Following Microsoft through the full workflow
Universe → Buy Zone → Cached analysis → Fresh AI dive. One stock, one decision, the real cost of each step.
Numbers below reflect MSFT in our 2026-05-05 universe snapshot. Yours may differ as the price and history move.
Discovery — MSFT in the Quality Universe
You sign in, land on the Universe page, and sort by archetype. MSFT shows up under Reinvestment Growth with a composite score of 80. It cleared every quality filter we have: 10-year revenue history, EPS growth above 3% CAGR, ROIC above WACC in 8 of the last 10 years, FCF positive in 9 of 10, manageable debt, stock-based compensation under the threshold.
What makes the score 80 and not 95: MSFT's revenue CAGR has been decelerating from the Azure-hyper-growth years. Strong in absolute terms, less so than 5 years ago.
Buy Zone — today MSFT is Deep
You click over to Today's Buy Zone. MSFT sits at the top of the Deep section. Its current P/E is at the ~8th percentile of its own 5-year range — cheaper than it's been on 92 of the last 60 monthly snapshots.
That alone doesn't make it a buy. A P/E compression can mean the market is wrong (opportunity) or the market knows something (trap). The Deep grade is a flag to look harder, not a recommendation.
Ticker detail — score breakdown and 5yr chart
You click into the MSFT detail page. The score breakdown shows where the 80 comes from across 5 dimensions:
The 5yr P/E chart shows today's 24.5x at a clear extreme on the cheap side. Three shaded bands behind the line mark the 10th, 25th, and 40th percentile thresholds — today's dot is well inside the deepest band.
The valuation looks attractive on its own history. But why? Is the AI cycle over for them? Did earnings miss? Did Azure growth fall off a cliff? The screener can't answer those — that's when you reach for the analyst.
Cached analyses — read what the community already paid for
You click Deep Analysis. The screener shows a chronological list of every analysis ever run on MSFT — yours and other subscribers':
- 2026-03-15Strong Entrypaid $1.40 by another user
- 2026-01-20Entry with Caveatspaid $1.10 by another user
- 2025-10-08Waitpaid $1.30 by another user
- 2025-08-02Waitpaid $1.20 by another user
The latest is two months old — March 15. You open it for free. It outlines the bull case (Azure pricing power, Copilot adoption, GitHub margin expansion) and the bear case (capex acceleration on AI infra cutting near-term FCF). Verdict: Strong Entry with the caveat "FCF margin will compress short-term before AI ROI lands."
Every Pro subscriber can read every past analysis — no extra charge. The community spend on running these once benefits everyone.
Fresh analysis — refresh after earnings
MSFT reported quarterly earnings last week. The cached briefing is 2 months old and pre-earnings. You want today's take. You click Run new analysis.
The system can't quote you an exact price up front — every analysis is unique, and the final cost only resolves once Claude is done. It can confirm you have enough credit to cover the typical range, then start. Real-time financials get pulled, Claude searches the web for fresh news, and 5 sequential AI passes produce the 8-section briefing.
When it finishes, your balance shows the exact deduction: this run cost $1.40, charged after the fact. Failed runs don't cost anything.
- ●Implied growth in current price: 11.5%. The market is pricing MSFT for ~11.5% annual FCF growth over the next 10 years.
- ●Historical 10yr revenue CAGR: 14.2%. The market is pricing the company for slower growth than it has delivered.
- ●Recent earnings: beat on revenue (+12% YoY) and EPS, Azure growth re-accelerated. Bear case (FCF compression) confirmed but smaller than feared.
- ●Verdict: Strong Entry. Risk/reward asymmetric to the upside.
Decision
You take this briefing, the cached ones, the score, the percentile, and your own judgment — and decide whether to act. The tool doesn't buy stocks for you. It tries to put the strongest evidence on one page so the decision is faster and less anchored on noise.
| Universe + Buy Zone + ticker detail | $0 (subscription) |
| Reading 4 cached past analyses | $0 (subscription) |
| 1 fresh post-earnings analysis | ~$1.40 (credits) |
| Total this session | ~$1.40 |
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This walkthrough is illustrative. The numbers above reflect what MSFT looks like in our system as of the snapshot date; current values may differ. Nothing here is investment advice — verify everything against your own research and consult a qualified financial advisor before any trade.