Microsoft Corporation

NasdaqGS:MSFT Stock Report

Market Cap: US$3.1t

Microsoft Valuation

Is MSFT undervalued compared to its fair value, analyst forecasts and its price relative to the market?

Valuation Score

4/6

Valuation Score 4/6

  • Below Fair Value

  • Significantly Below Fair Value

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Peers

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Industry

  • Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio

  • Analyst Forecast

Share Price vs Fair Value

What is the Fair Price of MSFT when looking at its future cash flows? For this estimate we use a Discounted Cash Flow model.

Below Fair Value: MSFT ($415.49) is trading below our estimate of fair value ($510.04)

Significantly Below Fair Value: MSFT is trading below fair value, but not by a significant amount.

Key Valuation Metric

Which metric is best to use when looking at relative valuation for MSFT?

Key metric: As MSFT is profitable we use its Price-To-Earnings Ratio for relative valuation analysis.

The above table shows the Price to Earnings ratio for MSFT. This is calculated by dividing MSFT's market cap by their current earnings.
What is MSFT's PE Ratio?
PE Ratio34.1x
EarningsUS$90.51b
Market CapUS$3.11t

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Peers

How does MSFT's PE Ratio compare to its peers?

The above table shows the PE ratio for MSFT vs its peers. Here we also display the market cap and forecasted growth for additional consideration.
CompanyForward PEEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
Peer Average33.6x
GOOGL Alphabet
23.4x10.9%US$2.2t
META Meta Platforms
25.7x10.9%US$1.4t
ORCL Oracle
48.2x16.5%US$523.5b
AAPL Apple
36.9x10.2%US$3.5t
MSFT Microsoft
34.1x12.6%US$3.1t

Price-To-Earnings vs Peers: MSFT is expensive based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the peer average (33.6x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Industry

How does MSFT's PE Ratio compare vs other companies in the US Software Industry?

10 CompaniesPrice / EarningsEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
AISP Airship AI Holdings
4.5x-27.8%US$74.21m
GRRR Gorilla Technology Group
2x-67.4%US$45.52m
NISN Nisun International Enterprise Development Group
2.1xn/aUS$35.53m
NXTT Next Technology Holding
0.5xn/aUS$19.19m
MSFT 34.1xIndustry Avg. 41.0xNo. of Companies12PE020406080100+
10 CompaniesEstimated GrowthMarket Cap
No more companies

Price-To-Earnings vs Industry: MSFT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the US Software industry average (41x).

Price to Earnings Ratio vs Fair Ratio

What is MSFT's PE Ratio compared to its Fair PE Ratio? This is the expected PE Ratio taking into account the company's forecast earnings growth, profit margins and other risk factors.

MSFT PE Ratio vs Fair Ratio.
Fair Ratio
Current PE Ratio34.1x
Fair PE Ratio72.5x

Price-To-Earnings vs Fair Ratio: MSFT is good value based on its Price-To-Earnings Ratio (34.1x) compared to the estimated Fair Price-To-Earnings Ratio (72.5x).

Analyst Price Targets

What is the analyst 12-month forecast and do we have any statistical confidence in the consensus price target?

The above table shows the analyst MSFT forecast and predictions for the stock price in 12 month’s time.
DateShare PriceAverage 1Y Price TargetDispersionHighLow1Y Actual priceAnalysts
CurrentUS$415.49
US$504.77
+21.5%
7.6%US$600.00US$420.00n/a48
Nov ’25US$410.37
US$504.25
+22.9%
7.6%US$600.00US$420.00n/a48
Oct ’25US$420.69
US$501.75
+19.3%
6.3%US$600.00US$440.00n/a50
Sep ’25US$417.14
US$501.45
+20.2%
6.6%US$600.00US$440.00n/a51
Aug ’25US$417.11
US$499.34
+19.7%
6.8%US$600.00US$429.70n/a52
Jul ’25US$456.73
US$490.79
+7.5%
7.8%US$600.00US$429.70n/a51
Jun ’25US$415.13
US$483.08
+16.4%
7.5%US$600.00US$399.70n/a52
May ’25US$394.94
US$477.62
+20.9%
7.2%US$600.00US$399.70n/a52
Apr ’25US$424.57
US$470.12
+10.7%
7.4%US$600.00US$399.70n/a53
Mar ’25US$415.50
US$465.63
+12.1%
7.4%US$600.00US$399.70n/a51
Feb ’25US$403.78
US$456.93
+13.2%
8.4%US$600.00US$370.00n/a49
Jan ’25US$376.04
US$415.87
+10.6%
9.7%US$600.00US$298.10n/a51
Dec ’24US$374.51
US$406.73
+8.6%
6.9%US$475.00US$298.10n/a50
Nov ’24US$346.07
US$403.27
+16.5%
6.6%US$450.00US$298.10US$410.3750
Oct ’24US$315.75
US$393.69
+24.7%
7.4%US$440.00US$298.10US$420.6949
Sep ’24US$328.66
US$389.52
+18.5%
10.0%US$440.00US$232.00US$417.1449
Aug ’24US$336.34
US$390.21
+16.0%
9.7%US$450.00US$232.00US$417.1150
Jul ’24US$340.54
US$347.32
+2.0%
10.9%US$450.00US$232.00US$456.7346
Jun ’24US$332.58
US$341.67
+2.7%
10.7%US$450.00US$232.00US$415.1347
May ’24US$305.56
US$331.47
+8.5%
9.3%US$420.00US$232.00US$394.9448
Apr ’24US$288.30
US$298.07
+3.4%
12.2%US$420.00US$212.00US$424.5747
Mar ’24US$246.27
US$292.33
+18.7%
11.2%US$411.00US$212.00US$415.5047
Feb ’24US$252.75
US$286.12
+13.2%
11.5%US$411.00US$212.00US$403.7847
Jan ’24US$239.82
US$296.84
+23.8%
11.4%US$411.00US$234.00US$376.0445
Dec ’23US$254.69
US$296.98
+16.6%
11.5%US$411.00US$234.00US$374.5144
Nov ’23US$228.17
US$300.44
+31.7%
11.0%US$411.00US$255.00US$346.0742

Analyst Forecast: Target price is more than 20% higher than the current share price and analysts are within a statistically confident range of agreement.

Discover undervalued companies

Akamai Technologies

US$13.1b

Provides cloud computing, security, and content delivery services in the United States and internationally.

AKAM

US$87.96

7D

-0.9%

1Y

-22.6%

RingCentral

US$3.2b

Provides cloud communications, video meetings, collaboration, and contact center software-as-a-service solutions worldwide.

RNG

US$35.04

7D

-7.6%

1Y

20.6%

Capgemini

€26.4b

Engages in the provision of consulting, digital transformation, technology, and engineering services primarily in North America, France, the United Kingdom, Ireland, the rest of Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and Latin America.

CAPM.F

€159.66

7D

-2.8%

1Y

-18.8%