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Microsoft
Symbol: MSFT-Q
Active: Y
Sector: computer software/processing
Last Price: 30.240
Last Price Date: 2012-02-04 01:14:11
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DON'T BUY29.890Ian AinsworthWill Windows 8 for PC’s and Mobile push the stock higher? That is the big question. They have to be in the mobile world. He hears good things about Windows 8. We won't know until we see it on handsets and what they're going to do on the tablets.2012-02-01
DON'T BUY29.610Darren SissonsHas had a good run over the last 20 years. From a longer-term value perspective, is going through a transition. It needs to transition into a either a slow mature growing stock or has to find a catalyst for higher growth. Won’t be a big growth story in the next 2 to 3 years.2012-01-30
DON'T BUY29.500Stan WongA very mature company in the tech space with a decent yield. Growth rate is probably at the high single digit and trading at about 11X earnings. There are probably other places to be in the tech space.2012-01-26
Comment28.255Benj GallanderThis was on his watch list in 2009. Since then it has had resurgence. It is way past where he would look to buy it. This is a leader in its field.2012-01-17
DON'T BUY26.765Keith RichardsIn the tech space. Tech stocks to ok from mid Dec until end of Feb. Likes the spider ETF for high Tech but would look to get out at this point.2012-01-03
TOP PICK25.760Richard CroftWriting an April Put at $25, which will give you about $1.05 today. You're basically taking on an obligation to buy the stock at $25.2011-12-21
BUY25.700Colin StewartLikes this company. Hasn't been a great performer. Over 3% dividend yield. Trading at under 10X earnings and is still growing its earnings. Great place to be.2011-12-09
Comment24.470Stan WongA sideways moving type of stock. Earnings growth is not tremendous with a mature technology company like this one. Okay for the dividend of 3.1% but if you are looking for growth, he would prefer others.2011-11-24
TOP PICK26.800Paul Harris, CFAAlmost a 3% yield. Trades at 9X earnings with a free cash flow yield of about 11%. Great balance sheet. Windows8 and their phone are great products. Every time an android phone gets sold, they get $5 because of their licensing.2011-11-07
BUY25.990Lorne SteinbergDoing a lot of interesting things and surprised on the upside. Missed his entry price. Huge push into wireless LAN side. If successful it could be a big boost with MSFT.2011-11-01
STRONG BUY27.250Randall AbramsonA top ten holding. Just above 8 times earnings. Lots of growth ahead of it. Stock has gone nowhere for years. Earnings increased 4x over last 10 years but stock price has gone nowhere. Fundamentals are way above the price of the stock. Window 8 next year is pretty exciting. Dominant market share. A pretty good place to hold your dollars these days. Fair market value is about double and a 3% yield while you wait.2011-10-27
PAST TOP PICK27.270Jeff Black(A Top Pick Sept 29/10. Up 13.74%.) Just increased their dividend and he expects them to continue this.2011-10-14
TOP PICK26.340Paul Harris, CFAGood dividend yield of 3%. Actually doing a lot of things that the risk on the downside is very limited but the upside risk (?) is potentially high. A rash of new products coming out. Very low multiple at 10X earnings. High free cash flow yield of 10%-12%. Great balance sheet. Give a lot of money from Android on patents.2011-10-06
BUY26.040David BurrowsNot the type of stock he buys. Wants higher growth. But technically all these tech stocks topped out in 2000, while growth rates have been slow. MSFT has grown earnings much more, multiple is quite low. It will under perform if tech stocks do extremely well. It is safe, though2011-09-13
TOP PICK26.000Sandy McIntyreTablets are here to stay and this company is not going to benefit but he has yet to see anyone that can run their business on a tablet. Companies are in a replacement cycle. 2.5% yield and wouldn't be surprised to see another dividend increase.2011-09-07
TOP PICK25.800Paul Harris, CFACheap stock. There are a lot of good stories coming out of this company. Free cash flow yield of 13%. Dividend yield of almost 3%. Cheap at 8X earnings.2011-09-02
PAST TOP PICK25.190Barry Schwartz(A Top Pick Aug 10/10. Up 2.25%.) AAA balance sheet. Generating a huge amount of cash. Wouldn't be surprised if they came out with a great tablet that links the Xbox to the Windows operating system.2011-08-11
BUY25.580John O'Connell, CFAHe almost bought yesterday. 50% of all business spending is on technology and half of that is on software. Buy back stock, increased dividend, and reasonable valuations. Would not hesitate to buy.2011-08-09
BUY27.910John ZechnerEarnings have more than tripled over the past 10 years and yet the stock is down 10%. Not the growth company it used to be but is the dominant operating system and generating substantial amounts of cash. Has some decent growth again.2011-07-25
DON'T BUY26.630Jim HuangStock hasn't done much. They're stuck in the trap looking for the next great thing, which they have not done yet. Questions their purchase of Skype with the high price they paid for it. Company needs rethinking. Cheap and making tons of money and will probably pay a good dividend. There are better tech companies available.2011-07-13
BUY26.540Ross HealyDown at a very low valuation level compared to its long history. His Fair Market Value is far ahead of the current price. Fairly low risk.2011-07-12
TOP PICK26.020Paul Gardner, CFATrading as cheap as it ever has. What is exciting is that the new Office release is going to be taken up. Also entering into the Cloud space. Trading at 12X, which is reasonable. Looking for a 15% rate of return annually.2011-07-04
TOP PICK24.650Paul Harris, CFAHuge potential upside. One of the issues is where they are trying to be a retail company when they are an enterprise company. Came out with good products recently that they weren’t given credit for. Deal with Nokia and Skype will at least grow their share in the mobile business. Cheap stock, 2.7% yield.2011-06-23
BUY23.740John O'Connell, CFAGood dividend yield. He intends Buying fairly soon as it is trading at a pretty low multiple at under 10X earnings. As long as consumer spending doesn’t go down the drain completely, there will be a nice upgrade cycle for it. Could easily trade at $26-$27 in a positive market environment.2011-06-15
Comment23.705John HoodNaked Put option price. How is price affected in the event of a one-time dividend? The options clearing corporation will adjust the strike price.2011-06-10
TOP PICK23.960Brian Acker, CAModel price $37.48, 56% upside. Hasn’t moved anywhere in 10 years. Employees with stock options are leaving, etc. They have to do something. He looks for something to happen as a catalyst but he doesn’t know what it will be. It is a good opportunity with earnings as predictable as they are.2011-06-09
TOP PICK23.890Sandy McIntyreFree cash flow yield in double digits. No net debt and 10 times earnings. Feels it is lower risk than US government debt.2011-06-08
DON'T BUY24.430Gordon ReidSo large that it is tough to do anything internally that will move the needle. Good franchise and have done some good things but even though earnings have probably doubled in the last decade, earnings have halved.2011-06-01
DON'T BUY25.320Stan WongDown 13%-14% in the last year. Chart shows it has really meandered and flat lined. Raised its dividend but to him this usually means there is not of growth left in the company.2011-05-12
PAST TOP PICK25.360Ara Nalbandian(A Top Pick June 23/10. Up 1.78%.) Trading at 8X forward earnings net of cash. Still likes.2011-05-11
TOP PICK25.810Barry SchwartzEarnings last week met expectations. PC sales were slow but they are moving away from exposure to PCs. Are going enterprise and x-box. The market has been way too pessimistic.2011-05-03
BUY25.980John O'Connell, CFATrading at 8 or 9 times next year’s earnings. Good dividend, which he expects will continue to grow. Management will continue to buy back stock. Over a 2 year time frame you should easily be able to earn a 10% compounded rate of return. Becoming a dominant player in Cloud computing.2011-04-11
WEAK BUY26.150Don LatoHas a pretty good valuation. Very cheap and pays a decent dividend but the growth and their ability to capitalize on all their cash flow hasn’t come to fruition over the last several years. Trades at 11X earnings.2011-04-06
TOP PICK25.490Philip DoyleFeels the company is under appreciated. With all the focus on wireless, mobile and the Cloud, market has overlooked the fact that the whole back office of all those areas are going to be running desktops that are going to run on Windows servers. Pays 9.5X next year’s earnings.2011-03-29
PAST TOP PICK25.810Paul Harris, CFA(Top Pick Jan 18/10, Down 14.03%) At some point in time you will see the stock do very, very well. Earnings are constantly going up. Great balance sheet, buying back shares.2011-03-24
BUY25.295David BaskinNever sells stocks because they go down but because something has changed. With Microsoft the change is from applications on your desktop to ‘cloud computing’. But Microsoft is a leader in cloud computing. It might take the rest of the world a while to catch on. Meanwhile they have the highest dividend in the tech sector. Dividend is likely to grow. Trades a low price/earnings multiple. Right now the market hates almost every tech stock. This is when you should buy them.2011-03-22
DON'T BUY24.780Stan WongIt was a great stock in the 90s and now it is Apple. From a technical perspective, MSFT is rather tough. He doesn’t like tech companies paying too high of a dividend. They need to use cash for growth.2011-03-17
BUY24.790Ben StadelmannHas made the transition to a grown up stock and started to pay a dividend a while ago.2011-03-16
BUY28.283David BaskinViews it as a kind of utility company. Enormous amount of cash. Has the ability to raise the dividend. Trading at a 10X multiple. Expect they will take the high ground in cloud computing.2011-02-08
Comment27.725Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSIHas had his eye on this one for some time. He continues to wait for it to spend its cash, break up into different divisions, etc. He has decided to avoid this one for the time being. There are more exciting technology plays.2011-01-31
PAST TOP PICK28.470John Zechner(A Top Pick Feb 1/10. Up 2.97%.) Cheap stock and is still growing but is hard to navigate through the changes that are going on with moves from PCs to tablets but still generate a ton of cash and have high growth margins.2011-01-19
WEAK BUY28.470Ara NalbandianIs his biggest holding. Has not added recently. Sees some drivers from product introduction. Strong net cash position.2011-01-19
Comment28.550Don LatoVery cheap at 11X earnings with a decent dividend. You could Buy and not be hurt by it but he prefers others in the technology area. No major catalyst. He would Sell and move into Apple (AAPL-Q).2011-01-12
BUY28.220Ian AinsworthIt’s a cheap stock. A safe company in terms of volatility. They have lagged in so many areas. 2011-01-10
PAST TOP PICK28.820Charles Lannon(Top Pick Jan 26/09, Down 3.11) So big that you never get unambiguously good or bad results – one area will do well while another has trouble. Continues to grow at a good clip. No reason it could not double in next 2-3 years.2011-01-06
TOP PICK28.300Paul Harris, CFA(A Top Pick Jan 18/10. Down 6.66%.) Limited downside and huge potential upside. Good Risk/Reward at these levels. Windows 7 and Office are doing incredibly well. Lots of great products that will help them grow. 2% dividend.2010-12-23
BUY27.340Don VialouxStarting to trend higher. Historically tech does very well from October to around the 2nd week of January each year and peaks when the Las Vegas electronics show is on so you want to take profits at that time.2010-12-10
BUY26.870Barry SchwartzReally likes it. They just did a dividend boost. There is going to be a huge turnover to Windows 7. They are like a utility company now. 10x earnings and beautiful balance sheet.2010-12-07
PAST TOP PICK25.370Paul Harris, CFA(A Top Pick Dec 10/09. Down 13%.) Still likes. Worth somewhere between $35 and $40. Have a lot of new products. An underdog in this environment.2010-11-25
BUY26.940Norman LevineSees Microsoft raising its dividend on a regular basis. He is considering buying it. Windows 7 was a success and they have it for the phones. It has growth ahead of it. 2010-11-09
PAST TOP PICK25.420Paul Harris, CFA(Top Pick Nov 3/09, Down 7%) still likes it and owns it. Good earnings and growth numbers. They have had some good products coming out.2010-10-21
DON'T BUY25.310Gordon ReidGranddaddy of technologies. Poster boy of the growth cycle. Unfortunately the valuation has fallen because Microsoft’s prospects have also fallen. It’s hard to grow at the rate you would like it to grow.2010-10-20
BUY25.820David BaskinHe just started buying in August. He feels it is very inexpensive. He sees it as a utility, rather than a growth story. Dividend will go up because they have said so. Likes their prospects in the smart phone area and Windows 7 will be a winning product.2010-10-18
TOP PICK24.500Jeff BlackReasonably valued and an attractive dividend, which will keep growing. Strong Cdn$ can be used to advantage. Although they have a lot of cash, they recently acquired some debt at very attractive rates.2010-09-29
TOP PICK24.678David BaskinNo longer a technology company but a utility. Dominant operating system that everybody needs, whether they want it or not. Windows 7 was a big increase in performance. Just increased dividend to 2.6%. Trades at 8X forward earnings. (includes cash on the balance sheet.)2010-09-28
PAST TOP PICK24.430Paul Harris, CFA(A Top Pick Sept 1/09. Up 4%.) Increasing dividends and buying back shares. Windows 7 is a great product. Have a bunch of new products coming out. Looking for a nice upgrade cycle in the next year.2010-09-23
TOP PICK25.115Ara NalbandianGenerates $20 billion in free cash flow this year and $23 billion next year. Trading at a very low multiple. Returning the free cash flow in the form of share buybacks and dividend increases.2010-09-15
DON'T BUY25.030Gordon ReidHas morphed from being a terrific growth company to being a staid company having a little bit of trouble getting out of its way, little bit of trouble innovating and is being priced for that.2010-09-14
PAST TOP PICK23.820Paul Harris, CFA(A Top Pick Sept 1/09. Up 1%.) Had very strong numbers and Windows 7 is a very good product but the stock does not go up. There should be some change at the top before the stock moves up2010-08-26
DON'T BUY24.440Bill CarriganThis could possibly be a value trap because the weaker it gets, the more valuable it gets. Until they start innovating or giving money to their shareholders, they would avoid it.2010-08-19
TOP PICK25.070Barry SchwartzReleased Windows 7 with rave reviews. 75% of US businesses are still using XP. It’s time for an upgrade. Launching a new cell phone later in the year. Into Cloud computing. The x-Box. He is looking for the stock to do well and you get a dividend, which is rear in a tech company.2010-08-10
PAST TOP PICK25.070Charles Lannon(A Top Pick June 12/09. Up 11.87%.) Still likes.2010-08-10
DON'T BUY25.730Ian AinsworthGetting attacked from different directions. Picking up revenues from Windows 7 and the new Office product. If the economy turns, the stock will do better. Better growth opportunities elsewhere.2010-08-04
Comment25.440Gordon ReidEarnings will be fairly strong because of their Windows 7 and office 2010 product refresh. He is concerned with their long-term sustainability of growth. Even though earnings have doubled over a decade, stock price has stayed flat. Would treat it more as a trade. There is a ton of opportunity for growth in other stocks in the technology space. (See Top Picks.)2010-07-14
Comment24.830Mike S. Newton, CIM FCSIOff almost 20% this year so has been disappointing. Google (GOOG-Q) and Apple (AAPL-Q) have been eating their pie in the cloud. Windows 7 is doing very well and there is a major refresh in the PC world and are still 90% of the market. Should push more into the consumer side and into the emerging markets side. Probably a safe time to get in.2010-07-12
PAST TOP PICK25.000Paul Harris, CFA(A Top Pick May 28/09. Up 25%.) Great opportunity for their enterprise side to do quite well. Windows 7 is doing very well and they're coming out with a new office product.2010-06-24
TOP PICK25.308Ara NalbandianReally a poster child with their balance sheet, free cash flow and free cash flow growth. Have various new product introductions, cost cutting initiatives. 5% a year share buyback. 2% dividend. Starting to issue debt at extremely cheap levels so have access to cheap capital.2010-06-23
DON'T BUY26.370Stan WongMore of a mature technology name. Trading at about 13X forward earnings. Long-term market growth forecast is growing at about 11.5%. Could benefit from Windows 7 upgrades. Corporate PC cycle will be a catalyst. Office 2010 is being adopted more heavily. There are other names with more growth in the tech space.2010-06-17
BUY26.320Gordon ReidPrefers others such as Apple (AAPL-Q), Oracle (ORCL-Q) and Cisco (CSCO-Q) but at this price, it is an interesting value. Windows 7 has been widely adopted and Office 2010 has done quite well and we are in a refresh cycle. Good short-term hold.2010-06-16
PAST TOP PICK26.860Derek Webb, CFASold a covered call option (Top Pick May 4/10, Down 10.85%) the call cushioned 3% points, so loss is only 7%.2010-06-03
BUY25.890John ZechnerApple has now become the largest tech firm. He owns both Apple and Microsoft. This one is exceptionally cheap. Windows 7 seems to be a hit. Never seen a stock of this type trading at 11x earnings.2010-06-01
PAST TOP PICK26.070Colin Stewart(A Top Pick May 12/08. Up 37%.) Reduced his position a little bit.2010-05-25
PAST TOP PICK28.240Paul Harris, CFA(A Top Pick May 28/09. Up 40%.) Great story. Good products coming out. Still a buy.2010-05-19
DON'T BUY28.240Don LatoDoesn't say anything great ahead for this company. Reasonably valued but can't seem to avoid spinning its wheels. Great cash flow but very modest growth.2010-05-19
DON'T BUY29.440Gordon ReidGoing through a pretty strong product cycle right now. They have Windows 7 and they're coming out with Office 2010. This may already be in the stock price. No longer a growth stock. A “show me” stock.2010-05-12
PAST TOP PICK28.980Karl Berger(A Top Pick May 20/09. Up 47.62%.)2010-05-06
TOP PICK30.130Derek Webb, CFAHasn’t done much since the ‘90s. On the cusp of a huge earnings explosion. Windows 7. XP was a bust. No upgrade in software in 10 years. Their new search engine is the first as good as Google. They now have a smart phone offering. It was a sleeper. It’s getting ready to ‘hockey stick’ its earnings.2010-05-04
PAST TOP PICK31.390Paul Harris, CFA(A Top Pick May 28/09. Up 53.5% excluding dividends.) Still likes because of Windows 7 and other products that are coming out.2010-04-22
DON'T BUY30.820Don LatoHas lost its way in the last 5 to 10 years. Would much prefer Apple (AAPL-Q), Cisco (CSCO-Q), Oracle (ORCL-Q) or RIM (RIM-T).2010-04-14
TOP PICK30.010Paul Harris, CFAWindows 7 has done very well and they booked $1 billion in revenues in the last quarter and have another $2 billion they can book in the next little while. Several new products coming out in 2010. Expecting great benefits from the Yahoo deal.2010-03-25
DON'T BUY29.630Michael SprungAs a value investor he has a lot of trouble with technology companies particularly with computer related multiples. Bulk of their cash flow comes from their office products Windows operating systems. Both of these have been under attack. Looks expensive.2010-03-17
DON'T BUY29.370David BaskinWould see Canadian dollar at US$1.05 yet. Cloud computing is a huge threat to Microsoft. 2010-03-16
DON'T BUY28.970Gordon ReidGoing through a pretty healthy product cycle with their Windows 7. This is helping their earnings. Over the last decade, nothing has really happened with their stock price yet their earnings have doubled. Prefers other companies in the tech area.2010-03-10
WAIT28.670Ron MeiselsIs below the 50 day moving average but not the 200. Will probably have to wait until next January for it to break out.2010-03-02
TOP PICK28.969Paul Harris, CFAWindows 7 has had very good reviews. They are coming out with more and more products in 2010. Vista was a bad product for them. They have no debt and throw off tones of free cash. A growth spurt could be quite substantial.2010-02-18
DON'T BUY28.590Gordon ReidEarnings have doubled in the last decade, but prospects for growth have gone.2010-02-17
DON'T BUY27.990Don LatoNot a huge fan of this stock. Looks very cheap on the surface creating at around 14X earnings and stripping out the cash you get it down to a round 12 or 13 times earnings. Feel the company is being attacked on all fronts and hasn't responded as well as he would like.2010-02-10
PAST TOP PICK28.630Brian Acker, CA(A Top Pick Feb 24/09. Up 67.84%.)2010-02-03
TOP PICK28.410John ZechnerAs well positioned as we have seen them for the last 10+ years. Windows 7 is a winner and is leading to a refresh product cycle. Have generated a mountain of cash. Only trading at about 11X forward earnings.2010-02-01
BUY on WEAKNESS28.180Jim HuangNot a bad name if you are looking for income and growth. This is the dominant force in operating systems and productivity software. Windows 7 is driving the great earnings. Have their fingers in a lot of pies and they have great software. 2% yield and have a lot of cash.2010-01-29
PAST TOP PICK29.160Colin Stewart(A Top Pick May 12/09. Up 47.7%.) Continuing to do very well especially with their launch of Windows 7. Expect people will be upgrading to the new software.2010-01-28
TOP PICK29.500Charles LannonIn the mist of benefiting from a structural reset in margins through cost cutting. Thinks it has plenty of room to run. Shares are worth high $30s. It doubled earnings over the last 5 years. Risk/reward tradeoff is compelling.2010-01-26
TOP PICK30.860Paul Harris, CFAWindows 7 had good reviews and will be coming out with a lot of products over the next year. 1.6% yield. Trades at 16-17 times earnings. Great potential for good upgrades in the earnings.2010-01-18
TOP PICK29.870Paul Harris, CFA7.9 free cash flow yield along with a dividend yield. Windows 7 is working out and thinks corporations will be moving to this. Have new products coming out. Trading at one of the lowest multiples ever. Tons of cash. Worth $40.2009-12-10
BUY29.620Richard CroftCaller: January/2011 $35 Call. Answer: This is a pretty bullish position. He suspects this is probably trading around $1 so that would be all you are risking. LEAPs (Long Term Equity Anticipation unit) tend to be under priced relative to the associated move on the underlying stock. If you're really bullish on this, this is probably a good way to play it.2009-11-20
DON'T BUY29.120Gordon ReidHas lost its innovative edge in the last few years. Prefers others in the technology space.2009-11-11
TOP PICK27.530Paul Harris, CFAThinks it is a cheap stock. They have a bunch of products coming out over the next little while. You are going to be able to tell that they are a growth company in the next 6-8 months. Windows 7 will get a great reception. A very different company than two years ago. Everyone has this massive light on Google and no one likes this one.2009-11-03
BUY28.680Ross Healy(Market Call Minute.) Looks like it could go higher. Windows7 looks like an interesting product.2009-10-26
DON'T BUY26.580Don LatoNot a stock they have liked nor will like for the foreseeable future. Revenue from windows 7 will not change it. It’s lost its way through lack of innovation.2009-10-21
TOP PICK25.670Paul Harris, CFAVery cheap story at 15X earnings. Windows7 is coming out this month and Office is coming out in the new year. Market is placing zero value on their online services.2009-10-08

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