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Symbol: MSFT Exchange: NASD Price: $118.375 Change $-0.75 Percent: -0.63%Volume: 2.3155M [HIGH $119.875][LOW $118.25][BID $118.375][ASK $118.5][OPEN $119.25] As of: Jul 29, 1996 11:50 PST |
Company Profile
Business Description
Microsoft designs, develops, markets and supports a variety of microcomputer software, operating systems, languages and application programs and related books and peripheral devices. Included in Microsoft's products are the MS-DOS operating system,
"Microsoft Windows," and "Microsoft Windows 95." The company also offers "Microsoft FoxPro," and "Microsoft Excel" as well as other database and spreadsheet programs, and graphics, word processing and project management software.
Key Executives
Chairman: William H. Gates III
CEO: William H. Gates III
President:
COO: Robert Herbold
CFO: Michael W. Brown
Investor Relations: Connie Weaver
Key Corporate Information
Employees: 1780
Shareholders: 18262
Shares Outstanding: 595000 K
Market Value (Mil): 70.43B
Auditor: Deloitte & Touche
Transfer Agent: First Interstate Bank
Legal Counsel: Shidler McBroom Gates & Lucas
Consensus Recommendations: Accumulate
BUY | ACCUMULATE | HOLD | AVOID | SELL |
16 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 0 |
Consensus Earning Estimates:
Estimated P/E Ratio | Est. Industry P/E Ratio |
33.27 | 14.28 |
Fiscal Year Ending: | 6/95 | Current Year | Next Year |
Mean Estimates | 2.32 | 3.37 | 4.04 |
Range (Low - High) | 3.2 - 3.43 | 3.8 - 4.3 | |
Median Estimates | 3.39 | 4.04 | |
Number of Estimates | 30 | 28 | |
Mean Std. Deviation | 0.05 | 0.12 | |
Mean/3 Most Recent Estimates | 3.39 | 4.08 | |
Change in Mean/Prior Week | 0 | 0.01 | |
Change in Mean/Prior Month | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
Change in Mean/Last 3 Months | 0.08 | 0.07 | |
# Estimates Revised Up vs. Prior Mo. | 5 | 5 | |
# Estimates Revised Down vs. Prior Mo. | 2 | 0 | |
# Estimates Unchanged vs. Prior Mo. | 26 | 25 | |
# New Estimates vs. Prior Mo. | 4 | 5 |
Quarter Ending: 6/96 | Yr. Ago | Current Quarter | Next Quarter |
Mean Estimates | 0.58 | 0.84 | 0.9 |
Range (Low - High) | 0.78 - 0.88 | 0.75 - 0.99 | |
Median Estimates | 0.84 | 0.89 | |
Number of Estimates | 23 | 14 | |
Mean Std. Deviation | 0.05 | 0.12 | |
Mean/3 Most Recent Estimates | 0.83 | 0.82 | |
Change in Mean/Prior Month | 0.01 | 0 | |
Change in Mean/Last 3 Months | 0.02 | 0 |
Recent Research Report Headlines
Date | Analyst | Headline |
06/28/96 | William Blair | Plans to continue to increase R&D spending in excess of revenue growth |
06/14/96 | Robertson Stephens | Software Quarterly: Regarded as a core technology holding |
06/13/96 | Furman Selz | Expands strategy to include intranet |
06/06/96 | Dean Witter | Will male the NT-based, back-end software used to run the Microsoft Network available |
05/10/96 | UBS Securities | Multimedia & Internet Development Tools: Dominant software company rolls on |
04/25/96 | Cowen & Co. | Building more sustainable growth |
04/25/96 | Robertson Stephens | Q3:96 showcases strength in corporate computing - Windows NT penetration continues to accelerate |
04/23/96 | Alex. Brown | Another stellar quarter |
04/23/96 | Merrill Lynch | 3Q/96 earnings reported: another wow quarter |
04/23/96 | UBS Securities | Third quarter earnings beat the street |
04/22/96 | William Blair | Reported outstanding second-quarter 1996 results |
04/22/96 | Piper Jaffray | Reports strong third quarter results |
04/22/96 | Robertson Stephens | New Products Improve Outlook: Emerges as the leader in enterprise computing with windows NT |
04/19/96 | Ragen MacKenzie | The company reported excellent 3Q96 results |
04/19/96 | Furman Selz | Quarter understated as company decides to defer even more revenue |
04/19/96 | Montgomery Securities | EPS bottom line of $0.88 is not the bottom line |
04/19/96 | Raymond James | Strong growth in sales of the office desktop applications |
04/17/96 | Raymond James | We expect continued strong acceptance of Windows NT and the BackOffice family of products |
04/11/96 | Bear, Stearns | PC's Quarter Preview: The long-term outlook is brighter than the near-term |
03/31/96 | Hambrecht & Quist | Internet Quarterly: Continues to target the Internet as the single most important new battlefield in technology |
Research Firm Coverage
Equity Coverage | Last Report Date |
13D Research | |
A.G. Edwards | 01/12/96 |
Adams Harkness | |
Alex Brown & Sons, Inc. | 04/23/96 |
Argus Research | 04/15/96 |
Bear, Stearns & Co. | 06/03/96 |
Bear, Stearns & Co. | 06/03/96 |
Brown Brothers Harriman | 07/11/96 |
Cowen & Company | 07/03/96 |
D.A. Davidson & Co. | |
Dean Witter Reynolds | 06/06/96 |
Desai Capital Management | |
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J.L. | |
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell/C.J.L. | |
Dillon, Read | 06/14/96 |
Donaldson Lufkin & Jenrette | 12/18/95 |
Dresdner Securities (USA) | |
Edward Jones | |
Furman Selz | 06/13/96 |
Furman Selz | 06/13/96 |
Furman Selz | 06/13/96 |
Gabelli & Company | |
Goldman Sachs | 06/21/96 |
H.G. Wellington | |
Hambrecht & Quist | 04/19/96 |
Hambrecht & Quist | 04/19/96 |
INPUT | |
International Market Call | 01/22/96 |
Janney Montgomery Scott | 08/04/95 |
Janney Montgomery Scott | 08/04/95 |
LM Capital Securities | |
M.S. Farrell & Co. | |
Madison Securities | 07/17/96 |
Merrill Lynch | 04/23/96 |
Montgomery Securities | 04/19/96 |
Montgomery Securities | 04/19/96 |
Morgan Stanley & Co. | 01/23/96 |
NatWest Securities Corp. | 01/18/96 |
NatWest Securities Corp. | 01/18/96 |
NatWest Securities Corp. | 01/18/96 |
Needham & Co. | |
Nesbitt Burns | |
Pacific Crest Securities | 01/19/96 |
Pershing/Div. of DLJ | 02/06/96 |
Piper Jaffray | 04/22/96 |
Piper Jaffray | 04/22/96 |
PNC Institutional Investment Svcs. | 12/01/95 |
PNC Institutional Investment Svcs. | 12/01/95 |
Ragen MacKenzie | 04/19/96 |
Robertson Stephens | 06/14/96 |
Smith Barney | 11/06/95 |
SoundView Financial Group | 03/01/96 |
Suppes Securities | |
The Seidler Companies | |
UBS Securities | 05/10/96 |
UBS Securities | 05/10/96 |
Value Investing Partners | |
Van Kasper & Co. | |
Volpe, Welty & Co. | |
Wasserstein Perella Securities | |
Wessels Arnold & Henderson | 02/01/96 |
William Blair & Company | 06/28/96 |
Corporate Bond Coverage | Last Report Date |
Burnham Securities |
THIS WEEKS NEWS HEADLINES: | |||
07/25/96 | BILL GATES SEES CONTINUED MICROSOFT STOCK VOLATILITY. | ||
07/25/96 | GATES SEES MICROSOFT SWINGS RESULTING FROM MARKET VOLATILITY. | ||
07/25/96 | AT&T WORLDNET TO DISTRIBUTE MICROSOFT EXPLORER. | ||
07/24/96 | MICROSOFT FACES ANTITRUST SUIT OVER DR DOS OPERATING SYSTEM. | ||
07/23/96 | MICROSOFT SHARES SUCCUMB TO SELLING PRESSURE IN MID-MORNING TRADE. | ||
07/23/96 | WHITE PINE | ||
07/23/96 | FALLING MICROSOFT SHARES PULL DOWN NASDAQ COMPOSITE. | ||
07/23/96 | MICROSOFT SHARES SUCCUMB TO SELLING PRESSURE IN MID-MORNING TRADE. | ||
07/22/96 | MICROSOFT DESKTOP APPLICATION REVS EXCEED $1 BILLION IN Q4. | ||
07/22/96 | ANALYSTS | ||
07/22/96 | MICROSOFT QTLY REVENUES FROM SERVER BUSINESS MORE THAN DOUBLED. | ||
07/22/96 | MICROSOFT REVENUES WERE $2.26 BILLION VS. $1.62 BILLION IN QTR. | ||
07/22/96 | MICROSOFT EARNS 87 CENTS A SHARE VS. 58 CENTS IN 4TH QUARTER. | ||
07/22/96 | INTERNET SHARES SHAKEN AS MICROSOFT PREPARES FREE WEB BROWSERS. | ||
07/22/96 | MICROSOFT EARNINGS REPORT WILL BE OUT AFTER THE MARKET CLOSES. |
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