Microsoft Corporation has experienced a $1.3T market cap drawdown, the largest in its history, despite a generally bullish market. MSFT stock now trades at a forward earnings multiple of 21.7, near its 2022 buy levels, presenting a potentially attractive valuation. Recent concerns center on elevated FY26 capex guidance of $190B and significant exposure to OpenAI, which accounts for 45% of commercial RPO.
On June 26, the blue-chip technology giant Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) received a sudden buy signal in the form of the legendary short trader, Michael Burry, making a long bet on the stock.
A sharp sell-off in leading technology stocks reflects short-term impatience rather than any breakdown in the artificial intelligence trade, according to Wedbush. The broker said core names driving what it calls the fourth industrial revolution, including Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG), Palantir Technologies Inc (NYSE:PLTR), Oracle Corp (NYSE:ORCL, XETRA:ORC), Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD), Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) and Meta Platforms Inc (NASDAQ:META, XETRA:FB2A, SIX:FB), have come under heavy selling pressure, with investors treating Microsoft and Meta as if they were bear-market stocks that cannot be owned.
The recommendations of Wall Street analysts are often relied on by investors when deciding whether to buy, sell, or hold a stock. Media reports about these brokerage-firm-employed (or sell-side) analysts changing their ratings often affect a stock's price.
Amazon is aggressively investing in AI infrastructure, causing near-term free cash flow pressure but positioning for long-term dominance. Despite a recent decline in free cash flow to $1.2 billion and projected negative FCF in 2026, underlying business metrics are accelerating, notably AWS and advertising growth. AMZN's pristine balance sheet, with $102 billion in cash and no debt maturing until 2028, supports self-funded expansion and reduces financing risk.
We have spent two years watching the AI build-out through an American lens. Nvidia Corp (NASDAQ:NVDA, XETRA:NVD), Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT), OpenAI...
Italy's antitrust authority said on Friday it had opened an investigation into Microsoft over alleged unfair commercial practices linked to the price hike of its "Microsoft 365" subscription.
Microsoft Corporation's data center capacity expansion to 10GW by FY26 is projected to accelerate Cloud revenue growth by 12.4% to 21.3%, aided by the Anthropic Azure AI Foundry deal. Average revenue per user for Office 365 can surprise to the upside as Copilot adoption drives a transition toward consumption-based and usage-based compute pricing models. Aggressive capital expenditure projected to reach $190B by the end of CY26 carries an estimated negative ROI of -9.3%, signaling that Microsoft is overpaying for revenue growth.
In a new court filing, The Times accused Microsoft of encouraging OpenAI to train its A.I. systems using copyrighted articles.
Those who owned Microsoft's stock for the free-cash-flow profile now “are being asked to underwrite a capital-intensity cycle,” says an analyst.
Qualcomm shares climbed on Thursday after the chipmaker outlined an expanded push into artificial intelligence data centers, raised its long-term revenue targets, and unveiled new partnerships with Meta Platforms and Microsoft. Shares rose 8% in the trading session.
A coalition of publishers of nearly 400 local and regional newspapers has filed a lawsuit against OpenAI and Microsoft, alleging copyright infringement.