Technology
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Company profile: Delayed
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Regular-session price
Offline$487.30($490.00 after-hours, -0.54%)
-1.12% regular session
1Y Change
-7.07%
Window
Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026
Investment Snapshot
Valuation, growth, profitability, catalysts, and benchmark context.
1D
-1.1%
1M
+26.8%
6M
+24.6%
YTD
+3.7%
1Y
-7.1%
Coverage: 251 bars · Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026
Research Briefing
A compact read on the setup, peer context, quarterly changes, and recent earnings reaction.
Research Snapshot
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) is a Technology stock with listed on NASDAQ. The stock last traded around $487.30 and down 7.1% across the available one-year price window (Aug 5, 2025 → Aug 5, 2026). Baseline metrics include revenue growth of +17.8%, EPS growth of +31.4%, a dividend yield of 0.8%. What stands out right now is revenue +17.8%, EPS +31.4%, free cash flow -6.5% with operating margin 46.8% and ROIC 21.3%. The dividend is present but secondary, with a yield around 0.8%. Valuation already assumes a fairly strong business story at P/E 24.6 and price/sales 9.7. Overall, the current profile looks closer to a quality compounder than a generic broad-market placeholder. Stock Foundry combines MSFT price history, valuation, growth, dividend context, earnings, analyst forecasts, news, related Technology peers on this page.
Sector Context
How this name stacks up against nearby peers on first-pass metrics.
Revenue Growth
Above sector median
+17.8% vs +11.8% peer median
Operating Margin
Above sector median
+46.8% vs +27.8% peer median
P/E
Above sector median
24.6 vs 19.0 peer median
What Changed This Quarter
Latest report context and the signals most likely to have changed the story.
Latest report landed above expectations
Q3 2026 was reported on Jul 29, 2026 with an EPS surprise of +11.8%.
The operating story is still moving forward
Revenue is running at +17.8% and EPS at +31.4%, with operating margin around 46.8%.
The next real check-in already has a date
The next earnings event is scheduled for Oct 29, 2026, which is the clearest near-term catalyst for confirming whether the current trend is holding up.
Earnings Reaction Memory
How the stock has tended to move after recent reports.
Across the last 3 reported quarters, the stock averaged +3.0% over the next 5 trading days and finished higher after 1 of those reports.
| Quarter | EPS Delta | 1D | 5D | 20D |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Q3 2026 Jul 29, 2026 | +11.8% | +15.5% | +25.6% | -- |
Q2 2026 Apr 29, 2026 | +4.9% | -3.9% | -2.5% | +0.6% |
Q1 2026 Jan 28, 2026 | +5.6% | -10.0% | -14.0% | -16.6% |
Benchmark Edge
Normalized return, excess return, max drawdown, and calendar-year wins against the benchmarks investors actually use.
Relative Read
MSFT is 29.61 pts behind over the shared 1Y window.
MSFT had 25.78 pts deeper max drawdown than SPY.
MSFT beat SPY in 0 of 2 calendar years shown and trailed in 2.
MSFT
-7.07%
Normalized return
SPY
+22.54%
S&P 500
Excess Return
-29.61 pts
Relative to SPY
MSFT Max Drawdown
-34.91%
Trailing 1Y
SPY Max Drawdown
-9.13%
Trailing 1Y
Uses the longest available daily history for MSFT and SPY.
| Year | MSFT | SPY | Excess | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | +3.70% | +12.64% | -8.94 pts | SPY |
| 2025 | -7.63% | +9.40% | -17.03 pts | SPY |
Company Overview
Microsoft Corporation
NASDAQ Global Select
Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports software, services, devices, and solutions worldwide. The company operates in three segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers Office, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft Viva, and Skype for Business; Skype, Outlook.com, OneDrive, and LinkedIn; and Dynamics 365, a set of cloud-based and on-premises business solutions for organizations and enterprise divisions. The Intelligent Cloud segment licenses SQL, Windows Servers, Visual Studio, System Center, and related Client Access Licenses; GitHub that provides a collaboration platform and code hosting service for developers; Nuance provides healthcare and enterprise AI solutions; and Azure, a cloud platform. It also offers enterprise support, Microsoft consulting, and nuance professional services to assist customers in developing, deploying, and managing Microsoft server and desktop solutions; and training and certification on Microsoft products. The More Personal Computing segment provides Windows original equipment manufacturer (OEM) licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows Commercial, such as volume licensing of the Windows operating system, Windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and Windows Internet of Things. It also offers Surface, PC accessories, PCs, tablets, gaming and entertainment consoles, and other devices; Gaming, including Xbox hardware, and Xbox content and services; video games and third-party video game royalties; and Search, including Bing and Microsoft advertising. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online stores, and retail stores. Microsoft Corporation was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
SEC Operational KPIs
Latest operating KPIs extracted from recent SEC filing text for MSFT.
"Commercial remaining performance obligation increased 84% to $678 billion."
"14,000 were in general and administration."
"Microsoft Cloud revenue increased 27% to $214.4 billion."
"| Cost of revenue | 106,374 | 87,831 | 21% |"
"| Operating expenses | 70,228 | 65,365 | 7% |"
Valuation, growth, profitability, and balance sheet signals.
Next Step
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