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 WDC: 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 WDC's multiple
Needs WDC 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 lag
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) · WDC FY 2026 (ended Jul 3, 2026). Fiscal years are not aligned.
Trendline
Five 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
WESTERN DIGITAL CORPORATION · implied price per share
Bear
$221.57
Base
$260.67
Bull
$299.77
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
0.24x
Net debt / EBITDA
Leverage against operating earnings
-0.13x
0.05x
Cash and equivalents
Liquid reserves on the balance sheet
$76.84B
$1.60B
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 should continue compounding above-market growth with durable high margins and low leverage, then maintain a bullish view because the business quality gap versus WDC is substantial and WDC-multiple discount does not reflect that gap.
MSFT trades at 26.9x P/E versus WDC at 84.8x, while also generating far stronger margins and growth, so the relative valuation gap is hard to justify on fundamentals. The modeled implied price of $1,522.59 suggests 204.5% upside from $499.99, but that output appears driven by WDC-multiple framework rather than a WDC-quality match.
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