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Stock Update: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) – Pakistan, India lead in malware attacks -Microsoft report

[Reuters] – Pakistan, Indonesia, the Palestinian territories, Bangladesh, and Nepal attract the highest rates of attempted malware attacks, according to Microsoft Corp. Countries that attracted the fewest include Japan, Finland, Norway and Sweden, Microsoft said in a new study, based on sensors in systems running Microsoft anti-malware software. “We look at north of 10 million attacks on identities every day,” said Microsoft manager Alex Weinert, although attacks do not always succeed. Read more on this. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) , with a current market cap of $393.08B, opened at $49.87. During the trading session, MSFT traded between $49.73 to $50.05 and has traded between $39.72 and $56.85 over the past 12 months. Microsoft (MSFT) shares are currently priced at 18.75x this year’s forecasted earnings, which makes them relatively expensive compared to the industry’s 13.35x earnings multiple for the same period. The company pays shareholders $1.44 per share annually in dividends, yielding 2.89%. Consensus earnings for the current quarter by the 28 sell-side analysts covering the stock is an estimate of $0.58 per share, which would be $0.02 worse than the year-ago quarter and a $0.09 sequential decrease. What we find to be interesting is that the full-year EPS estimate of $2.66 is a $0.20 better when compared to the previous year’s annual results. The quarterly earnings estimate is predicated on a consensus revenue forecast of $22.17 Billion. If reported, that would be a 0.05% decrease over the year-ago quarter. Recently, Macquarie Initiated MSFT at Neutral (Mar 4, 2016). Previously, Morgan Stanley upgraded MSFT from Equal-Weight to Overweight. The average price target for MSFT shares by the analysts covering it is $57.73, which is 15.76% above where the stock opened. See more in (NASDAQ:MSFT) Similar Articles: Stock Update: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) – Report: Microsoft Announcing New Xbox Hardware At E3 Stock Update: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) – Microsoft Sues DoJ Over Data Request Order (MSFT) Stock Update: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) – Microsoft (MSFT) Stock Rallies on Bullish Coverage, Making its Own SIM Card
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