By Dave Kovaleski
Publication Date: 2026-03-07 17:00:00
Key Points
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Microsoft stock was trading below $400 per share earlier this year.
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Its share price plummeted from a high of nearly $540 per share less than six months ago.
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Can Microsoft’s stock get back over $500 per share?
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Since last October, when Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) surged to an all-time high of $540 per share, the stock has been in free fall. As of March 3, shares are down some 24% from those October highs to $410 per share.
The drop is in part due to investors rotating out of overvalued tech stocks, but there are also Microsoft-specific concerns that have caused the price to tank. Most of the decline came after Microsoft’s fiscal second-quarter earnings report for the period ended Dec. 31. Shares plummeted more than 17% to below $400 per share on several concerns.
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