Financials

  • Market Capitalization 2.92 T
  • Employee 228 K
  • Founded 1975
  • CEO Satya Nadella
  • Website www.microsoft.com
  • Headquarter Washington, United States
  • FIGI BBG000BPH459
  • Industry Technology
Total revenue
Net income
Basic earnings per share (Basic EPS)
Total debt
Free cash flow
Cash & equivalents
Price to earnings ratio
30.26
Price to sales ratio
11.82
Dividends per share
1.82
Dividend yield %
1.77

Microsoft Corporation

Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology conglomerate headquartered in Redmond, Washington. Founded in 1975, the company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windows, and has since expanded to Internet services, cloud computing, artificial intelligence, video gaming, and other fields. Often described as a Big Tech company, Microsoft is the largest software company by revenue, one of the most valuable public companies, and one of the most valuable brands globally. It is a part of Big Tech along with five other tech companies in the United States, Alphabet, Amazon, Apple, Meta, and Nvidia, which are also the largest companies in the world by market capitalization. Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen to market BASIC interpreters for the Altair 8800, Microsoft rose to dominate the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS in the mid-1980s, followed by Windows. During the 41 years from 1980 to 2021 Microsoft released 9 versions of MS-DOS with a median frequency of 2 years, and 13 versions of Windows with a median frequency of 3 years.

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