MSFT

Microsoft
Systems Software · Information Technology · as of 2026-10-05
Last close
$525.18
+1.5% on the session
1-year return
+2.7%
+41.4% over six months
Volatility
32.7%
annualized, trailing year
Max drawdown
-34.5%
worst peak to trough, 1y
What the numbers say

Microsoft is a systems software name in the information technology sector. Over the past year it returned +2.7%, against +35.3% over three months and +3.0% over one. It trades 21.7% above its 200-day average, so the longer trend is confirming recent strength. Annualized volatility of 32.7% is above the market's typical range.

Its worst peak-to-trough decline over the year was -34.5%, and it has traded a median $11.2B a day, the figure that decides whether a position can actually be entered and exited at posted prices. Its daily moves correlate 0.38 with the S&P 500 proxy, so it has been moving substantially on its own.

Where it ranks
Within Information Technology#17 of 72
Stronger than 77% of its sector on the momentum profile
Across the whole index#40 of 496

How MSFT scores on all four profiles

Its standing on steadiness, defensiveness and rebound, plus the factor-by-factor breakdown behind each score, and its closest and least-correlated peers among 5 others in Systems Software.

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Full metrics
1 day+1.5%
1 week+3.1%
1 month+3.0%
3 months+35.3%
6 months+41.4%
1 year+2.7%
12-1 momentum-0.3%
Volatility (1y, annualized)32.7%
Max drawdown (1y)-34.5%
Distance vs 200-day average+21.7%
Return per unit of risk0.08
Median daily dollar volume$11.2B
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