Microsoft committed $10 million to President Trump's White House ballroom project, and Amazon and T-Mobile each committed $5 million, according to a donor list obtained by the Washington Post.
Characteristics and Risks of Standardized Options: Click Here Microsoft (MSFT) shined as a bright spot in tech on a day where the AI stocks took a hit across the board, thanks to multiple price target hikes from analysts.
UBS has raised its price target for Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), the software and cloud computing company, to $675 from $525, arguing that strong demand for artificial intelligence services supports higher growth expectations ahead of its 28 October results. The bank reiterated its 'buy' rating, saying Microsoft's valuation remains reasonable at 23 times estimated 2027 adjusted earnings despite a 39% rally since its June-quarter results.
Microsoft shares rose on Thursday as five Wall Street firms raised their price targets, citing demand for its Azure cloud platform and growing enterprise adoption of artificial intelligence, even as the broader AI trade remained under pressure. Microsoft stock MSFT was recently up around 1.12% at $539.67 after falling 1.8% in the previous session.
Azure is booking revenue faster than almost any cloud business in history, yet its leadership reportedly just told team heads to slash costs by a fifth. Something about the math behind that explosive growth is not adding up.
Yesterday, Anthropic announced that its revenue grew 50% quarter over quarter to $16.8 billion. On the back of an envelope, its 2027 revenue could exceed $100 billion.
Azure just crossed $100 billion in annual revenue and Microsoft's commercial backlog dwarfs what most investors track, yet the stock's biggest risk has nothing to do with AI demand fading.
Microsoft's stock slid around 35% between record closes in October 2025 and October 2026. Shares were up a year after five of the company's seven past long waits for a record ended.
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Microsoft's shares have rebounded in recent months, partly thanks to a strong quarterly update. The company still has significant growth avenues ahead.
Microsoft's stock has gained about $1.
The blue-chip technology giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) appears poised to resume its rise – broken by the early 2026 stock market plummet – with its next quarterly earnings, per most of the notes issued since Monday, October 12.