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▲ +$0.1300(+0.03%)4:00 PM ET - vs previous closeiQuote as of Aug 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT
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+15.8%Current price is above the 200-day average.
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2.20PEG above 2 can leave less room for execution misses.
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+13.1%Forward P/E sits above trailing — consensus expects earnings to fall from here.
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YahooBlizzard is now reportedly Microsoft's top studio, according to leaked email
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As of Aug 7, 2026, 4:00 PM EDT, Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) traded at $499.99, a +0.03% move versus the prior close, ranging between $498.73 and $505.18 intraday, and on volume of 28.85M shares. The stock has traded between $349.20 and $553.72 over the past 52 weeks, carries a market capitalization of $3.71T, trades at 27.85x trailing earnings, and yields 0.7% in dividends. Sell-side analysts rate MSFT Buy across 69 ratings and carry an average price target of $563.84 (+12.77% implied versus the last quote). MSFT's record close stands at $555.45, set on Jul 31, 2025.
Buy analyst tone. Latest catalyst: Blizzard is now reportedly Microsoft's top studio, according to leaked email (Yahoo). TECHi maps MSFT to 2 AI leaders and 2 major AI products, making the AI-infrastructure angle visible beside the quote. Premium valuation — growth priced in.
Balanced watch. Quality trend (80/100) is the strongest signal; news sentiment (42/100) is the main constraint. Model confidence is 30/100 — some inputs are unavailable, so treat this as a directional research screen rather than a forecast. Long-term secular context is tracked separately: 10 Years +875.7% total; yesterday 0%. Comparable past signals have verified against subsequent prices 16.3% of the time.
Expected-return math is scaled by beta and realized volatility before confidence is applied.
Short-horizon expected moves are volume-weighted so thin moves get less credit than confirmed tape.
Sector momentum is included beside the broader market regime.
Roadmap and developer-channel coverage provide additional issuer-level context.
Evergreen business strategy points migrated from /microsoft-stock/ for the quote page research layer.
The Microsoft pillar content now lives in /quote/MSFT/: Azure, Office, Copilot, security, AI infrastructure, and the enterprise distribution moat.
Microsoft is an enterprise cloud, productivity, Windows, gaming, security, and AI platform. The stock thesis depends on Azure growth, Microsoft 365 pricing power, Copilot monetization, OpenAI exposure, and disciplined AI infrastructure returns.
| Enterprise value | $3.82T |
| Price / sales | 11.19 |
| Price / book | 8.40 |
| Operating margin | 46.78% |
| Return on assets | 17.64% |
| EPS (TTM) | $17.95 |
| Beta (5Y) | 1.10 |
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