Microsoft (MSFT) could produce exceptional returns because of its solid growth attributes.
Microsoft's explosive $13B AI revenues surge 175% YoY, justifies 11.76x P/S premium. Azure cloud market share gain makes MSFT a must-buy for 2025.
The American Federation of Teachers said it would use the $23 million, including $500,000 from the A.I. start-up Anthropic, to create a national training center.
MSFT ramps up global Azure infrastructure with $80 billion AI data center push as cloud growth accelerates.
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Microsoft is closing its operations in Pakistan, marking the end of a 25-year presence in the South Asian nation.
Google Cloud is growing faster than Microsoft Cloud, maintaining a 28% CAGR versus Microsoft's slowing 22% growth. Google's legacy advertising business is nearly twice the size of Microsoft's legacy segment and is growing at the same 10% rate. The market undervalues Google's future potential, especially as its cloud and subscription revenues accelerate and rival Microsoft's scale.
AI has propelled the two companies toward an exclusive club, but Microsoft's path forward is more complicated.
Microsoft's latest job cuts affected a wide swath of employees in the company's home state of Washington. Nearly a dozen game design workers in the state were part of the layoffs, along with three audio designers and two mechanical engineers.
Technology shares are heading into the second half of the year on a bullish footing, with growing adoption of artificial intelligence expected to drive another leg higher in the sector's rally. Wedbush predicts a further 10% gain for tech stocks by the end of 2025, with Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, ETR:NVD), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, ETR:FB2A, SWX:FB), Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR) and Tesla Inc (NASDAQ:TSLA) flagged as top picks.
In 2023, analysts estimated Microsoft's Copilot AI chatbot would garner $30 billion in revenue. The software giant did not reveal Copilot revenue in its latest earnings call even as OpenAI reports $10 billion in annual recurring revenue.
Microsoft is cutting more than 9,000 jobs -- 4% of its global workforce -- and as a result, Everwild and the Perfect Dark reboot have been put out to pasture.