Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)
Technology · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for MSFT is $596.89, 12.8% above the last close of $529.05 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $446.98 to $737.85. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E29.5x
- P/E vs sector-11.7%
- P/E vs own+7.3%
- Target upside+12.8%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$3.93T
- FCF yield+1.7%
- Insiders-$75.4M
- Earnings in12d
- News
Why it moved
Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) fell 1.9% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Technology stocks fell 3.3%. Most of the move came from its sector.
29 stories on the day (30-day average 24.4).
- Microsoft's AI Chief Says It Built a Better Model Than OpenAI's With a Quarter of the Computing Power
- If AI Crumbles, Microsoft Wins
- Microsoft Q1 Preview: A 27.5x Stock, A $25 Billion Cost Problem, And A 60% Fix
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $529.05 · +4.3% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector▲ +1.1%
- MAs20▲ 50▲ 100▲ 200▲
- Above MAs4 of 4 above
- MA20×50—
- RSI57
- Support-4.0%
- Resistance0.0%
- Off 52w high-2.6%
- Off ATH-2.6%
- 52w range$529.05
- Bollingerupper half
- MACD0.27
- ATR+2.3%
- Volume1.1x
Analyst price targets
31 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $529.05 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 14 · Buy 41 · Hold 3 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q4 FY2026: Revenue +17.7% year over year, free cash flow 21.8% of revenue, operating margin 45.1%.
| Q4 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $90.01B | 4.80 | $19.64B | 67.2% | 45.1% | 39.7% |
| Q3 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $82.89B | 4.27 | $15.8B | 67.6% | 46.3% | 38.3% |
| Q2 FY2026 | Dec 31, 2025 | $81.27B | 5.16 | $5.88B | 68.0% | 47.1% | 47.3% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Sep 30, 2025 | $77.67B | 3.72 | $25.66B | 69.0% | 48.9% | 35.7% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $76.44B | 3.65 | $25.57B | 68.6% | 44.9% | 35.6% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $70.07B | 3.46 | $20.3B | 68.7% | 45.7% | 36.9% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2024 | $69.63B | 3.23 | $6.49B | 68.7% | 45.5% | 34.6% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2024 | $65.58B | 3.30 | $19.26B | 69.4% | 46.6% | 37.6% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $529.05 | -1.9% | -2.6% | +12.8% | 29.5 | $3.93T | |
| 2 |  | $186.03 | -7.2% | -11.0% | +10.5% | 157.7 | $428B | |
| 3 |  | $128.23 | -4.6% | -58.5% | +91.9% | 20.1 | $388B | |
| 4 |  | $342.00 | -7.6% | -18.6% | +11.1% | 777.3 | $280B | |
| 5 |  | $227.39 | -7.0% | -18.5% | +8.2% | 6,478.3 | $233B | |
| 6 |  | $169.13 | -7.0% | -13.2% | -6.4% | 59.6 | $124B | |
| 7 |  | $454.63 | -2.9% | -15.0% | +31.1% | 79.5 | $87.12B | |
| 8 |  | $77.89 | -2.4% | -8.2% | +23.1% | 139.1 | $46.77B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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