Microsoft
By: Jazz Baird
Background information
- Incorporated on April 4th, 1975
- Founded by Bill Gates and Paul Allen
- Current CEO is Satya Nadella
- Microsoft has many subsidiaries in the U.S. , Ireland, Singapore, Puerto Rico, ect.
- It competes in the Business software and services industry
- Microsoft's main competitors are Apple, Google, IBM, and Oracle
Factors of Production
- Microsoft has about 122,935 employees
- Its net worth is about 22.07 Billion
- The chart above shows how Microsoft's stock has been doing the past 5 years
- They have been jumping around from bad to good
Stock information
- MIcrosofts symbol-MSFT
- Trades on the NASDAQ
- Microsoft pays a quarterly dividend of $0.31 per share
- Microsoft shares have split in 10 billion shares
New releases
- According to USA news today article, Microsoft is releasing Windows 10 this summer
- According to another USA news today article, Microsoft is scrapping its old Internet Explorer browser and CEO is Satya Nadella is determined to remake the aging technology
- These articles make Microsoft look good obviously, but there are different ones out there that make them look bad
Summary
- I think i would still purchase this stock, because its a growing company and its technology is always going to be advancing no matter what
- So far I have lost $994.63
- Don't sell your stock if its not doing to bad, give it chance because it could sky rocket