To Analyze Microsoft Stock Chart
In Tuesday's stock market, some stocks were sending mixed messages. The stocks gapped up, which is bullish, but in slow volume which is not.
- Zacks•yesterday
Here's Why Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Looks Like a Buy Right Now
Microsoft (MSFT) stock has been hurt far less during the recent market downturn than some of its fellow titans such as Apple (AAPL) and Amazon (AMZN). And right now, the historic tech powerhouse's stock looks like a buy based on its growth outlook and positive earnings revision trends.
- TheStreet.com•yesterday
Why Tech Giants Like Amazon Are Designing Their Own Chips -- And Who Benefits
With almost each passing month, the number of custom chip projects launched by major tech companies continues to swell. added to the list of known custom chip projects in November at its AWS re:Invent conference. There, the company showed off Graviton, a server CPU based on the ARM microarchitecture that will power new cloud computing instances offered by AWS.
