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 How has the stock performed?
Investors need to know how a stock has performed relative to all other stocks. Generally they attempt to hold the market's top-performing securities -- those that have done better over the past year than the majority of stocks in their industrial group and all stocks in our database. Look for a positive trend in the 12-month, 6-month and 3-month periods.
  • Microsoft price change in past 3 months: -3.5%.
    Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -1.20 pct. pts.
    Percentage of all stocks that Microsoft outperformed: 42%
  • Microsoft price change in past 6 months: 21.1%.
    Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -8.70 pct. pts.
    Percentage of all stocks that Microsoft outperformed: 73%
  • Microsoft price change in past 12 months: 44.1%.
    Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -43.70 pct. pts.
    Percentage of all stocks that Microsoft outperformed: 63%

  Microsoft  Industry Group
3 Months -3.5%  -2.3%
6 Months 21.1%  29.8%
12 Months 44.1%  87.8%


Where is the stock's support and resistance?
Investors should note the average prices at which a stock traded over the past 50- and 200-day periods. These "moving averages" tend to provide a floor, or support, for stocks trading above them and a ceiling, or resistance, for stocks trading below them. Stocks that sink below support are in danger of further weakening; stocks that rise above resistance have a shot at new highs.

  • Microsoft current price: 28.07
  • First resistance for Microsoft: 29.89 (50-day moving average)
  • First support for Microsoft: 25.69 (200-day moving average)