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Microsoft forward PE MSFT

Share price divided by analysts' consensus earnings for the next twelve months, since 1993.

Today, Oct 23, 2026
26.7×
10-year median
28.2×
Against its 10-year history
40th
percentile: 0 is its lowest day, 100 its highest
10-year range
19.9× to 37.8×
Peer median
29.2×

Microsoft's forward PE is 26.7× as of Oct 23, 2026.

That is below its ten-year median of 28.2×, close to the middle of its last ten years.

Over that time it ranged from 19.9× in Jun 2026 to 37.8× in Jul 2024.

The median for 8 technology stocks of a similar size is 29.2×.

Forward PE over time

The dashed line is the 10-year median and the shaded band the middle half of its days.

Open the interactive chart, with overlays and comparisons

Year by year

YearEnd of yearLowHigh
2026 so far26.7×19.9×28.3×
202528.8×25.4×34.2×
202432.2×30.6×37.8×
202332.3×23.1×32.4×
202224.6×22.7×34.5×
202136.9×28.5×37.7×
202030.0×23.7×33.9×
201929.0×21.5×29.0×
201822.1×21.6×28.2×
201725.6×22.9×26.0×
201622.8×20.0×23.2×
201523.4×18.7×23.6×
201422.3×15.4×23.1×
201316.6×10.0×17.0×
20129.9×9.9×13.4×
201110.6×9.5×12.7×
201012.4×11.3×16.5×
200916.3×9.2×16.6×
200812.1×12.1×19.4×
200720.4×17.2×23.1×

Against its peers

Companies in Technology nearest Microsoft's size, closest first, today.

CompanyForward PE
MSFTMicrosoft26.7×
AAPLApple37.5×
NVDANVIDIA17.5×
AVGOBroadcom18.6×
MUMicron Technology5.0×
AMDAdvanced Micro Devices45.7×
PLTRPalantir Technologies104×
INTCIntel50.0×
CSCOCisco Systems20.9×
Peer median29.2×

Where Microsoft ranks

What the forward PE tells you

Price divided by what analysts expect the company to earn over the next twelve months. It answers "what am I paying for next year" instead of last year.

Estimates are opinions. When forward PE is far below trailing PE, analysts expect a big jump in earnings. If that jump slips, the stock was not as cheap as it looked.

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Valuation data, not investment advice. Prices as of . Reported figures come from the company's filings with the SEC.