Microsoft Stock: Sales Might Be Slower This Quarter

The software giant might be experiencing slow growth in the upcoming quarter which might turn its stock downwards in the coming days

Microsoft Corporation has been growing its hardware and software business in all the right directions, making a huge comeback with the new version of its operating system, the Windows 10. It is to no one’s surprise that the giant has been falling behind in the money generation business and has been stomped over by rivals like Alphabet and Apple, both of which have been growing at a massive speed towards greatness. The recent activities that the software giant has been showing in the industry suggest that the company is not ready to continue falling behind in the tech world now and is ready to make a difference with its ideas and brainstorming now.

Analysts in the financial markets have been eyeing the activities of Microsoft stock for some time now and seem to believe that the giant could possibly be experiencing the same kind of success it enjoyed back in 2000 and that this time, the whole turnaround might be just at the right time. It is also believed by the industry pundits that the software company has been distributing dividends and showing considerable amount of growth in the sense for the past couple of quarters, which has positioned itself on the top.

Reportedly, Microsoft shares have also been growing in a rapid speed, with the EPS for every quarter increasing too. This has been considered as a surprising factor, given how the giant’s revenue for every quarter has been finding it hard to sustain over the past couple of years. Analysts, even those that have been bearish towards the giant’s stock, believe that the fact its share value, dividend distribution or EPS does not fall despite the unsatisfactory sales show that the company is indeed standing on firm ground. It is also believed that the software giant can also end up getting more investors in the long run, but investors in any company first demand certainty from the stock activities and this is something that is yet to be achieved by the Windows maker.

Microsoft business has also been carrying out huge buy back plans for its shares for the past three months in which it has reportedly bought back shares valued up to $4 billion in order to make pay back for shares and dividends. On the other hand, the sales of its hardware and software products has been going down and have been reported at 12% as compared to the sales done in the same quarter previous year.