Microsoft on record hunt according analysts

Tomorrow Microsoft will report her past quarter's results. For this year the consensus of the revenue equals 93,83 billion dollars. The expectations of the revenue would mean a record revenue for the company. This is slightly more than the revenue over 2015 of 85,32 billion dollars.

Historical revenues and results Microsoft plus taxations 2016

The analysts expect for 2016 a net profit of 22,5 billion dollars. For the current year the consensus of the result per share is a profit of 2,89 dollars. Based on the analyst's expectations the price/earnings-ratio is 19,95.

For this year the consensus of the dividend per share equals 1,53 dollars. The dividend yield consequently equals 2,65 percent. On average the software & services company yields a rather limited dividend return of around 0,83 percent.

Most recent target prices around 62 dollars

The stock Microsoft is being covered by 14 fundamental analysts. The average target price for the stock is at 58,46 dollars. This is around 2 percent more than the current stock price of 57,66 dollars. KBC Securities, Goldman Sachs and Sanford C. Bernstein & Co recently provided recommendations for the company.

Based on the number of outstanding shares Microsoft 's market capitalization equals 450,21 billion dollars.

At 16.08 the company traded 0,23 percent lower at 57,66 dollars.

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