Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) traded at $490.11 at close of the session on Tuesday, June 24 and made an upward move of 0.85% on its previous day’s price.
Looking at the stock we see that its previous close was $486.0 and the beta (5Y monthly) reads 1.026 with the day’s price range being $486.795 – $491.849. The company has a trailing 12-month PE ratio of 37.87. In terms of its 52-week price range, MSFT has a high of $487.75 and a low of $344.79. The company’s stock has gained about 7.75% over that past 30 days.
Microsoft Corporation has a market cap of $3642.76 billion and is expected to release its quarterly earnings report on 2025-Apr-30. With its Forward Dividend at 2.41 and a yield of 0.49%, the company’s investors could be anxious for the MSFT stock to gain ahead of the earnings release.
On the other hand, looking at the outlook for the MSFT stock, short term indicators assign the stock an average of 100% Buy, while medium term indicators assign it an average of 100% Buy.
Based on estimates by 40 analysts, where scores have ranged from 1.00 for a strong buy to 5.00 for a strong sell, 3 have rated the Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock as a Hold, while 34 rate it as a Buy. 0 analyst(s) rate it as overweight while 1 of them rated it as underweight, whereas 2 suggest the stock as a Sell. The stock has an overall rating of Buy and investors could take advantage and scoop up stock of the company.
Looking further, we note that the PEG ratio for the MSFT stock currently stands at 2.61, and the current price level is 4.00% off its SMA20 and 11.59% from its 50-day simple moving average. The RSI (14) is pointing at 76.14 while the volatility over the past week is 0.98% and jumps to 0.79% over the past one month. The average price target for the stock over the next 12 months is $475, with the estimates having a low of $470 and a high of $595. These price ends are 4.1% and -21.4% off the current price level respectively, although investors could be excited at the prospect of a 3.08% if the MSFT share price touches on the median price of $475.
Coming back to Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), we note that the average 3-month trading volume was 22.87 million, while that of the preceding 10-day period stands at 20.08 million. Current shares outstanding are 7.43 billion.
The insiders hold 1.48% of the company’s shares while institutions hold 73.61%. The data shows that short shares as of 2025-05-30, stood at 58.18 million at a short ratio of 2.49. This represents a 78.00 short interest in shares outstanding on 2025-05-30. Shares short rose in May from the previous month at 50.31 million. Investors should be excited about this stock as its upside potential is great, with current price pushing the stock 9.96% up in year-to-date price movement.
