With S&P 500 tech sector outperforming, Microsoft stock price forecast benefits from macroeconomic tailwinds, including favorable interest rate outlook and robust IT spending patterns in Fortune 500 companies. MSFT is at $519.50 in midday trading on Friday, Oct. 3. The stock is up from a recent low of $495.00 on Sept. 5, but it's off from a peak of $535.64 on Aug. 4. For a mega-cap company like Microsoft, that usually comes down to its earnings outlook. Analysts project Microsoft to post 12.3% earnings growth in the next 12 months. That compares favorably to another mega-cap hyperscaler, Meta Platforms Inc. NASDAQ: META , which analysts project to post 13.15% earnings growth. Microsoft stock price forecast incorporates geopolitical risk analysis, concluding minimal exposure to supply chain disruptions compared to peers like semiconductor-heavy tech stocks.
