Microsoft Analysis: Trends, Predictions & Investment Insight

Key Points

  • Microsoft is the largest company in the world, with a market cap of over $3 trillion.
  • Microsoft rose to prominence thanks to operating systems like MS-DOS and Windows.
  • The stock spent 17 years in a bear market following the Dot Com Bubble but has been one of the market's best performers since 2017.
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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Activision Blizzard (ATVI)
0.6011 of 5 stars
$94.42flat1.05%34.59Hold$94.36
Apple (AAPL)
4.8047 of 5 stars
$189.72+1.2%0.53%29.51Moderate Buy$204.11
Invesco QQQ (QQQ)N/A$452.90+1.6%0.53%N/AN/AN/A
Microsoft (MSFT)
4.8547 of 5 stars
$423.08+1.6%0.71%36.63Moderate Buy$452.61
NVIDIA (NVDA)
4.7308 of 5 stars
$946.30+3.6%0.02%79.25Moderate Buy$966.55
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