What is Microsoft?
Microsoft is the largest public company in the world by market capitalization. Microsoft is well known as a technology company that provides software products like Windows, the world’s famous operating system, Microsoft Office & Microsoft 365. Microsoft is the world’s largest software maker by revenue.
Who founded Microsoft?
Bill Gates & Paul Allen are the founders of the company & they founded the company in 1975. In the mid-1980s Windows, the operating system designed by Microsoft was competing in the personal computer operating system market with MS-DOS. The company went public in 1986 & from the 1990s to today, Microsoft stock created 3 billionaires & 12,000 millionaires among Microsoft employees.
What are Microsoft’s acquisitions over the past decade or so?
- In 2011 Microsoft acquired Skype, a popular communication platform for $8.5 billion.
- In 2016 Microsoft acquired LinkedIn, the world’s leading professional networking platform for $26.2 billion.
- In 2018 Microsoft acquired GitHub, the world’s leading software development platform for $7.5 billion.
- In 2019 Microsoft invested in OpenAI. Microsoft invested around $1 billion to support OpenAI’s efforts in artificial intelligence research & development.
How much money did they make in the last couple of years?
In 2020, Microsoft reported revenue of $143 billion, building on this momentum the company experienced a further expansion in 2021, with revenue reaching $168 billion. In 2022 recorded another $198 billion in revenue & the company made $212 billion in the last year. The net profit of the company has increased from $44 billion in 2020 to $72.3 billion in 2023.
How many assets do they have?
According to the latest financial reporting, the total value of resources & investments owned by the company stands at $411.6 billion. The liabilities amount to $205.7 billion. The shareholders’ equity is reported at $206 billion giving the debt-to-equity ratio, a key financial metric used to assess a company’s financial leverage is reported at 100%.
How much a MSFT stock?
With a share price of $430, earnings per share at $9.68 & a PE ratio of 44. A divided per share of $3 with a dividend yield of 0.70%.
Who owns the company?
Vanguard Group is the largest shareholder of the company which owns 8.99% of the company & second largest shareholder is Blackrock which owns 7.35% of the company. Bill Gates owns 1.34% of the company now & his ownership dropped from 45% during the company’s IPO in 1986 to 1.34% today. Microsoft is currently run by Satya Nadella who is the Chairman & Chief Executive officer of Microsoft.
