Dow Today: Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) Lower
The
Dow Jones Industrial Average
(
^DJI
) is trading up 40 points (+0.3%) at 12,944 as of Friday, Feb 17, 2012, 1:35 p.m. ET. During this time, 568.9 million shares of the 30 Dow components have changed hands vs. an average daily trading volume of 818.6 million. The NYSE advances/declines ratio sits at 1,725 issues advancing vs. 1,219 declining with 128 unchanged.
Holding back the Dow today is
(Nasdaq:
), which is lagging the broader Dow index with a 24-cent decline (-0.8%) bringing the stock to $31.05. Volume for Microsoft Corporation currently sits at 44.9 million shares traded vs. an average daily trading volume of 55.1 million shares.
Microsoft Corporation has a market cap of $246.19 billion and is part of the
sector and
industry. Shares are up 20.5% year to date as of Thursday's close. The stock's dividend yield sits at 2.7%.
Microsoft Corporation develops, licenses, and supports a range of software products and services for various computing devices worldwide. The company has a P/E ratio of 10.9, above the average computer software & services industry P/E ratio of 10.7 and below the S&P 500 P/E ratio of 17.7.
TheStreet Ratings rates Microsoft Corporation as a
. The company's strengths can be seen in multiple areas, such as its revenue growth, largely solid financial position with reasonable debt levels by most measures, solid stock price performance, attractive valuation levels and good cash flow from operations. We feel these strengths outweigh the fact that the company has had sub par growth in net income.
- You can view the full Microsoft Ratings Report.
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