Yahoo · Sep 4, 2026
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NASDAQ · MSFT
Microsoft Corporation
Technology · Software - Infrastructure
$510.12
Down-$10.03 (-1.97%)
Updated Sep 4, 2026, 5:03 PM
SID Score
7.1/10
Composite research score
Smart Money
59/100
Neutral
- Market cap
- 3.59T
- P/E ratio
- 34.27
- Dividend yield
- 0.84%
- 52-week range
- $349.20 – $517.78
- Volume
- 24.13M
- Avg. volume
- 24.76M
Price performance
MSFT price history
1M range · 21 trading sessions · Daily adjusted prices
MSFT closed at $510.12 after 21 trading sessions, up 2.05% for the selected period.
- Last close
- $510.12
- Period change
- +2.05%
- Period low
- $480.35
- Period high
- $513.53
Daily close
View OHLC price history
| Date | Open | High | Low | Close | Volume |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 3, 2026 | $501.66 | $515.65 | $500.80 | $510.12 | 24.13M |
| Sep 2, 2026 | $499.85 | $500.27 | $493.81 | $496.82 | 15.34M |
| Sep 1, 2026 | $497.52 | $505.97 | $496.78 | $501.02 | 21.05M |
| Aug 31, 2026 | $510.38 | $512.19 | $506.39 | $507.29 | 27.21M |
| Aug 28, 2026 | $505.33 | $517.78 | $504.8675 | $513.53 | 29.21M |
| Aug 27, 2026 | $494.88 | $506.48 | $490.08 | $505.06 | 28.69M |
| Aug 26, 2026 | $487.85 | $497.40 | $487.31 | $496.37 | 20.76M |
| Aug 25, 2026 | $485.44 | $492.435 | $484.30 | $491.71 | 19.52M |
| Aug 24, 2026 | $483.205 | $490.605 | $481.86 | $487.31 | 17.23M |
| Aug 21, 2026 | $479.88 | $486.36 | $478.53 | $483.24 | 22.51M |
| Aug 20, 2026 | $483.30 | $484.16 | $479.50 | $481.15 | 20.02M |
| Aug 19, 2026 | $480.065 | $489.30 | $479.36 | $484.31 | 19.96M |
| Aug 18, 2026 | $481.54 | $484.27 | $477.1505 | $481.63 | 24.09M |
| Aug 17, 2026 | $490.14 | $492.66 | $478.41 | $480.35 | 29.64M |
| Aug 14, 2026 | $496.355 | $500.01 | $493.92 | $495.40 | 16.22M |
| Aug 13, 2026 | $493.265 | $501.34 | $493.01 | $496.88 | 23.04M |
| Aug 12, 2026 | $499.99 | $501.50 | $491.52 | $492.43 | 29M |
| Aug 11, 2026 | $504.33 | $505.33 | $499.55 | $503.81 | 23.05M |
| Aug 10, 2026 | $503.44 | $513.73 | $502.27 | $506.06 | 31.21M |
| Aug 7, 2026 | $499.21 | $505.18 | $498.73 | $499.99 | 28.85M |
| Aug 6, 2026 | $488.55 | $501.555 | $488.52 | $499.86 | 36.44M |
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Overview
Company profile and research snapshot.
Company profile
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).
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Consensus and target data currently published for this company.
- Consensus
- Buy
- Average target
- $643.76
- Implied upside
- —
- Analysts
- 33
| Date | Firm | Rating | Target |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 1, 2026 | B of A Securities | Buy | — |
| Aug 12, 2026 | Wells Fargo | Overweight | — |
| Aug 5, 2026 | Tigress Financial | Buy | — |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Cantor Fitzgerald | Overweight | — |
| Jul 30, 2026 | Barclays | Overweight | — |
News briefing
Generated Sep 4, 2026, 3:18 PM
Why Is MSFT Down Today?
Microsoft shares declined 1.87% today despite a broadly positive market environment and several company-specific developments. The selloff appears to be profit-taking following strong recent performance, even as the company continues to demonstrate meaningful AI investments and revenue growth from its Azure cloud division.
Bottom line: Microsoft's 1.87% decline appears to be profit-taking in a broadly positive market rather than a reflection of deteriorating fundamentals, as the company continues to deliver evidence of AI ROI and substantial Azure revenue. Investors should view this pullback as an opportunity to reassess the valuation, while monitoring broader AI sector sentiment and competitive dynamics that could impact cloud infrastructure margins going forward.
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Interpretive context generated from the platform’s current data sources.
Microsoft Corporation Stock Performance
Microsoft Corporation shares traded at $510.12, reflecting a single-day decline of approximately 0.93%, per SID market data. Over the trailing one-month period, MSFT posted a modest gain of 0.81%, while the three-month return registered a substantially stronger 16.26%, indicating significant mid-term momentum. The trailing twelve-month return stood at 2.24%, suggesting relatively flat year-over-year performance despite the recent quarterly surge. Technically, the stock trades well above both its 50-day moving average of $438.34 and its 200-day moving average of $417.96, positioning price approximately 16.4% above the 50-day level, according to Massive/Polygon data. The 14-day RSI reads at a neutral 50.0, signaling neither overbought nor oversold conditions. Average daily trading volume stands at approximately 24.76 million shares. Microsoft's market capitalization currently registers at roughly $3.59 trillion, and the stock carries a beta of 1.07, indicating slight above-market volatility sensitivity.
Microsoft Corporation Valuation Analysis
Microsoft Corporation currently trades at a price-to-earnings ratio of 34.27, reflecting a premium valuation relative to the broader market, per SID market data. The PEG ratio stands at 11.45, suggesting that the current P/E significantly exceeds the company's earnings growth rate, a level that warrants scrutiny against historical norms for large-cap technology firms. The price-to-book ratio registers at 9.90, while the price-to-sales ratio sits at 12.33, both elevated multiples consistent with the market's pricing of Microsoft's durable competitive advantages in cloud computing and enterprise software. According to SEC filings, the company maintains a dividend yield of approximately 0.70%, providing a modest income component to total shareholder returns. Within the Technology sector, Microsoft's valuation metrics reflect its position as one of the most highly valued companies globally, with its $3.59 trillion market capitalization underscoring the scale premium embedded in the current share price.
Smart Money Activity for MSFT
Microsoft Corporation's composite smart money score stands at 59 out of 100, generating a neutral signal, per SID market data. The institutional sub-score registers a perfect 25 out of 25, indicating maximum institutional confidence and sustained accumulation by large fund managers. Congressional trading activity scores 24.9 out of 25, reflecting near-maximal buying interest among members of Congress, according to publicly disclosed congressional trade filings. In contrast, the insider trading sub-score sits at 0.0 out of 25, the lowest possible reading, despite notable transactional activity. According to SEC Form 4 filings, 20 insider transactions were recorded over the most recent 90-day period, comprising 13 purchases and 7 sales. The dark pool activity sub-score registers at 9.2 out of 25, suggesting below-average institutional block trading relative to historical norms. The divergence between strong institutional and congressional signals and weak insider metrics creates the moderate composite reading, warranting continued monitoring of insider transaction patterns for directional shifts.
Microsoft Corporation Earnings Outlook
Microsoft Corporation has demonstrated a consistent pattern of exceeding analyst consensus estimates across its most recent reported quarters. In the fiscal quarter reported on July 29, 2026, the company delivered earnings per share of $4.74 against a consensus estimate of $4.23, representing a positive surprise of $0.51, or approximately 12.1%, according to company earnings reports. The April 2026 quarter produced EPS of $4.27 versus the $4.07 estimate, a $0.20 upside beat. The January 2026 reporting period yielded EPS of $4.14 compared to the $3.86 consensus, a $0.28 positive surprise. Across these three quarters, Microsoft averaged a beat of approximately $0.33 per share. Looking ahead, analyst estimates for the February 2026 reporting period project EPS of $4.04. The sequential earnings trajectory from $4.14 to $4.27 to $4.74 reflects accelerating profitability, consistent with expanding margins in Azure cloud services and AI-related revenue streams.
Wall Street Analyst Ratings for MSFT
Wall Street consensus on Microsoft Corporation remains decisively bullish, with recent analyst actions uniformly reaffirming positive ratings. On September 1, 2026, B of A Securities reiterated its Buy rating on MSFT, according to Wall Street analyst reports. Wells Fargo maintained its Overweight rating on August 12, 2026, while Tigress Financial reaffirmed Buy on August 5, 2026. Following Microsoft's strong July earnings report, both Cantor Fitzgerald and Barclays reiterated Overweight ratings on July 30, 2026. Notably, none of the five most recent analyst actions involved a downgrade or rating change, with each firm maintaining its prior bullish stance, per SID consensus data. All five ratings fall within the Buy or equivalent Overweight category, reflecting unanimous confidence among covering analysts. The post-earnings clustering of reaffirmations on July 30 suggests that Microsoft's 12.1% earnings surprise reinforced existing bullish theses. No analyst among recent coverage initiated a Hold, Underweight, or Sell rating on the stock.
