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Microsoft Analysis: Trends, Predictions & Investment Insight

Dan Schmidt
Written by Dan Schmidt | Reviewed by Don Miller
April 29, 2024

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.
  • MarketBeat previews the top five stocks to own by June 1st.

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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Activision Blizzard (ATVI)
0.7839 of 5 stars		$94.42flat1.05%34.59N/AN/A
Apple (AAPL)
4.7766 of 5 stars		$202.09-2.3%0.51%32.08Moderate Buy$235.80
Invesco QQQ (QQQ)N/A$513.04-1.4%0.58%30.62Moderate Buy$513.04
Microsoft (MSFT)
4.8736 of 5 stars		$452.57-1.2%0.73%36.44Moderate Buy$512.63
NVIDIA (NVDA)
4.8018 of 5 stars		$131.80-1.9%0.03%51.87Moderate Buy$164.84
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