Microsoft Corp | MSFT

Daily Technical Analysis of Microsoft Corp

Microsoft is down a bit on the day, funds flowing out kept the price down -1.27% since yesterday.

It looks like Microsoft isn't currently at a very decisive point in regards to support/resistance levels. But let's also consider momentum! Microsoft has had a nice run over the last year and provided good returns to shareholders. Over the previous year, the Application Software company has grown 39.50 percent which isn't too bad. MSFT might find some support at the 222.31 level, buyers might push the price back up from here. But it's not very clear what will happen.

Analyst Ratings for Microsoft By Price Target And Rating

Analysts currently have an extremely positive outlook for Microsoft. This normally relates to positive future price increases, especially on pullbacks. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 462.40. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).

Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. Wells Fargo & Company boosted their price targ by 4.35% to $480.00 on 2024-04-17. BMO Capital Markets provided a price target boost of 2.2% to $465.00 from $455.00 on 2024-04-12. Morgan Stanley gave a boost to their price target and moved to $520.00 from $465.00 on 2024-04-11. On 2024-04-10 there was confirmation of the previous rating by Wedbush which was Outperform and provided a price target of $500.00. UBS Group reiterated a rating of Buy on 2024-04-10 and provided a price target of $480.00. On 2024-04-01 Jefferies Financial Group increased their price target by 18.28% to $550.00. On 2024-03-25 there was confirmation of the previous rating by Truist Financial which was Buy and added a price target of $600.00. KeyCorp initiated a rating of Overweight on 2024-03-21 and provided a price target of $490.00. DA Davidson reiterated a rating of Buy on 2024-03-15 and they set their price target at $500.00. Raymond James gave a boost to their price target and moved to $450.00 from $400.00 on 2024-01-31.

Earnings Per Share (EPS) Estimates By Year and Quarter

Short interest for Microsoft

We take into account several different measures of short interest to create a composite score. These measures are shown in the chart below. Short selling is when investors are betting against a stock. We compile these factors to create a dynamic Short Score - this can indicate poor sentiment, internal problems with a company or industry and the anticipation of future price declines. We look at the short interest percent, days to cover, the rate of change and total shares sold short.

Social Sentiment for Microsoft

Social Sentiment is an aggregation of several different factors such as news, articles, blogs, user content, ratings, etc. Which is shown in the chart below. It may become predictive of a reversal if price and the sentiment diverge. Broader market forces may push prices up or down but if market participants maintain a different view on a specific stock, it may be taken as an opportunity to buy or sell in those cases.