Microsoft overview
Adjusted daily prices from 3 Jan 2000 to 25 Sep 2026: the price path, how deep and long the losses ran, when the stock made or lost money, and how turbulent it was.
- Close · 25 Sep 2026
- $516.17
- Period return
- +1359.1%
- Annualised return
- +10.6%
- Annualised volatility
- 30.2%
- Max drawdown
- -68.7%
- Trading days
- 6,723
Risk
How painful holding this stock has been
Takeaway Worst fall: 69% from Jan 2000 to Mar 2009; back at the old high: Jul 2014.
Takeaway Volatility peaked at 79% in Dec 2008, against a typical 24%.
Returns by calendar
Good years, bad years, and whether any month stands out
Takeaway 20 of 27 years were positive. Best 2009 (+60%), worst 2000 (-63%).
Takeaway Best average month: Oct (+5.1%); worst: Feb (-2.1%). With about 26 years per month, these gaps are mostly noise.