How Microsoft's Diverse Growth Justifies Its Valuation

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT, Financial) is still the second most valuable company on the planet, narrowly beaten by Apple Inc (AAPL, Financial). Among the 10 largest companies in the United States, some stand out for being traded at above-market multiples, such as the two already mentioned, but also Nvidia Corp. (NVDA, Financial), Amazon.com Inc. (AMZN, Financial), Eli Lilly and Co. (LLY, Financial) and Tesla Inc (TSLA, Financial). Of all these, some require very aggressive projections or accept a low margin of s ...