Microsoft Corporation

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P/E RatioDividendsReturn on EquityPrice-to-SalesDebt-to-Equity
Microsoft CorporationMicrosoft Corporation25.80.77%30%10.60.5

Earnings Call Q4 2026

July 29, 2026 - AI Summary

Big picture performance (good + encouraging demand signals) - FY2026 closed $331B revenue (+18% YoY); Microsoft Cloud $214B (+27%); Azure $100B (+41%). - This quarter: revenue $90B (+18% YoY; +17% constant currency); operating income +18%; EPS $4.74 (+23%) (notably adjusted for OpenAI investment impact). - Cloud billings/collections strong: Cash flow from operations $55.4B (+30%); Free cash flow $19.6B, though still impacted by higher CapEx.
AI platform & monetization momentum (major opportunity) - Capacity scaling: 31 new data centers this quarter (total 88 for the year), plus ~1 additional gigawatt added; management claims dock-to-live for new GPUs ~50% faster and targets ~2x overall capacity in ~2 years. - Product stack traction: - Copilot: 30M+ paid M365 Copilot seats (net adds more than doubled QoQ); engagement and “high usage” time dropped from months to days over the past year. - Foundry (app/agent stack): 100,000 Foundry customers; revenue >2x YoY; 1T token annualized run rate increased 4x YoY. - Agent governance: Agent 365 has ~40M agents registered across tens of thousands of companies (started ~2 months ago). - Developer ecosystem (GitHub Copilot): 225M users total; 50M Copilot users; Copilot revenue +60% QoQ with notable improvement after pricing change. - Efficiency gains: examples include 4x higher throughput for Copilot workloads since start of year, and multiple “Flash” model claims (token/GPU cost reductions).
Strategic bet: “sovereign + substitutable models + enterprise control of IP” (surprising direction) - Microsoft emphasizes model flexibility: “model choice” across 11,000+ models, plus a substitutable model system to improve cost-to-outcome and resilience (business continuity). - AI sovereignty: partnership with Mistral to run models in Microsoft Sovereign Cloud, including public, customer-controlled, and fully disconnected environments. - Open vs custom model traction (from Q&A): Satya framed it as enterprises needing control of token/learning capacity, implying open models can gain traction but are evaluated based on outcomes and governance—not model ideology.

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$537.97

Target Price by Analysts

15.8% upsideMicrosoft Target Price DetailsTarget Price
$310.82

Current Fair Value

33.1% downside

Overvalued by 33.1% based on the discounted cash flow analysis.

Share Statistics

Market cap$3.45 Trillion
Enterprise Value$3.63 Trillion
Dividend Yield$3.56 (0.77%)
Earnings per Share$18
Beta1.13
Outstanding Shares7,429,000,000

Return

Return on Equity30.23%ROE
Return on Assets17.64%
Return on Invested Capital28.66%

Valuation & Multiples

P/E Ratio25.82P/E Ratio
PEG82.4PEG
Price to Sales10.56Price to Sales
Price to Book Ratio7.88Price to Book Ratio
Enterprise Value to Revenue10.94
Enterprise Value to EBIT21.49
Enterprise Value to Net Income27
Total Debt to Enterprise0.06
Debt to Equity0.46Debt to Equity

Revenue Sources

No data

Insider Trades

Last Earnings Call

Report Date
July 29, 2026
EPS Estimate
$4.24
Average shareholder expectation
Revenue Estimate
$87.62 B
Average shareholder expectation

Next Earnings Call

Expected Date
October 28, 2026
EPS Estimate
$4.64
Average shareholder expectation
Revenue Estimate
$90.50 B
Average shareholder expectation

Institutional Put/Call Ratio

Market sentiment based on institutional option activity.

Put/Call Ratio2.4803 206.43%
Total Calls120,023 99.95%
Total Puts297,696 99.69%

Institutional Ownership

Holdings and activity of institutional investors.

Ownership %2.66% 68.99%
Total Invested$74.27B 96.23%
Investors Holding2,185 4263.00%

ESG Score

No data

About Microsoft Corporation

166,475 employees
CEO: Satya Nadella

Microsoft enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Relevant Senate Committees

Joint Committee on Taxation

This committee provides the technical analysis and revenue estimates for all tax legislation. Its work directly influences corporate tax structures and capital investment incentives, which profoundly affect Microsoft's financial planning and profitability.

Finance

As the primary committee for taxation and trade, it directly impacts Microsoft's corporate tax burden, international trade policies, and overall profitability through tax legislation and trade agreements.

Appropriations

This committee directly allocates discretionary federal spending. Its subcommittees determine the specific funding for government agencies and programs that Microsoft contracts with, directly impacting its government revenue.

Judiciary

This committee oversees antitrust laws, intellectual property rights, and the DOJ. These areas are critically important for Microsoft's competitive practices, software patents, and potential M&A activities.

Armed Services

Microsoft is a significant defense contractor, providing cloud computing, AI, and software services to the Department of Defense. This committee directly authorizes the NDAA and determines funding for military technology.

Select Committee on Intelligence

Microsoft is a major provider of cybersecurity and cloud services to the US Intelligence Community and defense sector. Members could possess classified information impacting national security threats and related government contracts.

Commerce, Science, and Transportation

This committee has vast jurisdiction over interstate commerce, telecommunications, and tech regulation (privacy, net neutrality, FTC oversight), directly impacting Microsoft's cloud services, internet businesses, and data practices.

Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs

This committee directly regulates federal contracting and government procurement, which are significant revenue streams for Microsoft's cloud and software services to the US government. It also increasingly regulates AI, a core technology for MSFT.