Analyst sees Microsoft becoming the first trillion dollar company

Back in February 2015, the market capitalization of Apple (share price multiplied by number of shares outstanding) surpassed $710 billion. At that point, Apple was the first company in history to be valued at over $700 billion. The tech titan eventually peaked at $775 billion before slipping back to the current value of $617 billion.

Even though it currently is in third place after Apple and Alphabet, Microsoft will be the first company to have a valuation in excess of one trillion dollars according to Equities.com analyst Michael Markowski. The current valuation of the top five publicly ...