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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 July 1st.

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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Activision Blizzard (ATVI)
0.8336 of 5 stars		$94.42flat1.05%34.59N/AN/A
Apple (AAPL)
4.8584 of 5 stars		$198.78-1.9%0.52%31.55Moderate Buy$234.86
Invesco QQQ (QQQ)N/A$532.41-0.3%0.56%32.66Moderate Buy$532.41
Microsoft (MSFT)
4.5919 of 5 stars		$472.62+0.4%0.70%38.05Moderate Buy$513.89
NVIDIA (NVDA)
4.8814 of 5 stars		$142.83-0.8%0.03%56.21Moderate Buy$172.24
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