Microsoft will report its fiscal Q3 2026 earnings on April 29, with investors watching closely to see if AI adoption can boost Azure cloud growth and offset heavy AI-related expenses. Azure revenue growth, constrained recently by compute capacity, is a key focus, with potential acceleration tied to new AI infrastructure coming online. Additionally, Microsoft's Copilot AI tool in its Microsoft 365 suite is an early but important revenue driver, currently with about 15 million paid seats. The results will also highlight trends in Microsoft 365 revenue, Dynamics, and LinkedIn advertising, which show steady growth and improvement.
Microsoft shares have fallen about 30% from their peak last year, trading near $395, despite showing strong earnings growth of around 17% and robust AI integration in its products. The market appears to undervalue Microsoft’s AI advancements, with Of...
In Q2 2026, top contributors to growth included Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Alphabet, United Rentals, Apple, and Visa. Alphabet’s Google Search and Cloud segments showed robust revenue growth of 19% and 63%, respectively, boosting operating i...
Microsoft is instructing its sales team to highlight the efficiency and cost advantages of its own AI models compared to competitors like OpenAI, Google, and Anthropic. This shift comes as Microsoft replaces some third-party AI models in apps like Wo...
The SPDR NYSE Technology ETF (XNTK) has significantly outperformed the Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) over the past year, returning 51.65% compared to QQQ's 28.43%. XNTK uses an equal-weight approach focusing solely on about 35 tech leaders, capturing broad...
Jim Cramer cautioned that the recent rally in Big Tech stocks like Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon might be more about investor optimism than real improvements in their business fundamentals. Despite positive news such as Warren Buffett's endor...
