Microsoft Corporation
$3.68T- Market cap
- $3.71T
- Debt
- +$49.52B
- Cash
- −$76.84B
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 11.10x · EV / EBITDA 17.97x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
FY 2025 ·
Decision snapshot: MSFT stock price vs CNC: inconclusive Relative valuation is incomplete for this pair. Review the available filing metrics before drawing a conclusion.
Quick read
Each company valued on the other's multiple, then compared with the market price.
Implied fair value · at CNC's multiple
Needs CNC P/E.
Implied fair value · at MSFT's multiple
Needs EPS (TTM) is negative.
Snapshot Sep 4, 4:00 PM ET
Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth lag
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Multiple premium
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSFT FY 2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026) · CNC FY 2025 (ended Dec 31, 2025). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Six fiscal years of revenue, earnings, and margins before underwriting a re-rating.
Price framework
Market cap plus debt, less cash.
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 11.10x · EV / EBITDA 17.97x
Capital structure 66% equity / 34% debt · EV / Revenue 0.16x
MSFT carries the larger enterprise value at $3.68T against $30.21B; CNC trades on the lower EV / Revenue multiple (0.16x vs 11.10x).
Price framework
The same filing-backed model used on each company's valuation page, with company-specific inputs and calculated scenarios.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION · implied price per share
Debt and bridge-cash inputs are required to translate enterprise value into equity value.
CENTENE CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$132.82
Base
$157.61
Bull
$191.04
Balance sheet health
Financial health checks to separate durable balance sheets from potential value traps.
Financial strength on a 0–9 scale.
Bankruptcy-risk signal from balance sheet and earnings power.
Debt / equity
Total debt against shareholders' equity
0.11x
0.87x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.13x
0.61x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$76.84B
$20.32B
Total debt
Interest-bearing obligations outstanding
Comparable set
Where the pair sits against the wider comparable set.
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If you believe MSFT's premium profitability and balance-sheet strength should continue to command a premium multiple rather than converge toward CNC's distressed valuation, then maintain or accumulate MSFT because its margins, ROIC, and quality scores are dramatically superior to CNC's.
The stated P/S-derived implied price of $7.59 versus MSFT's current price of $487.46 implies a 98.4% downside, but this is driven by comparing MSFT to CNC's much lower sales multiple rather than by MSFT's own economics. MSFT also sits near the upper half of its historical band, which suggests the stock is expensive versus history but not remotely aligned with CNC-implied valuation.
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