The Chart of the Day belongs to software company Microsoft (MSFT). I found the stock by using Barchart's powerful screening functions to find stocks with the highest technical buy signals, highest Weighted Alpha, superior current momentum and having a Trend Seeker buy signal then used the Flipchart feature to review the charts for consistent price appreciation.
Microsoft Corporation develops and supports software, services, devices and solutions worldwide. The Productivity and Business Processes segment offers office, exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, office 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft viva, and Microsoft 365 copilot; and office consumer services, such as Microsoft 365 consumer subscriptions, Office licensed on-premises, and other office services. This segment also provides LinkedIn; and dynamics business solutions, including Dynamics 365, a set of intelligent, cloud-based applications across ERP, CRM, power apps, and power automate; and on-premises ERP and CRM applications. The Intelligent Cloud segment provides server products and cloud services, such as azure and other cloud services; SQL and windows server, visual studio, system center, and related client access licenses, as well as nuance and GitHub; and enterprise services including enterprise support services, industry solutions, and nuance professional services. The More Personal Computing segment offers Windows, including windows OEM licensing and other non-volume licensing of the Windows operating system; Windows commercial comprising volume licensing of the Windows operating system, windows cloud services, and other Windows commercial offerings; patent licensing; and windows Internet of Things; and devices, such as surface, HoloLens, and PC accessories. Additionally, this segment provides gaming, which includes Xbox hardware and content, and first- and third-party content; Xbox game pass and other subscriptions, cloud gaming, advertising, third-party disc royalties, and other cloud services; and search and news advertising, which includes Bing, Microsoft News and Edge, and third-party affiliates. The company sells its products through OEMs, distributors, and resellers; and directly through digital marketplaces, online, and retail stores. The company was founded in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, Washington.
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Barchart Technical Indicators:
- 40% technical buy signals
- 35.90+ Weighted Alpha
- 36.02% gain in the last year
- Trend Seeker buy signal
- Above its 20, 50 and 100 day moving averages
- 11 new highs and up 3.88% in the last month
- Relative Strength Index 53.08%
- Technical support level at $324.11
- Recently traded at $329.32 with 50 day moving average of $325.52
Fundamental Factors:
- Market Cap $2.43 trillion
- P/E 33.77
- Dividend yield .83%
- Revenue expected to grow 4.80% this year and another 13.40% next year
- Earning estimated to increase 5.50% this year, and an additional 15.20% next year and continue to compound at an annual rate of 14.30% for the next 5 years
Analysts and Investor Sentiment -- I don't buy stocks because everyone else is buying but I do realize that if major firms and investors are dumping a stock it's hard to make money swimming against the tide:
- Wall Street analyst gave 35 strong buy, 13 buy and 6 hold opinions on the stock
- Analysts' price targets are between $269 and $415 with a consensus of $395 for a 20% gain
- The individual investors following the stock on Motley Fool voted 14,990 to 2,038 for the stock to beat the market with the more experienced investors voting 3,080 to 238 for the same result
- Value Line rates it an average 3 with a price target of $380 for a 15% gain
- CFRAs MarketScope rates it 5 star buy with a price target of $407 for a 24% gain
- 1,100,000 investors monitor the stock on Seeking Alpha
Additional disclosure: The Barchart Chart of the Day highlights stocks that are experiencing exceptional current price appreciation. They are not intended to be buy recommendations as these stocks are extremely volatile and speculative. Should you decide to add one of these stocks to your investment portfolio it is highly suggested you follow a predetermined diversification and moving stop loss discipline that is consistent with your personal investment risk tolerance and reevaluate your stop losses at least on a weekly basis.
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