What is MSFT's five-year median P/E?

The median, or middle weekly reading, is 33.8× over the last five years. Available history contains 847 weekly observations from Aug 2, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.

Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?

No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.

Microsoft (MSFT) valuation history

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As of Oct 22, 2026

MSFT's P/E of 29.7x is lower than 68% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.

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P/E at year-end

Last weekly reading of each completed year. Rank runs from lowest (0%) to highest (100%) within the five years available on that date.

MSFT year-end valuation history
Reading date	P/E	5-year rank
Dec 29, 2025	33.6×	33%
Dec 30, 2024	34.9×	52%
Dec 25, 2023	36.4×	81%
Dec 26, 2022	25.8×	6%
Dec 27, 2021	37.6×	73%
Dec 28, 2020	35.9×	65%
Dec 30, 2019	29.9×	43%
Dec 31, 2018	42.3×	82%
Dec 25, 2017	29.1×	65%
Dec 26, 2016	29.9×	81%

Peers on the same measure

Stock	P/E	5-year rank
AAPLApple	39.5×	96%
ADBEAdobe	14.2×	6%
CRMSalesforce	22.0×	6%
DDOGDatadog	546.2×	73%

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What is MSFT's current P/E?: MSFT's P/E of 29.7x is lower than 68% of its available weekly readings from the last five years.
What is MSFT's five-year median P/E?: The median, or middle weekly reading, is 33.8× over the last five years. Available history contains 847 weekly observations from Aug 2, 2010 to Oct 19, 2026.
Does a low historical rank mean a stock is a buy?: No. The rank describes a stock’s own history. Changes in growth, financial risk and the business can change the multiple investors pay. P/E uses earnings and P/S uses revenue from the previous twelve months.