Microsoft is trading near record territory after years of strong gains, and the question now is whether the cash the business generates can support a share price of about US$555.8. Over the past 5 years, Microsoft has returned 74.2% which puts a lot of investor confidence into focus around how durable its cash generation really is. Heavy AI related capital spending, funded in part through large bond issues and sizable data center buildouts, can support higher future cash flows but also raises the bar for how much free cash the company needs to produce to justify the outlay. Prefer to judge Microsoft on earnings? See what Microsoft's 28.9x P/E says about the price.
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