Just recently, i wrote about how i have missed out by not investing in Microsoft.
Even though i have exposure to the stock via index funds that i hold in non-taxable accounts, i always missed out on purchasing MSFT as an individual stock.
Till now.
I recently opened a small starter position in Microsoft at $82.75 a share, for a yield on cost of about 2.03%
The stock price does look a bit over valued here, but so is the rest of the market and i know i can do much worse than invest in MSFT for the long term.
Microsoft has been firing on all cylinders, and one of the brighter spots - Azure web services (which is ranked no. 2 only behind AWS) is growing at a much faster pace than AWS.
The tax reform just passed both the house and senate , paving the way for a 21% corporate tax rate. This will surely benefit the likes of Microsoft and Apple, encouraging them to pass it on to investors.
At last count (around September 2017) Microsoft had a cash balance of about $138 billion. Most of it overseas. With the tax reform once they repatriate a big chunk of this back - it is more than likely going to be spent on stock buybacks and dividend payments - which should in theory help the stock price.
With these factors in mind, i think the stock has some more room to run. If it falls below $80, rest assured i will be buying more.
What do you think of this purchase, are you buying anything in this red hot market ?
It's hard to miss with a great company like Microsoft!
ReplyDelete@Timeinthemarket - Thanks for the comment. I agree, MSFT is almost always a good buy. Would love a bit of a pull back though...
DeleteI'm a big fan of MSFT for a dividend growth portfolio and can't complain at all about it's results since I started investing in it a few years back. Excellent dividend growth and much more to come I'm sure.
ReplyDelete@PIP - hey thanks for the comment. I have to agree - while we hear the stories about google and amazon stock returns, MSFT has been a great investment on its own too.
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