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Satya became CEO in February 2014. Since then, Microsoft's stock has significantly outperformed Google and Apple, and slightly outperformed Facebook. While it s
by SatvikBeri 8y ago
Satya became CEO in February 2014. Since then, Microsoft's stock has significantly outperformed Google and Apple, and slightly outperformed Facebook. While it significantly underperformed each of those in the years before. So it's not just the bull market.
- sonnyblarney 8y agoThe stock rise was a function of changing analyst ratios - not changing fundamentals. Ballmer grew the company like a machine during his tenure. Satya has been iffy, in fact, without 2018 numbers, quite unstable in fact. It's just that that 2018 numbers were good enough to bring everything back to nice growth. Without a lot of movement in P/E ratios, both CEO's would have really been doing about the same. Basically, the stock was held back for whatever reason during Ballmer years, even as sales were growing well. Then when Satya took over the ratios changed and the stock flipped up like an elastic. Satya's a good guy and the right choice but I don't think he's done anything quite fundamentally important yet relative to Ballmer.