| | 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: 21.5%.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -6.20 pct. pts.
Percentage of all stocks that Microsoft outperformed: 80% - Microsoft price change in past 6 months: 51.6%.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -32.30 pct. pts.
Percentage of all stocks that Microsoft outperformed: 80% - Microsoft price change in past 12 months: 52.1%.
Difference from the average for the Application Software group: -100.50 pct. pts.
Percentage of all stocks that Microsoft outperformed: 56%
| | Microsoft | Industry Group |
|---|
| 3 Months | 21.5% | 27.7% | | 6 Months | 51.6% | 83.9% | | 12 Months | 52.1% | 152.6% |
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: 29.91
- Overhead resistance for Microsoft: 30.14 (52-week high)
- First support for Microsoft: 27.08 (50-day moving average)
- Second support for Microsoft: 22.57 (200-day moving average)
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