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Microsoft Analysis: Trends, Predictions & Investment Insight

Dan Schmidt
Written by Dan Schmidt | Reviewed by Don Miller
April 29, 2024

Key Points

  • Microsoft is the largest company in the world, with a market cap of over $3 trillion.
  • Microsoft rose to prominence thanks to operating systems like MS-DOS and Windows.
  • The stock spent 17 years in a bear market following the Dot Com Bubble but has been one of the market's best performers since 2017.
  • 5 stocks we like better than Activision Blizzard.

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Companies Mentioned in This Article

CompanyMarketRank™Current PricePrice ChangeDividend YieldP/E RatioConsensus RatingConsensus Price Target
Activision Blizzard (ATVI)
0.9882 of 5 stars		$94.42flat1.05%34.59N/AN/A
Apple (AAPL)
4.8152 of 5 stars		$229.00+0.3%0.44%37.66Moderate Buy$235.25
Invesco QQQ (QQQ)N/A$503.17-0.1%0.56%N/AModerate Buy$503.17
Microsoft (MSFT)
4.9021 of 5 stars		$415.49-0.6%0.72%34.28Moderate Buy$503.03
NVIDIA (NVDA)
4.8253 of 5 stars		$145.89-0.8%0.03%68.43Moderate Buy$154.63
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