MSFT - Microsoft Corporation
| Previous close | 105.43 |
| Open | 105.40 |
| Bid | 104.80 x 3200 |
| Ask | 104.81 x 800 |
| Day's range | 104.70 - 105.82 |
| 52-week range | 71.28 - 105.82 |
| Volume | 12,932,479 |
| Avg. volume | 25,874,114 |
| Market cap | 805.123B |
| Beta | 1.24 |
| PE ratio (TTM) | 70.85 |
| EPS (TTM) | 1.48 |
| Earnings date | 19 Jul 2018 |
| Forward dividend & yield | 1.68 (1.65%) |
| Ex-dividend date | 2018-08-15 |
| 1y target est | 112.56 |
Associated Press•12 minutes agoAP Exclusive: Billionaires fuel US charter schools movement
Dollar for dollar, the beleaguered movement to bring charter schools to Washington state has had no bigger champion than billionaire Bill Gates. The Microsoft co-founder gave millions of dollars to see a charter school law approved despite multiple failed ballot referendums. All told, the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given about $25 million to the charter group that is credited with keeping the charter schools open after the state struck down the law, and then lobbying legislators to revive the privately run, publicly funded schools.
- Engadget•2 hours ago
Microsoft and National Geographic team up on AI research grant
Microsoft and National Geographic are partnering on a new grant program that
- CNBC•3 hours ago
CEO of the world's largest asset manager is worried that tech shares are the only stocks doing well
“If you strip out a handful of outperforming tech stocks, the lack of breadth in the equity markets is troubling,” says BlackRock CEO Larry Fink. Amazon, Netflix, Microsoft and Apple are responsible for 83 percent of the S&P 500’s gain in 2018. “We are at a pivotal point.
- Motley Fool•4 hours ago
Why Microsoft Has Gone Up About 23% So Far This Year
The company is performing well, and investors are taking notice.
Market Realist•4 hours agoCan Microsoft Maintain Free Cash Flow Growth in Fiscal Q4 2018?
Microsoft (MSFT) has continued to generate strong free cash flow in the last five years. Strong growth in revenue across all its segments coupled with a large number of contract wins, particularly in the cloud domain, has helped the company to maintain such free cash flow growth. In the last five quarters, Microsoft also generated free cash flow at an average of $8.5 billion every year.
- Zacks•4 hours ago
Microsoft Stresses on Regulation of Facial Recognition Tech
Microsoft (MSFT) seeks government regulations on the use of facial recognition technology.
- CNBC•5 hours ago
A year ago, Microsoft overhauled its sales team — here's how it's paying off
Microsoft has been hiring and training people to help it better address key industries, including retail. The company has seen an increase in cloud partners. Microsoft MSFT has made progress in important ways following changes instituted in its sales organization last year, according to executives there.
- Zacks•5 hours ago
PC Shipments Witness Solid Growth in Q2 Per Gartner, IDC
The PC industry benefited in the second quarter from improving demand from business customers owing to migration to Windows 10.
Market Realist•5 hours agoCan Microsoft’s Gaming Business Deliver in Fiscal Q4 2018?
How is the gaming business performing? Microsoft’s (MSFT) gaming business is mainly driven by its Xbox gaming consoles and Xbox Live. The launch of Xbox One X last November has helped the company boost its gaming business.
- Business Wire•5 hours ago
GE and Microsoft Enter into their Largest Partnership to Date, Accelerating Industrial IoT Adoption for Customers
Expanded partnership will help industrial companies capture greater intelligence from IoT and asset data, boosts GE innovation across its business
- Zacks•5 hours ago
Funko, GTT, Netflix, Microsoft and Skyworks as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
Funko, GTT, Netflix, Microsoft and Skyworks as Zacks Bull and Bear of the Day
- Zacks•6 hours ago
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, UnitedHealth and Microsoft
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Johnson & Johnson, Novartis, UnitedHealth and Microsoft
- Motley Fool•7 hours ago
10 Stocks That Are Crushing the Market in 2018
Obliterating the market's performance this year, all of these stocks have risen 22% or more -- and seven have exceeded 50%
Market Realist•7 hours agoMicrosoft Expects High Unearned Revenue Growth in Fiscal Q4 2018
Microsoft (MSFT) continues to maintain strong growth in unearned revenue mainly triggered by its higher number of contract wins. The company expects unearned revenue in fiscal Q4 2018 to grow in the range of 38% to 39% as compared to Q3 2018. In the graph above, we can see the growth of unearned revenue for Microsoft in the last five quarters.
- Bloomberg•8 hours ago
How Amy Hood Won Back Wall Street and Helped Reboot Microsoft
The feeling in the air is a bit like the first day of school, and new hires are taking selfies outside in front of a big Microsoft logo. Hood tells the crowd that her job as chief financial officer is not simply to balance the books and plan spending, although she’s pretty good at that.
- India Today•9 hours ago
Microsoft is actively working on an Android smartphone: Report
Microsoft is actively working on a new line of phones based on Android software due for release sometime in early 2019, according to a new Windows Latest report
- News18•11 hours ago
Microsoft Could be Working on Android-Powered Smartphone
The report also reveals that the new smartphone will not be a part of the Lumia series seen before by Microsoft.
- CNBC•14 hours ago
Tell us what you think: What are you expecting from earnings this quarter?
Netflix, Microsoft and Goldman Sachs are slated to report this week. Analysts have forecast 20 percent earnings growth in the second quarter. Netflix NFLX is among the corporates that will lead the week's earnings announcements, with the streaming giant slated to report on Monday after the market close.
- Investing.com•yesterday
Economic Calendar - Top 5 Things To Watch This Week
Investing.com - Geopolitics could hang over the market in the coming week, as investors look ahead to an unprecedented meeting between U.S. President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday.
- Engadget•2 days ago
Recommended Reading: Microsoft bets big on a smaller Surface
> Surface Go is Microsoft's big bet on a tiny-computer future
- The Telegraph•2 days ago
Microsoft calls for government regulation to prevent abuse of facial recognition tech
Microsoft calls for government regulation to prevent abuse of facial recognition tech
- The Wall Street Journal•3 days ago
[$$] Microsoft Calls on Government to Regulate Facial-Recognition Technology
A top Microsoft Corp. executive is calling for the U.S. government to regulate facial-recognition technology, an area Apple Inc., Alphabet Inc.’s Google, Facebook Inc. and other tech-giant rivals have made significant bets, and where Microsoft has made its own investments. It is also the latest controversial topic Brad Smith, Microsoft’s president and chief legal officer, has taken on.
- Associated Press•3 days ago
Microsoft raises alarms about face recognition
REDMOND, Wash. (AP) — Microsoft is calling on Congress to regulate the use of facial recognition technology to protect people's privacy and freedom of expression.
- CNBC•3 days ago
'Fortnite' Season 5 is being played in real life
A version of "Fortnite" is being played in the real world. The video game has 125 million players and some of those gamers were surprised to find in-game items randomly popping up around the world. The famous llamas in "Fortnite" were spotted in London, Barcelona, Spain, Warsaw, Poland, Cologne, Germany, and Cannes , France.
- Zacks•3 days ago
Upcoming Tech Earnings to Watch: NFLX, MSFT, SWKS
Earnings growth is expected to be aplenty this season--although it will take a strong batch of marquee reports for investors to overlook global trade war uncertainty. One important battleground will be in the technology sector. Here are the most important tech earnings reports to watch next week.
