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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT)$449.14 USD ( As of 05/13/25 ) |
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Data Overview
| Target Price | $503.00 |
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| 52 Week High-Low | $467.56 - $354.56 |
| 20 Day Average Volume | 22,011,312 |
| Beta | 0.99 |
| Market Cap | 3,339.14 B |
| Dividend / Div Yld | $3.32 / 0.74% |
| Industry | Computer - Software |
| Industry Rank | 54 / 245 (Top 22%) |
| Current Ratio | 1.37 |
| Debt/Capital | 11.02% |
| Net Margin | 35.79% |
| Price/Book (P/B) | 10.37 |
| Price/Cash Flow (P/CF) | 30.24 |
| Earnings Yield | 2.96% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.12 |
| Value Score |  |
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| P/E (F1) | 33.78 |
| P/E (F1) Rel to Industry | 24.03 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.29 |
| P/S (F1) | 12.37 |
| P/S (TTM) | 12.37 |
| P/CFO | 30.24 |
| P/CFO Rel to Industry | 1.01 |
| EV/EBITDA Annual | 25.37 |
| Growth Score |  |
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| Proj. EPS Growth (F1/F0) | 12.72% |
| Hist. EPS Growth (Q0/Q-1) | 16.41% |
| Qtr CFO Growth | 10.29 |
| 2 Yr CFO Growth | 48.97 |
| Return on Equity (ROE) | 32.74% |
| (NI - CFO) / Total Assets | -134.68 |
| Asset Turnover | 0.51 |
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| 1 week Volume change | -13.23% |
| 1 week Price Cng Rel to Industry | 3.00% |
| (F1) EPS Est 1 week change | 0.00% |
| (F1) EPS Est 4 week change | 1.97% |
| (F1) EPS Est 12 week change | 1.90% |
| (Q1) EPS Est 1 week change | 0.16% |
Summary
Microsoft has a dominant position in the desktop PC market, with its operating systems being used in the majority of PCs worldwide. The company’s strategic growth investments in cloud business and AI are a positive. The launch of Surface LTE and the new generation of Windows 10 PCs from its OEM partners bodes well for the company. Also, Microsoft’s recent blockchain deals with Hapoalim and Accenture and its Coco framework are tailwinds. We expect rapid adoption of Azure and Office 365 to remain the key catalysts in the near future. We believe that collaborations with Amazon, Red Hat, Symantec, Cray and PAREXEL are positive for the company's growth prospects. We also believe that Microsoft’s strategic initiatives to enter the augmented reality and virtual reality market will be positives. However, it's business reorganization and “cloud-first mobile-first” execution risks remain. Competition remains stiff.
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The data on the front page and all the charts in the report represent market data as of 05/13/25, while the report's text is as of 03/06/2018
Overview
Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft Corporation is one of the largest broad-based technology providers in the world today. Although software is the most important revenue source, the company’s offerings also include hardware and online services. Additionally, Microsoft offers support services in the form of consultation, training and certification of system integrators and developers.
Microsoft reported revenues of $96.66 billion in fiscal 2017, which increased 5% over fiscal 2016. The company ended the year with $15 billion in commercial cloud revenue.
Microsoft reports operations under three segments: Productivity & Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud and More Personal Computing.
Productivity & Business Processes (31.5% of fiscal 2017 revenues) includes the Office and Dynamics CRM businesses. Office 365 Consumer subscribers increased to 27 million at the end of fiscal 2017.
Intelligent Cloud (28.4% of fiscal 2017 revenues) includes server, and enterprise products and services. At the end of fiscal 2017, commercial cloud annualized revenue run rate exceeded $18.9 billion.
More Personal Computing (40.1% of fiscal 2017 revenues) comprises mainly the Windows, Gaming, Devices and Search businesses. At the end of fiscal 2017, Xbox Live monthly active users were 53 million.
Reasons To Buy:
The enterprise refresh cycle, new subscription model, Azure and promising new products will continue to generate sizeable cash flows.
Microsoft has a dominant position in the desktop PC market, with its operating systems being used in the majority of PCs worldwide. This is particularly true of the enterprise where the company generates much of its revenue and profits. But enterprise computing is undergoing changes with companies increasingly opting for the BYOD (bring-your-own-device) model. This has allowed competing platforms from Apple and Google with their very strong mobile ecosystems to increase penetration at the enterprise. So Microsoft is introducing new and improved Surface devices that could encourage enterprises to stick with Windows as they move toward BYOD and cloud computing. Microsoft’s advantages in this respect are two-fold. First, the company has a very large installed base of Office users. Most legacy data is based on Office, so enterprises are usually reluctant to use other productivity solutions. Second, the BYOD model is dependent on security and cloud integration, both of which are Microsoft’s strengths. As a result, Microsoft has been largely successful at retaining enterprise customers. With Windows 10, Microsoft is able to offer a seamless experience across devices, further improving its BYOD prospects. The enterprise PC market has been impacted over the last two years by supply chain issues, the drive to transfer computing operations to the cloud, tablet cannibalization, as well as weak macro conditions. Of these, the strongest challenge was related to tablets and independent research companies have said that this shift may have run its course. It is worth noting that despite the many pressures, Microsoft’s dominant position in the traditional PC market and successive iterations of Windows platforms continue to generate solid revenues and cash flows for the company. This strength may be expected to continue as enterprise adoption of Windows 10 and consumer shift to Windows-as-a-service gathers momentum.
Microsoft has doubled down on the cloud computing opportunity. In the cloud computing era, information and applications are increasingly stored, managed and protected in the cloud, from where only necessary amounts are accessed by devices of varying shapes, sizes, weights, functions and portability. As a result, software providers are increasingly offering their tools as-a-service on the basis of subscriptions for specified periods. This has opened the market to build suitable cloud infrastructure, where Microsoft with its Azure platform is second only to Amazon. Microsoft also offers a hybrid cloud solution that enables the integration of existing IT infrastructure with the public cloud. It is also increasingly entering into strategic collaborations with competitors like salesforce, Oracle and even Google to improve the experience of Microsoft platforms. The company is also pursuing growth in the SMB segment through partnerships with infrastructure providers such as GoDaddy. We think that growth prospects here are extremely bright, as organizations increasingly rely on private, public or hybrid clouds.
Microsoft is one of the three largest providers of gaming hardware. Its Xbox console was one of the first gaming devices of its kind. Microsoft supplemented the hardware with a number of popular video game titles. It also introduced the Xbox Live online gaming service, which enabled subscribers to play online Xbox games with each other and download new games directly onto the device. Non-gaming applications, such as Facebook, Twitter, Netflix, Last.fm, Sky, Canal and Zune were also made available through Xbox Live. Xbox One, the latest of its game consoles had a relatively weak startand is unlikely to catch up with Sony’s market-leading platform PS4 despite Microsoft’s adding games and features including the Cortana personal assistant for quick access to and interaction with desired content and people, and Windows 10 integration that will allow streaming on connected Windows 10 computing devices. Microsoft has long since dissociated Kinect from the device, which allowed it to lower the price. This platform has assumed greater importance for Microsoft because it marks its entry into the living room.
Microsoft’s Bing search engine is taking market share largelyfrom smaller rivals and benefiting from its agreement with Yahoo. Strategic actions, such as the agreement with HP to put Bing as the default search engine on its PCs have also helped. Also, Apple and Google are increasingly competing with each other in the mobile segment, which is proving to be of strategic importance to Microsoft. With iOS 9, Apple is making its personal assistant Siri central to the iOS experience and Siri uses Bing to a certain extent. It’s very likely that Apple will want to reduce reliance on any other company for search, but until it is able to do the requisite indexing, Bing is likely to remain a part of the story. Facebook has also chosen Bing to support its “Graph Search”. While Office is the window to capture work-related consumption of Microsoft services, a search engine is an important window to capture personal consumption. Also, Microsoft has tied Bing into its Windows 10 OS, such that it will become the default search cum assistant for users. Since it will become hard to avoid Bing for daily use, it can be an effective tool to steal share from Google.
Management execution has been good in recent times. This has helped Microsoft build cash and short term investments balance of $142.8 billion. The significant amount of cash provides the flexibility required to pursue any growth strategy, whether by way of acquisitions or otherwise. Additionally, while the mix of hardware sales in any given quarter results in gross margin fluctuations, the focus on cost reduction has increased, which is a positive for cash flow. This is not a mean feat considering that the business is undergoing a massive transition related to secular shifts in its served markets.
Reasons To Sell:
Microsoft's business reorganization and “cloud-first mobile-first” execution risks remain. Competition is stiff and its dominant position in the PC market continues to be challenged.
Our immediate concern about Microsoft is regarding the softness in the core computing market. The company is dependent on this market for the largest chunk of its revenue. Microsoft continues to be impacted by the tablet and mobile cannibalization of computers. This is a secular negative for the company and the future growth of Windows is greatly dependent on its ability to build position in mobile devices, particularly tablets. The distribution story is still a work in progress however although Microsoft has made some headway with important alliances with companies like HP and Dell, as well as other smaller distributors. Emerging markets remain a positive, although they are essentially price sensitive, so Microsoft is likely to see stiff competition from Android and Chrome at multiple price points while Apple will makes things difficult at the high end.
Microsoft is the dominant provider of operating systems into the PC market. So any new player, or any technology advancement in the space, unless by Microsoft itself, results in market share erosion. While Google Chromebooks/ Android tablets and Apple Macintosh/iPad are splitting the market, Microsoft’s opportunity lies in its ability to transition rapidly to a cloud and mobile focus. To date, the sales of many Microsoft products are tied to the attach rates of its Windows OS, but as more of its products are made available under an as-a-service model (like Office 365) on even competing platforms, there can be new revenue streams compensating for the loss of Windows licensing fees. The transition period is not likely to be easy and execution will be key.
Microsoft is seeing increased competition from all quarters. Particularly, Google seems to be present in all its markets. Although Google’s focus has in the past been on search and online advertising, while Microsoft’s has been on selling its software, the two companies are increasingly pitted against each other because of the conditions in the market. Google is now interested in not just search, but also other digital goods, cloud infrastructure and hardware while Microsoft is targeting search advertising to make good some of the losses resulting from the emergence of Android/Chrome while also entering new devices. Google is seeing tremendous success, with its Android OS emerging as the leading platform for smartphones and increasingly, tablets. Its chromebooks are also seeing a good deal of success. We are particularly concerned since the PC market in developed nations is mature, while that in developing nations is cost-sensitive. Microsoft could lose out due to lack of market growth in developed nations and the cost of its OS in developing nations (Windows 10 will have a positive effect on consumer adoption, but the enterprise story is unlikely to change much). Moreover, Apple’s Macintosh has a loyal customer base, which is an additional pressure in the high end computing market, while its iPads are tough competition in the tablet segment. Apple has also tied with IBM and SAP, which should have a positive impact on its enterprise penetration. The gaming console market is also very competitive, since Sony and Nintendo are equally strong. Moreover, there is severe price competition in this market and successful gaming titles are a must in order to push sales.
We note that the Microsoft currently has a trailing 12 month P/B ratio of 9.22. This level compares unfavorably to some extent with what the industry saw over the last year. The ratio is higher than the average level of 7.66 and is towards its higher end of the valuation range over this period. Hence, valuation looks slightly stretched from a P/B perspective.
Last Earnings Report
Quarter Ending 03/2025
| Report Date | Apr 30, 2025 |
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| Sales Surprise | 2.46% |
| EPS Surprise | 8.13% |
| Quarterly EPS | 3.46 |
| Annual EPS (TTM) | 12.94 |
Microsoft delivered second-quarter fiscal 2018 earnings of 96 cents per share, which beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 10 cents. The figure rallied 20% on a year-over-year basis.
Revenues of $28.92 billion increased almost 12% from the year-ago quarter (up 11% in constant currency or cc). Further, the figure marginally exceeded the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $28.35 billion. Revenues were positively impacted primarily due to strategic growth investments in cloud business and Artificial Intelligence (“AI”) alongwith robust sales implementation. LinkedIn contributed 4 points of revenue growth.
Microsoft stated that better-than-expected performance in large markets like France, the United States and Western Europe drove top-line growth.
Commercial unearned revenues were $20.2 billion, up 18.1% year over year and marginally higher than Microsoft’s expectation, primarily owingto strong customer commitments to Azure and FX benefit.
Annuity mix was 86%, while commercial bookings grew 7% (4% at cc). New Commercial cloud business revenues were approximately $5.3 billion, growing 56% year over year.
Azure, Office 365 and Dynamics 365 Drives Growth
Productivity & Business Processes include the Office and Dynamics CRM businesses. Revenues jumped 25% (up 24% at cc) on a year-over-year basis to $9 billion. The increase was primarily owingto LinkedIn revenuesstepping up, which contributed 15 points of growth.
The Commercial business (products + Office 365 & related cloud services) revenues were up 10% from year-ago level (up 10% cc). Office 365 commercial revenues grew 41% (41% at cc) driven by strong installed base growth and average revenues per user (ARPU) expansion.
Office 365 adoption remained strong during the quarter. Office 365 Commercial seat grew 30% during the quarter in line with the expectation.
The Consumer business revenues advanced 12% (11% at cc) year over year in the quarter, on the back ofOffice 365 recurring subscription revenuesand growth in its subscriber base. Office 365 consumer subscribers are now at 29.2 million, up from 28 million in the previous quarter.
Dynamics business grew 10% (9% at cc). Dynamics 365 revenues soared 67% (68% at cc).
LinkedIn contributed revenues of $1.3 billion, better than management’s guidance of $1.2 billion. LinkedIn sessions were up more than 20% for the fifth consecutive quarter.
Moreover, user engagement, customer acquisition, renewals, and upsell performance during the quarter remained strong.
Intelligent Cloud includes server and enterprise products and services. The segment reported revenues of $7.8 billion, up 15% driven by strong performance in hybrid cloud.
Server product and cloud services revenues went up 18% year over year (same at cc). The high point was Azure revenues, which soared 98% at cc on a year-over-year basis. Microsoft noted that Azure premium revenues grew triple digits for the 14th consecutive quarter.
Adoption remains strong as evident from growing customer base. Azure has been selected by the likes of United Technologies and Columbia Sportswear.
Data center expansion continues with Azure now in 42 regions globally, more than any other cloud provider.
Enterprise service revenues grew 5% (3% at cc) in the reported quarter, owing to growth in Premier Support Services and Microsoft Consulting Services. However, declines in custom support agreements related to Windows 2003 remains a headwind.
More Personal Computing comprises mainly the Windows, Gaming, Devices and Search businesses. Revenues were up 2% year over year to $12.2 billion. Excluding phone business, revenues grew 4% (same at cc).
Windows OEM revenues increased 4% (same at cc). Windows OEM pro revenues increased 11% (same at cc) on a year-over-year basis, ahead of the overall commercial PC market. Moreover, windows commercial products and cloud services revenues decreased 4% on a year-over-year basis (5% at cc) mainly due to the impact of large deals in the previous year.
During the quarter, the company unveiled Surface LTE and a new generation of Windows 10 PCs from its OEM partners.
Recently, the company also acquired PlayFab, which assists 700 million and more gamers with above 1,200 games from companies like Disney, Rovio and Atari. The acquisition will help Microsoft to extend investments in Azure to provide a world-class cloud platform for the gaming industry.
Gaming revenues increased 8% (same at cc), primarily driven by hardware revenue growth of 14% (13% at cc), with the launch Xbox One X. Strength in Xbox software and services revenues (up 4%) also supported the segmental growth. Xbox Live monthly active users were up 7% to 59 million active users.
Surface revenues increased 1% (flat at cc) from the year-ago quarter primarily due to higher sales of the new Surface Laptop, Pro with LTE and the new Surface Book 2 in both the commercial and consumer segments.
Search excluding traffic acquisition costs (TAC) revenues grew 15% (same at cc) as both search volume and revenues per search (RPS) improved.
Operating Results
Microsoft’s gross margin came in at 62%, flat year over year, primarily owing to favorable revenues mix along with commercial cloud margin improvement. LinkedIn contributed almost 5 points of gross margin growth.
Commercial cloud gross margin was 55%, up 7 points year over year.
Operating expenses of $9.2 billion were up 14% from the year-ago quarter. FX added 1 point of growth to operating expenses. LinkedIn contributed 10 points of growth, including $154 million of amortization of acquired intangible expense.
As a result, operating margin contracted 60 bps on a year-over-year basis to 30%. LinkedIn contribution had minimal effect on operating margin. Excluding the cost of amortization of acquired intangibles, LinkedIn contributed $111 million to operating income.
Balance Sheet
Microsoft ended with cash and short-term investments balance of $142.8 billion, up $138.5 billion from the previous quarter. Total debt amounted to $89.26 billion. The company returned $5 billion to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends in the reported quarter.
Guidance
For third-quarter fiscal 2018, Microsoft expects foreign exchange to increase revenues growth by 2 points, COGS growth by 1 point and operating expenses growth also by 1 point.
The company anticipates that solid renewal and increasing customer demand for Microsoft’s hybrid cloud services and new cloud solutions like Microsoft 365 will continue to drive commercial business growth.
Management expects dollar volume of EA expirations to return to growth in the third quarter, which will positively impact commercial bookings. Microsoft anticipates commercial unearned revenues to decline 2-3%, sequentially.
Microsoft expects commercial cloud gross margin to improve on a year-over-year basis, backed by Azure margin improvement.
Productivity and Business Processes revenues are expected between $8.6 billion and $8.8 billion. Office 365 commercial and consumer growth will continue in the upcoming quarter, with growth rates consistent with second quarter. Dynamics revenues are expected to grow double digit, driven by the ongoing shift to Dynamics 365. LinkedIn revenues are projected to be $1.2 billion, growing above 20%.
Intelligent Cloud revenues are projected between $7.55 billion and $7.75 billion, with another quarter of double-digit revenue growth across server products and cloud services. Management expects Enterprise Services revenue growth to be similar to last quarter, driven by Premier Support Services mitigating declines in custom support agreements.
More Personal Computing revenues are anticipated between $9.1 billion and $9.4 billion. Windows OEM revenues should track roughly in-line with the overall PC market. Specifically, OEM Pro revenue growth should be more aligned to the commercial PC market.
Surface revenues expected to be up on a year-over-year basis, as the transition to the new Surface Pro, Surface Laptop and Surface Book 2 continues. However, the same is projected to decline sequentially. Management expects double-digit revenues growth in search ex-TAC, reflecting continued strong performance in both rate and volume.
Gaming revenues are anticipated to grow due to the launch of the Xbox One console and consistent healthy growth of software and services revenue. Higher mix of Gaming hardware revenues will significantly impact both segment and the company’s gross margin percentages.
Microsoft expects COGS between $9 billion and $9.2 billion, in the normal range for a holiday quarter with new device launches and including 1 point of FX headwind.
Management projects operating expenses of $9.1 billion-$9.2 billion, which includes 1 point of FX headwind.
For the fiscal year 2018, Microsoft expects FX to increase revenue, COGS and operating expense growth at the company level by 1 point. Gross margin is expected to be flat year over year. Management now expects operating expense growth, including LinkedIn, to be between $36.4 billion and$36.7 billion.
Management now anticipates operating margin, including LinkedIn, to be slightly up year over year. Excluding LinkedIn the company expects operating margin to improve by more than a point.
Recent News
On Feb 28, 2018, Microsoft and Sunseap Group inked a deal that marks Microsoft's first clean energy deal in Asia to create the single-largest solar energy portfolio in Singapore.
On Jan 22, 2018, Microsoft announced its alliance with Accenture, to help improve lives through digital identity as a part of ID2020 Alliance.
On Jan 3, 2018, Microsoft announced it was acquiring Avere Systems for an undisclosed amount.
On Jan 3, 2018, Microsoft announced the launch of its new ad for PUBGf or its gaming console called Xbox One X.
On Dec 13, 2017, Microsoft launched new features on its Bing search engine powered by artificial intelligence.
On Nov 27, 2017, Microsoft and SAP SE expanded their partnership to enable a seamless transition to cloud infrastructure for enterprises and better management of scalable workloads and critical applications.
On Nov 7, 2017, Microsoft launched its new gaming console Xbox One X. The device is 40% powerful than existing consoles in the market. It has also the largest games line-up in the consoles history, with more than 70 Xbox One X compatible titles coming in the first week and more than 50 available on the launch day.
On Nov 2, 2017, Microsoft announced its second European wind project in the Netherlands with Vattenfall. The company will purchase 100% of the wind energy generated from a repowered and expanded wind farm, which is adjacent to its local datacenter operations in the Netherlands.
On Nov 1, 2017, Microsoft and Attunity announced an expanded strategic partnership for enabling data migration and replication initiatives.
On Oct 24, 2017, Microsoft and PAREXEL announced a technology development alliance aimed at driving innovation across the life sciences industry with technology powered by Microsoft Azure.
On Oct 23, 2017, Microsoft and Cray announced an exclusive strategic alliance that gives enterprises the tools to enable a new era of discovery and insight, while broadening the availability of supercomputing to new markets and new customers.
On Oct 16, 2017, Microsoft announced that Symantec is using the Microsoft Azure cloud to help deliver its Norton consumer products to a global community of more than 50 million people and families.
On Oct 12, 2017, Microsoft and Amazon.com announced a new deep learning library, called Gluon. The open source project is available for free to developers. Gluon’s python-based application programming interface (API) makes it easier for developers to build sophisticated machine learning models using simpler, concise codes. Amazon’s AI framework — Apache MXNet — currently supports Gluon. Further, the API will be supported by Microsoft’s Cognitive Toolkit (CNTK).
Industry Analysis(1)Zacks Industry Rank: NA
Top Peers
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| Salesforce Inc. (CRM) |
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| SAP SE (SAP) |
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| Adobe Inc. (ADBE) |
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| Intuit Inc. (INTU) |
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| Dassault Systemes SA (DASTY) |
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Industry Comparison Computer - Software | Position in Industry: 2 of 30 |
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| Market Cap | 3,339.14 B |
| # of Analysts | 16 |
| Dividend Yield | 0.74% |
| Value Score | |
| Cash/Price | 0.02 |
| EV/EBITDA | 25.37 |
| PEG Ratio | 2.29 |
| Price/Book (P/B) | 10.37 |
| Price/Cash Flow (P/CF) | 30.24 |
| P/E (F1) | 33.78 |
| Price/Sales (P/S) | 12.37 |
| Earnings Yield | 2.96% |
| Debt/Equity | 0.12 |
| Cash Flow ($/share) | 14.86 |
| Growth Score | |
| Hist. EPS Growth (3-5 yrs) | 16.41% |
| Proj. EPS Growth (F1/F0) | 12.72% |
| Curr. Cash Flow Growth | 26.68% |
| Hist. Cash Flow Growth (3-5 yrs) | 17.88% |
| Current Ratio | 1.37 |
| Debt/Capital | 11.02% |
| Net Margin | 35.79% |
| Return on Equity | 32.74% |
| Sales/Assets | 0.51 |
| Proj. Sales Growth (F1/F0) | 13.67% |
| Momentum Score | |
| Daily Price Chg | 2.40% |
| 1 Week Price Chg | 3.00% |
| 4 Week Price Chg | 15.85% |
| 12 Week Price Chg | 10.00% |
| 52 Week Price Chg | 8.59% |
| 20 Day Average Volume | 22,011,312 |
| (F1) EPS Est Wkly Chg | 0.00% |
| (F1) EPS Est Mthly Chg | 1.97% |
| (F1) EPS Est Qtrly Chg | 1.78% |
| (Q1) EPS Est Mthly Chg | 1.89% |
| X Industry | S&P 500 |
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| 6.18 B | 36.05 B |
| 4 | 20 |
| 0.00% | 1.53% |
| - | - |
| 0.05 | 0.04 |
| 17.36 | 14.06 |
| 2.37 | 2.33 |
| 6.04 | 3.50 |
| 23.08 | 14.14 |
| 27.77 | 18.97 |
| 7.33 | 2.97 |
| 3.48% | 5.26% |
| 0.12 | 0.58 |
| 2.97 | 9.00 |
| - | - |
| 11.65% | 9.81% |
| 12.61% | 6.67% |
| 9.93% | 6.74% |
| 10.31% | 7.07% |
| 1.25 | 1.19 |
| 11.57% | 38.56% |
| 13.37% | 12.33% |
| 17.57% | 16.92% |
| 0.50 | 0.52 |
| 7.70% | 4.19% |
| - | - |
| 1.96% | 3.26% |
| 0.14% | 3.43% |
| 10.93% | 8.11% |
| -1.00% | -4.42% |
| 0.00% | 11.93% |
| 297,138 | 2,538,772 |
| 0.00% | 0.00% |
| 0.00% | -0.13% |
| 0.54% | -0.73% |
| 0.00% | -0.69% |
| ORCL | CRM | SAP |
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| 439.74 B | 277.67 B | 360.58 B |
| 12 | 17 | 5 |
| 1.27% | 0.58% | 0.59% |
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| 0.04 | 0.05 | 0.04 |
| 23.84 | 20.91 | 46.23 |
| 2.70 | 2.05 | 4.24 |
| 25.48 | 4.52 | 7.43 |
| 22.63 | 20.85 | 50.80 |
| 26.06 | 25.99 | 43.17 |
| 7.88 | 7.33 | 9.56 |
| 3.84% | 3.85% | 2.32% |
| 5.10 | 0.14 | 0.15 |
| 6.95 | 13.85 | 5.78 |
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| 4.98% | 39.84% | -6.58% |
| 8.53% | 8.93% | 38.74% |
| 10.56% | 11.82% | -16.07% |
| 5.41% | 27.86% | 0.57% |
| 1.02 | 1.06 | 1.17 |
| 83.62% | 12.11% | 12.69% |
| 21.80% | 16.35% | 16.33% |
| 106.53% | 12.98% | 13.66% |
| 0.37 | 0.40 | 0.48 |
| 7.70% | 7.63% | 13.21% |
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| 4.58% | 4.87% | -0.16% |
| 5.31% | 5.94% | -3.01% |
| 16.77% | 13.46% | 13.09% |
| -9.73% | -11.55% | 0.97% |
| 35.10% | 4.07% | 54.51% |
| 7,539,637 | 5,209,745 | 1,524,872 |
| 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% |
| -0.03% | -0.17% | 2.72% |
| -2.84% | 0.09% | 4.14% |
| -0.07% | 0.03% | 2.17% |
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