Microsoft

Forward P/Edivides today's price by the earnings analysts expect Microsoft to make over the next fiscal year — see what forward P/E measures for the full definition.

Current P/E uses that same price against Microsoft's last four reported quarters of earnings instead — a fact about profit already booked, not an opinion about where it's headed. Comparing the two tells you the direction the market expects: Forward P/E below Current P/E means the market expects earnings to grow into the price; above it means the market expects earnings to shrink, or is paying up for growth that hasn't shown up in results yet.

Forward PEG is the check on whether that Forward P/E is earned by growth or just expensive. Forward P/E divided by consensus EPS growth for the next fiscal year over the current one. Fiscal years end at different points in the calendar, so this is not a next-twelve-months figure. Not shown when growth isn't positive, or when it's too extreme for the ratio to be a meaningful screen. A stock priced above its peers on Forward P/E can still be reasonably priced if this ratio is low; one priced below peers can still be pricey if the growth behind it is even weaker.

None of these figures is a verdict on its own — together they're what the market is pricing in for Microsoft, and each new earnings report either confirms that pricing or forces the multiples above to move.

The Opportunity Score above is valued against Microsoft's own trading history over the past 6 months — drawdown off its 52-week high plus valuation, rescaled to that recent window rather than its full multi-year history — see how it's built. That's a different question from the peer comparison above — a stock can trade rich against its industry and still score high against its own recent range, or the reverse, so the two are not meant to agree. It isn't built to call the next week or the next earnings print — our own testing found its real edge shows up over roughly a year, not sooner.