After KeyBanc and RBC Capital gave Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) a Buy rating last month, the company received another Buy, this time from Credit Suisse. Analyst Brad Zelnick maintained a Buy rating on Microsoft yesterday and set a price target of $125. The company’s shares closed yesterday at $101.93.
According to TipRanks.com, Zelnick is a 4-star analyst with an average return of 3.5% and a 46.0% success rate. Zelnick covers the Technology sector, focusing on stocks such as Instructure Inc, Salesforce.com, and Symantec Corp.
The word on The Street in general, suggests a Strong Buy analyst consensus rating for Microsoft with a $124.32 average price target, which is a 22.0% upside from current levels. In a report issued on December 20, Stifel Nicolaus also reiterated a Buy rating on the stock with a $120 price target.
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Based on Microsoft’s latest earnings release for the quarter ending September 30, the company reported a quarterly revenue of $28.99 billion and net profit of $8.82 billion. In comparison, last year the company earned revenue of $28.9 billion and had a GAAP net loss of $6.3 billion.
Based on the recent corporate insider activity of 97 insiders, corporate insider sentiment is negative on the stock.
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