The price of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares last traded on Wall Street rose 2.19% to $456.73.
MSFT stock price is now 8.06% away from the 50-day moving average and 17.24% away from the 200-day moving average. The market capitalization of the company currently stands at $3394.56B.
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With the price target of $570, New Street recently initiated with Buy rating for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT). On June 07, 2024, Oppenheimer reiterated its ‘Outperform’ rating on the stock by increasing its target price from $450 to quote $500, while ‘Wells Fargo’ rates the stock as ‘Overweight’
In other news, Numoto Takeshi, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer sold 244 shares of the company’s stock on Jun 03 ’24. The stock was sold for $101,389 at an average price of $415.53. Upon completion of the transaction, the EVP, Chief Marketing Officer now directly owns 47,011 shares in the company, valued at $21.47 million. An SEC document containing details of the transaction can be found on the SEC’s website. On May 31 ’24, EVP, Chief Marketing Officer Numoto Takeshi sold 322 shares of the business’s stock. A total of $134,145 was realized by selling the stock at an average price of $416.60. This leaves the insider owning 47,255 shares of the company worth $21.58 million. A total of 1.47% of the company’s stock is owned by insiders.
During the past 12 months, Microsoft Corporation has had a low of $309.45 and a high of $456.17. As of last week, the company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.42, a current ratio of 1.24, and a quick ratio of 1.23. According to the stock market information, the enterprise value for the company is $3420773154816, which is based on a 39.57 price-to-earnings ratio, a 2.44 price-to-earnings-growth ratio, and a beta of 0.89. The fifty day moving average price for MSFT is $423.6942 and a two-hundred day moving average price translates $390.1819 for the stock.
The latest earnings results from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) was released for 2024-03-31. The net profit margin was 36.43% and return on equity was 38.49% for MSFT. The company reported revenue of $61.86 billion for the quarter, compared to $52.86 billion a year earlier. Comparatively to last year’s same quarter, the company’s quarterly revenue rose 17.03 percent.
