That’s according to analysts at Morgan Stanley, whose new US$415 price target for the software giant implies a valuation of around US$3.1 trillion. The analysts, led by Keith Weiss, named Microsoft their top pick among large cap software companies, and said that it is the best placed in the sector to benefit from the growth of AI.Canada's best source for investing news, analysis, and insight on investment strategies, stocks and more.
Despite a 42 per cent share-price rally this year, the valuation is “still reasonable,” according to Weiss. The stock’s so-called PEG ratio, or the price-earnings multiple divided by the expected percentage growth in earnings, “remains in line with historical averages, despite the unrivaled generative AI positioning,” he wrote. The PEG ratio is a metric often used by growth-focused investors.