Wall Street Legend: Why Stocks Are Very Likely to Crash in Trump's 2nd Year
Legendary investor Marc Chaikin says stocks could crash in 2026--he's even calling the exact month and most likely day it will start. No one on or off Wall Street has been more accurate calling the bull and bear turns of the past 7 years. And now, Chaikin is calling the crash of 2026.
Shares Stats
| Shares Outstanding | 7,435,000,000 |
| Shares Float | 7,324,590,000 |
| Shares Short | 53,630,000 |
| Insider Holdings | 6% |
| Institution Holdings | 74.39% |
About Microsoft Corporation
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 offers 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.
General
| Name | Microsoft Corporation |
| Ticker | MSFT |
| Exchange | NASDAQ |
| Sector | Technology |
| Industry | Software - Infrastructure |
| Currency | USD |
| Country | USA |
| Fiscal Year End | June |
| Full Time Employees | 228,000 |
Highlights
| Analyst Target | 508.26 |
| Market Cap | 2.8M |
| PE Ratio | 30.64 |
| PEG Ratio | 1.73 |
| EBITDA | 142,041,006,080 |
Financials
| Curr Year EPS Estimate | 13.16 |
| Next Quarter EPS Estimate | 3.16 |
| Profit Margin | 35.43% |
| Operating Margin | 44.96 |
| Return on Assets | 0.15 |
| Return on Equity | 0.34 |
| Revenue | 261.8B |
| Earnings Per Share | 12.39 |
| Revenue Per Share | 35.22 |
| Gross Profit | 181,714,993,152 |
| Quarterly Revenue Growth | 0.12 |
Valuation
| Trailing PE | 30.71 |
| Forward PE | 25.32 |
| Price/Sales (Trailing 12 Mt.) | 10.80 |
| Price/Book (Most Recent Quarter) | 9.34 |
Dividend
Microsoft Corporation pays out a dividend of $3.27 per share, with a dividend yield of 0.86%.
MSFT's next dividend payment will be made to shareholders on March 13, 2025.
They pay out 25.42% of their earnings out as a dividend.
Recent Dividends
| Mar 13, 2025 | $0.83 |
| Dec 12, 2024 | $0.83 |
| Sep 12, 2024 | $0.75 |
| Jun 13, 2024 | $0.75 |
| Mar 14, 2024 | $0.75 |
| Dec 14, 2023 | $0.75 |
| Sep 14, 2023 | $0.68 |
| Jun 8, 2023 | $0.68 |
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