Microsoft Corp.

  • Market Cap: Large Cap
  • Industry: Software Products
  • ISIN: US5949181045
USD
379.40
0.49 (0.13%)
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  • Financials
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stock-recommendationScore
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Comparison

Company
Score
Quality
Valuation
Financial
Technical
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Why is Microsoft Corp. ?

1
High Management Efficiency with a high ROE of 37.11%
2
The company is Net-Debt Free
3
Healthy long term growth as Net Sales has grown by an annual rate of 14.79% and Operating profit at 18.84%
4
Positive results in Mar 26
  • OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y) Highest at USD 170,141 MM
  • DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY) Highest at USD 4.54
  • NET SALES(Q) Highest at USD 82,886 MM
5
With ROE of 30.20%, it has a attractive valuation with a 6.78 Price to Book Value
  • The stock is trading at a premium compared to its peers' average historical valuations
  • Over the past year, while the stock has generated a return of -21.00%, its profits have risen by 26.2% ; the PEG ratio of the company is 0.9
6
High Institutional Holdings at 74.61%
  • These investors have better capability and resources to analyse fundamentals of companies than most retail investors.
7
Below par performance in long term as well as near term
  • Along with generating -21.00% returns in the last 1 year, the stock has also underperformed S&P 500 in the last 3 years, 1 year and 3 months
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Verdict Report

How much should you hold?

  1. Overall Portfolio exposure to Microsoft Corp. should be less than 10%
  2. Overall Portfolio exposure to Software Products should be less than 30%

(If sector exposure > 30%, please use optimiser tool to see which are the best stocks to hold in Software Products)

When to exit? - We will constantly monitor the company and suggest at the appropriate time to exit from the stock

Is Microsoft Corp. for you?

Medium Risk, Low Return

Absolute
Risk Adjusted
Volatility
Microsoft Corp.
-21.0%
-0.43
26.11%
S&P 500
25.41%
1.92
13.25%
stock-recommendationQuality
stock-summaryManagement Risk
stock-summaryGrowth
stock-summaryCapital Structure
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Quality grade scale :

Below Average, Average, Good, Excellent

Quality key factors

Factor
Value
Sales Growth (5y)
14.79%
EBIT Growth (5y)
18.84%
EBIT to Interest (avg)
39.26
Debt to EBITDA (avg)
0
Net Debt to Equity (avg)
-0.09
Sales to Capital Employed (avg)
0.73
Tax Ratio
18.29%
Dividend Payout Ratio
24.34%
Pledged Shares
0
Institutional Holding
74.61%
ROCE (avg)
62.25%
ROE (avg)
37.11%
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Valuation Scorecard stock-summary

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Valuation grade scale :

Very Risky, Risky, Very Expensive, Expensive, Fair, Attractive, Very Attractive

Valuation Key Factors stock-summary

Factor
Value
P/E Ratio
22
Industry P/E
Price to Book Value
6.78
EV to EBIT
18.30
EV to EBITDA
14.12
EV to Capital Employed
7.44
EV to Sales
8.54
PEG Ratio
0.86
Dividend Yield
5.86%
ROCE (Latest)
40.62%
ROE (Latest)
30.20%
stock-recommendationTechnicals

Technical key factors

Indicator
Weekly
Monthly
MACD
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
RSI
No Signal
No Signal
Bollinger Bands
Mildly Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Moving Averages
Mildly Bearish (Daily)
KST
Bearish
Mildly Bearish
Dow Theory
Mildly Bullish
Mildly Bearish
OBV
Mildly Bearish
No Trend
stock-recommendation Technical Indicator Scale: Bearish, Mildly Bearish, Sideways, Mildly Bullish, Bullish  Turned 
Technical Movement
stock-recommendationFinancial Trend

Financial Trend Scorecard stock-summary

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Financial Trend scale:

Very Negative, Negative, Flat, Positive, Very Positive, Outstanding

9What is working for the Company
OPERATING CASH FLOW(Y)

Highest at USD 170,141 MM

DIVIDEND PER SHARE(HY)

Highest at USD 4.54

NET SALES(Q)

Highest at USD 82,886 MM

RAW MATERIAL COST(Y)

Fallen by 1.61% (YoY

INVENTORY TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Highest at 97.59 times

-7What is not working for the Company
DIVIDEND PAYOUT RATIO(Y)

Lowest at 21.32%

INTEREST COVERAGE RATIO(Q)

Lowest at 6,242.29

DEBT-EQUITY RATIO (HY)

Highest at 11.38 %

DEBTORS TURNOVER RATIO(HY)

Lowest at 4.54 times

INTEREST(Q)

Highest at USD 778 MM

Here's what is working for Microsoft Corp.

Operating Cash Flow
Highest at USD 170,141 MM and Grown
In each year in the last three years
MOJO Watch
The company has generated higher cash revenues from business operations

Operating Cash Flows (USD MM)

Net Sales
Highest at USD 82,886 MM and Grown
In each period in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
Near term sales trend is very positive

Net Sales (USD MM)

Dividend per share
Highest at USD 4.54 and Grown
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing higher dividend from profits generated

DPS (USD)

Inventory Turnover Ratio
Highest at 97.59 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company has been able to sell its inventory faster

Inventory Turnover Ratio

Raw Material Cost
Fallen by 1.61% (YoY)
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to pass on the cost of raw materials to customers has improved; this may lead to a rise in profit margin

Raw Material Cost as a percentage of Sales

Here's what is not working for Microsoft Corp.

Interest Coverage Ratio
Lowest at 6,242.29
in the last five periods
MOJO Watch
The company's ability to manage interest payments is deteriorating

Operating Profit to Interest

Dividend Payout Ratio
Lowest at 21.32% and Fallen
In each year in the last five years
MOJO Watch
Company is distributing lower proportion of profits generated as dividend

DPR (%)

Interest
Highest at USD 778 MM
in the last five periods and Increased by 5.71% (QoQ)
MOJO Watch
Rising interest cost signifies increased borrowings

Interest Paid (USD MM)

Debt-Equity Ratio
Highest at 11.38 %
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
The company is borrowing more to fund its operations; it's liquidity situation may be stressed

Debt-Equity Ratio

Debtors Turnover Ratio
Lowest at 4.54 times
in the last five Semi-Annual periods
MOJO Watch
Company's pace of selling Debtors has slowed

Debtors Turnover Ratio