Short interest
Short % of float
0.9%
Days to cover
3.2d
Shares short
65.67M
Vs Sep 15
-2%
Shorts are present, but a bounce here is mostly price, not a squeeze.
Share count and days to cover are the latest FINRA settlement. Short % of float is from Finviz. Prints land about twice a month — fuel for a turn, not today's flow.
MSFT Q2 earnings
Check guidance — raised = hold; lowered = review thesis
Next report
2027-01-26 · Q2 2027 (est.)
EPS est. 4.82 · actual 4.89 (+1.4%)
Last reported · 2026-09-30
Last surprise +1.4% vs estimate
Calendar earnings dates
MSFT Q2 earnings
Check guidance — raised = hold; lowered = review thesis
Insider trades (Form 4)
Buys
105,306 sh
$55.8M
Sells
11,438 sh
$6.0M
Net (12 filings)
+93,868 sh
+$49.8M net
Coleman Amy (Tax withholding) — 32 sh · $0.0M
Hood Amy (Open-market sale) — 991 sh · $0.5M
Hood Amy (Open-market sale) — 2,927 sh · $1.6M
Hood Amy (Open-market sale) — 3,387 sh · $1.8M
Coleman Amy (Stock award / grant) — 6,506 sh · $3.5M
Coleman Amy (Tax withholding) — 36 sh · $0.0M
Numoto Takeshi (Stock award / grant) — 11,569 sh · $6.1M
Althoff Judson (Stock award / grant) — 29,077 sh · $15.4M
Jolla Alice L. (Tax withholding) — 123 sh · $0.1M
Hood Amy (Stock award / grant) — 29,077 sh · $15.4M
SMITH BRADFORD L (Stock award / grant) — 29,077 sh · $15.4M
Hood Amy (Open-market sale) — 3,942 sh · $2.0M
MSFT Q4 FY26 earnings (est.)
Estimated — verify before trading
RSI, moving averages, MACD, Bollinger bands & candlestick patterns from Yahoo daily data — verify on chart
Below 20-day MA
Price $530.61 vs 20 SMA $531.41
Above 50-day MA
Price $530.61 vs 50 SMA $516.65
Above 200-day MA
Price $530.61 vs 200 SMA $439.85
Near 251-day high
-4.5% from 251-day high ($555.80)
Above 251-day low
50.4% above 251-day low ($352.83)
3-day downtrend
Three consecutive lower daily closes
Inverted hammer
Long upper wick after decline on 2026-11-06
Gap down
Opened -1.9% below prior close on 2026-11-06
Price vs 200-day EMA, plus whether profit shows up as cash. Cash flow, cash, capex growth, and interest coverage sit next to the multiple.
13.1% above 200-day EMA
Growth, margin, debt, and cash flow clear a high bar. The price is neither a discount nor extended versus the 200-day average.
Trailing PE
27.9x
Invest rank
64
Swing rank
48
Earnings skew
open
Cash flow/share
$12.33
Trailing twelve months
Cash/share
$8.69
Latest quarter
Interest cover
891.8x
Operating profit / interest
Price / FCF
66x
After capex
Rev / share
15.0%
Five-year revenue growth per share
Capex growth
41.3%
5-year rate
Gross margin
67.7%
Prior year 67.9%
Revenue growth
17.9%
YoY, TTM or latest quarter
Net margin
41.2%
TTM profitability
Debt / equity
22.6%
Lower = less leveraged
FCF growth
3.6%
5Y CAGR, capex-aware
Composite fundamentals score: 82/100 · from Finnhub basic financials, verify against the latest 10-Q before acting.