Microsoft Corporation
$3.56T- Market cap
- $3.59T
- Debt
- +$49.52B
- Cash
- −$76.84B
Capital structure 99% equity / 1% debt · EV / Revenue 10.74x · EV / EBITDA 17.14x
Compare price, profitability, solvency, and SEC-reported financials side by side—before deciding which assumptions deserve a closer look.
Decision snapshot: MSFT stock price vs CTSH: 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 CTSH's multiple
Needs CTSH P/E.
Implied fair value · at MSFT's multiple
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Metric by metric
Where each company leads, and how wide the gap is.
Growth edge
Pricing power
Operating leverage
Lower is better
Not comparable
Lower leverage
Statements
Core statements aligned to each company's latest fiscal year.
SEC periods: MSFT FY 2026 (ended Jun 30, 2026) · CTSH 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 10.74x · EV / EBITDA 17.14x
Price framework
Discounted free cash flow, then bridged to a per-share price. Same assumptions applied to both companies.
MICROSOFT CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$216.80
Base
$255.06
Bull
$293.32
COGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$50.57
Base
$59.50
Bull
$68.42
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
0.04x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.13x
-0.35x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$76.84B
$1.91B
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 margins, growth, and returns deserve a valuation above CTSH and closer to the upper end of its DCF/historical ranges, then holding or buying makes sense because the business quality materially exceeds CTSH even though the stock screens expensive on simple relative multiples.
MSFT trades at 35.5x P/E versus CTSH at 11.6x, which explains why a simple CTSH multiple framework implies a much lower price than the current quote. However, the implied price range of $45.07-$159.15 and DCF range of $156.79-$212.13 suggest MSFT is closer to intrinsic value under more fundamental assumptions than CTSH comp alone implies.
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