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Microsoft (MSFT)

(Delayed Data from NSDQ)

$452.85 USD

452.85
9,427,208

+0.69 (0.15%)

Updated Jun 27, 2024 03:55 PM ET

After-Market: $453.38 +0.53 (0.12%) 7:58 PM ET

Zacks Rank:

This is our short term rating system that serves as a timeliness indicator for stocks over the next 1 to 3 months. How good is it? See rankings and related performance below.

Zacks Rank Definition Annualized Return
1Strong Buy24.08%
2Buy17.91%
3Hold9.44%
4Sell5.10%
5Strong Sell2.55%
S&P50011.04%

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3-Hold of 5     3    

Style Scores:

The Style Scores are a complementary set of indicators to use alongside the Zacks Rank. It allows the user to better focus on the stocks that are the best fit for his or her personal trading style.

The scores are based on the trading styles of Value, Growth, and Momentum. There's also a VGM Score ('V' for Value, 'G' for Growth and 'M' for Momentum), which combines the weighted average of the individual style scores into one score.

Value Score A
Growth Score A
Momentum Score A
VGM Score A

Within each Score, stocks are graded into five groups: A, B, C, D and F. As you might remember from your school days, an A, is better than a B; a B is better than a C; a C is better than a D; and a D is better than an F.

As an investor, you want to buy stocks with the highest probability of success. That means you want to buy stocks with a Zacks Rank #1 or #2, Strong Buy or Buy, which also has a Score of an A or a B in your personal trading style.

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D Value B Growth C Momentum C VGM

Industry Rank:

The Zacks Industry Rank assigns a rating to each of the 265 X (Expanded) Industries based on their average Zacks Rank.

An industry with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #1's and #2's will have a better average Zacks Rank than one with a larger percentage of Zacks Rank #4's and #5's.

The industry with the best average Zacks Rank would be considered the top industry (1 out of 265), which would place it in the top 1% of Zacks Ranked Industries. The industry with the worst average Zacks Rank (265 out of 265) would place in the bottom 1%.

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Top 35% (88 out of 250)

Industry: Computer - Software

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Zacks News

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Earnings Growth Challenge Continues

Recent weakness in oil and other commodity prices has effectively guaranteed that this negative growth trend will continue.

    Stock Market News for February 01, 2016

    Benchmarks finished in the green after the Bank of Japan lowered the key interest rate into negative territory in order to boost its economy

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      What Amazon Earnings Miss Means For Tech

      A look at the earnings miss and the impact of tech stocks and at least one retail name.

        Stock Market News for January 28, 2016

        Benchmarks closed in negative territory after the Fed failed to provide enough clues about a rate hike in March

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          Q4 Earnings Season Spotlights Growth Challenges

          Companies are struggling to achieve growth in the current environment.

            Stock Market News for January 13, 2016

              Stock Market News for January 04, 2016

              Benchmarks ended the last trading day of 2015 in the red, dragged down by declines in technology shares

                Stock Market News for December 30, 2015

                Broad based gains in technology stocks and a rebound in oil prices helped benchmarks end in the green on Tuesday

                  Stock Market News for December 22, 2015

                  Benchmarks recovered from a sharp selloff last week to end in the green on Monday, led by gains in technology and hospital stocks

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                    Valeant Pharma Autopsy: Counting the Lost Billions

                    10 of the smartest investors in the world just lost sizable fortunes, in 2 months, on one stock.

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                      Is the Tech Sector's Earnings Momentum for Real?

                      the Tech sector in the Russell 2000 index is notably weaker than what we are seeing from the large-cap Tech players in the S&P 500.

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                        Does the Monster Nasdaq Surge Make You Bullish or Bearish?

                        What looked like a mere flight-to-safety in large cap tech shares may now become the Q4 ¿rally monster¿.

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                          Q3 Earnings Season: Revenue Weakness Stands Out

                          The all-around revenue weakness notwithstanding, the growth picture has improved ever so slightly over the past week.

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                            Taking Stock of the Q3 Earnings Season

                            The picture emerging from the Q3 earnings season is no doubt one of all-around weakness

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                              Taking Stock of the Q3 Earnings Season

                              The picture emerging from the Q3 earnings season is no doubt one of all-around weakness

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                                Apple's Report Adds to Tech's Earnings Momentum

                                The Tech sector has stood out in this otherwise weak Q3 earnings season.

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                                  Q3 Earnings Weak, Despite Tech Strength

                                  It isn't hard to reach the conclusion that the overall earnings picture remains weak.

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                                    Investors can use the Zacks Rank the same way parents are using Oxbow to monitor social media stocks.

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                                      The Post-Apple Q2 Earnings Scorecard

                                      Beyond Apple's strong growth rates, the picture emerging from the Q2 earning season is one of widespread weakness.

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                                        The Post-Apple Q2 Earnings Scorecard

                                        Beyond Apple's strong growth rates, the picture emerging from the Q2 earning season is one of widespread weakness.

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                                          Q2 Earnings Season: Revenue Weakness Stands Out

                                          It's disappointing to see so few companies beat revenue estimates despite the low expectations.

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                                            Online Travel, Advertising See Strong Demand, Competition

                                            With rapid technology-driven international expansion, collaborations and acquisitions/consolidations, global travel trends have become an important consideration for domestic operators.

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                                              Are Tech Sector Earnings Really That Exciting?

                                              The sector's earnings picture seems out of sync with how their stock prices are behaving at present.

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                                                Are Negative Q1 Earnings Revisions Unusual?

                                                Management teams have been consistently providing weak guidance, causing estimates to come down over the past couple of years.

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                                                  Is Oil Driving Q1 Earnings Estimates Lower?

                                                  The magnitude of negative revisions for 2015 Q1 exceeds any other recent quarter by a big margin.