Microsoft is up a bit on the day, funds flowing in kept the price up 1.26% since yesterday. It looks like MSFT could be hitting an upward sloping resistance line. Most traders won't try to short a stock when the line is upsloping.
But it may be a good time to take profit or wait for a better entry point for a long position. Microsoft has been drifting up over the last few months, we'll see if it has the energy to break through or if buyers decide to take profit.
If the price breaks through the resistance level it will probably move up to the $288.49 level where it may meet further resistance. If the price reverses and heads back down lower, it looks like the nearest support level is $246.27 it may head back up from there or break lower.
Microsoft has an overall positive view by the analysts. The current Analysts Sentiment Score is 115.97. Most companies range between (-200 to 200).
Here's a break down of the latest rating changes. On 2023-03-20 UBS Group set their price target to $275.00. Evercore ISI provided a price target boost of 5.36% to $295.00 from $280.00 on 2023-03-20. Mizuho gave a boost to their price target and moved to $315.00 from $300.00 on 2023-03-17. Royal Bank of Canada announced that they are reiterating a rating of Outperform on 2023-03-17 and added a price target of $285.00. On 2023-03-02 Credit Suisse Group set their price target to $285.00. On 2023-02-27 Jefferies Financial Group set their price target to $310.00. Wedbush provided a price target boost of 3.57% to $290.00 from $280.00 on 2023-02-24. A price target of $265.00 wa set by JPMorgan Chase & Co. on 2023-02-08. Oppenheimer gave a boost to their price target and moved to $280.00 from $265.00 on 2023-02-08. Piper Sandler gave a boost to their price target and moved to $290.00 from $247.00 on 2023-02-08.
Company | Ratings Score
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Composite analyst sentiment score
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Positive Ratings | Negative Ratings | Boost Price Target | Lower Price Target |
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MSFT | 115.97 | 176.28 | -100.13 | 201.96 | -46.16 |
Company | YOY Growth Score (typical -20 to +20) | Revision Directions (-6 to +6) |
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MSFT | 0.01 | -1.92 |
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.
Company | Short Score (typical 1-15)
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We take into account several different measures and attributes of short interest to create a composite sentiment score. typical range (0 - 30)
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Short Interest | Days to Cover | Rate of Change | Shares Short |
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MSFT | 1.12 | %0.6 | 1.4 | 14.85 | 41570000 |
Segment | Count | 1 Day% | 5 Day | 1 Month | 3 Month | 6 Month | 1 Year | RSI | 3mo S-momo ? | 6mo S-momo | 1yr S-momo | Resistance ? | Support | Demark Sell ? | Demark Buy | Short Interest | Analysts Ratings ? |
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Application Software | 199 | 0.47 | 2.47 | -4.90 | 6.15 | 5.84 | -25.06 | 54.24 | 2.43 | -4.87 | -8.67 | -24257.99 | -6232.28 | 8.17 | 6.28 | 4.40 | 39.23 |
Technology | 478 | 0.64 | 2.37 | -4.28 | 7.05 | 10.95 | -16.77 | 53.11 | 3.48 | -2.14 | -5.34 | -18889.97 | -5910.63 | 8.68 | 5.49 | 4.39 | 37.93 |
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.
Ticker | Social Sentiment(1-10) |
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MSFT | 9.00 |
Company | Score | 1 Day% | 5 Day | 1 Month | 3 Month | 6 Month | 1 Year | RSI | 3mo S-momo ? | 6mo S-momo | 1yr S-momo | Resistance ? | Support | Demark Sell ? | Demark Buy | Short Interest Score |
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ADBE | Adobe Inc. | 1.71 | 0.34 | 1.63 | 10.77 | 11.62 | 36.96 | -17.17 | 73 | 8.23 | 5.65 | 0.24 | -12558.02 | -6430.58 | 0 | 0 | 1.20494 |
GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C Cap | 1.67 | -0.59 | -4.55 | 7.68 | 14.13 | 3.22 | -29.02 | 39 | -44.67 | -36.16 | -32.70 | -7776.10 | -2684.94 | 0 | 0 | 6.16223 |
GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. Class A Com | 1.66 | -0.48 | -4.37 | 7.67 | 14.48 | 3.51 | -28.96 | 50 | 5.82 | 6.98 | -10.18 | -1250.65 | -4369.98 | 0 | 0 | 8.34219 |
ANSS | Ansys Inc | 1.53 | 1.56 | 3.14 | 4.91 | 34.02 | 43.10 | 1.65 | 74 | 148.26 | 38.75 | 35.98 | -1612.49 | -14766.34 | 0 | 0 | 0.96058 |
SNPS | Synopsys Inc | 1.5 | 0.24 | -0.16 | 2.30 | 17.14 | 21.58 | 13.03 | 51 | 88.20 | 35.24 | 40.99 | -1449.16 | -13832.65 | 0 | 0 | 1.85114 |
AAPL | Apple Inc. | 1.47 | 0.76 | 1.14 | 7.31 | 28.26 | 13.75 | -8.83 | 63 | 18.05 | 11.86 | 10.54 | -4019.31 | -8931.61 | 0 | 0 | 1.09287 |
NOW | SERVICENOW, INC. | 1.44 | 0.27 | 1.55 | -0.98 | 11.62 | 14.04 | -23.41 | 47 | 5.16 | 5.87 | 6.85 | -1983.98 | -3106.92 | 0 | 0 | 2.09419 |
INTU | Intuit Inc | 1.41 | 1.45 | 2.40 | 7.67 | 12.34 | 10.85 | -6.80 | 60 | 7.08 | 5.98 | 4.73 | -673.57 | -7338.36 | 0 | 0 | 1.8473 |
How to use: use the research links to research the asset. Then simply type in a score for each category between (01, 02, 03, 04, 05). 05 being the most bullish and 01 being the most bearish. It will automatically calculate the average and combine it with the technical score to create an overall score to rank prospects by. You can also type notes into each field.