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Please obtain industry standards for ratios for Microsoft and two of its competitors, Oracle Corp and Apple.

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INDUSTRY: Application Software
GROWTH RATES % COMPANY INDUSTRY S&P 500
Sales (Qtr vs year ago qtr) 4 9.6 4.3
Net Income (YTD vs YTD) NA NA NA
Net Income (Qtr vs year ago qtr)-108.4 -141.2 0.7
Sales (5-Year Annual Avg.) 7.6 14.13 8.34
Net Income (5-Year Annual Avg.)3.84 10.97 7.94
Dividends (5-Year Annual Avg.) 14.87 7.13 5.24

PRICE RATIOS COMPANY INDUSTRY S&P 500
Current P/E Ratio 15.4 20.1 22
P/E Ratio 5-Year High 19.1 17 112.9
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