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MSFTMicrosoft Corporation

Cloud and AI leader; Azure Quantum offers hardware-agnostic quantum access; developing topological qubits (Majorana-based); ships ML-KEM (CRYSTALS-Kyber) PQC in Windows 11 and Azure Key Vault.

Coiled

20

52w range compression, breakout-adjusted

Watched

100

7-day news volume + tape quietness

Sound

94

Margins, growth, FCF composite

Critical

100

Supply-chain concentration × demand

Pressure

75

Pricing Power

67.9%

Filling fast

Numbers on the wire.

Market cap

$3.72T

P/E (TTM)

27.39

P/S (TTM)

11.04

EV / EBITDA

55.97

Gross margin

67.94%

Op margin

46.73%

Net margin

40.31%

FCF margin

Rev growth YoY

17.79%

EPS growth YoY

31.56%

ROE

33.22%

ROA

19.42%

Debt / Equity

0.24

Current ratio

1.23

Price / Book

6.26

Beta

1.06

Microsoft's dual quantum bet: near-term (Azure Quantum partnerships with IonQ, HON) + long-term (topological qubits via Majorana Zero Modes, decade-scale). PQC integration in Azure/Windows adds near-term PQC revenue optionality. Risk: topological qubit timeline remains highly uncertain.

From the EDGAR wire.

From the tape.