"Is Microsoft a Value Trap?" That was a popular discussion after the stock had treaded water after the dot com crash. The article from 2012 linked below decides it's probably not and forsees annual growth of 3% to 8%. Instead, since then MSFT's growth rate as averaged more like 23% annually, with the stock price roughly doubling every 3 years since (16x). I enjoy looking back at pieces like this one. It helps me judge current stock opinions. Predictions are hard, especially about the future. https://seekingalpha.com/article/915791-is-microsoft-a-value-trap