Microsoft Corp

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Microsoft Corp

• Greg Stepp
• MSFT
• 10/26/04

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Microsoft Corp

• Purchased 4/29/98
• Price Purchased at 22.78
• Shares 108

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Company Info

• Microsoft Corporation, incorporated in 1981,
  develops, manufactures, licenses and supports a
  wide range of software products for various
  computing devices.
• The Company sells the Xbox video game console,
  along with games and peripherals.

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Company Info

• Its online businesses include the MSN
  subscription and the MSN network of Internet
  products and services.

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Facts / Products

• Sector Technology
• Industry Software Programming
• The Company's seven product segments are
• Client
• Server and Tools
• Information Worker
• Microsoft Business Solutions
• MSN
• Mobile and Embedded Devices
• Home and Entertainment

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Competitors
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Recent News

• Cisco and Microsoft Join Forces to Help Customers
  Address Security Threats
• Amazon.com, Microsoft Team Against Online Fraud
  Companies file lawsuits against spammers and
  phishers

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Pros

• It was an especially eventful summer for
  Microsoft, with the company unveiling new
  initiatives to take on rivals Apple Computer and
  Google, announcing plans for an unprecedented
  payout to shareholders.

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Pros

• Microsoft won a critical appeals court ruling
  that upheld its U.S. antitrust settlement.
• Are releasing a long-awaited update meant to make
  Windows more secure.

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Cons

• But to look at Microsoft's stock price over the
  same time period, it's almost as if nothing
  happened -- good or bad. To the surprise of some
  analysts, amid all the tumult, Microsoft shares
  have stayed within a relatively limited price
  range, from 26 to 29 a share.

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SWOT Analysis

• Strengths
• Relatively rapid product development processes
  that allow for timely updating and release of new
  products
• Microsoft is the world's 1 software company.
• Weaknesses
• Not a key player in the Internet space and few
  products for Internet applications
• Opportunities
• The demand for personal computers in American and
  global markets remains strong despite the growth
  and increasing popularity of personal handheld
  devices
• Threats
• Apple and Linux threaten Microsoft's market share
  of the desktop operating market

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Ratio Comparison
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Intrinsic Value

• Valuepro.net intrinsic value 29.44
• Most recent price 27.80
• Recommendations to buy, sell, or hold

Buy
Sell
Hold
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Microsoft Corp

• 52 week range 24.01 - 29.89
• Recommendation

Hold