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Microsoft's Earnings Beat Isn't Enough? Stock Slides Over 6% As Investors Want Proof AI Bet Is Paying Off, Here's What Amy Hood Said
Thursday, January 29, 2026 - 4:15am | 702Read More...On Wednesday, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings, with EPS up 24% year over year, but the strong print failed to calm Wall Street as shares slid 6.14% in after-hours trading. Strong Earnings, Weak Market Reaction The selloff came despite solid...
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Microsoft Q2 Earnings Highlights: Cloud Revenue Growth Of 26% Powers Double Beat, CEO Says 'Only At The Beginning Phases Of AI'
Wednesday, January 28, 2026 - 5:20pm | 479Read More...Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported second-quarter financial results after market close Wednesday. Here are the key highlights. Microsoft Q2 Earnings Microsoft reported second-quarter revenue of $81.3 billion, up 21% year-over-year. The total beat a Street consensus estimate of $80.25...
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Microsoft's Backlog Surges 51% To $392 Billion: Commercial Bookings 'Significantly Ahead of Expectations,' Says CFO Amy Hood
Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 4:28am | 591Read More...Tech giant Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) had a blowout fiscal first-quarter performance, as demand for its cloud and AI services continued to accelerate, with commercial bookings and backlog both hitting record highs. MSFT stock is struggling to find support. Stay ahead of the curve here. Backlog...
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Microsoft CFO Amy Hood Says Cloud Revenue Figures 'Could Be Higher,' But Azure Is 'Short On Capacity' As AI Demand Soars
Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 2:21am | 717Read More...Microsoft Corporation's (NASDAQ:MSFT) booming AI business is stretching its cloud infrastructure to the limit, with CFO Amy Hood acknowledging that Azure's capacity shortfall likely capped revenue growth in the latest quarter. Azure Capacity Crunch Hits Growth During the company's fiscal first-...
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Microsoft Shares Slide After Q2 Results, Cloud Revenue Misses Expectations: Details
Wednesday, January 29, 2025 - 5:30pm | 422Read More...Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) reported its second-quarter financial results after Wednesday's closing bell. Here's a look at the key figures from the quarter. The Details: Microsoft reported quarterly GAAP earnings of $3.23 per share, beating the $3.11 consensus estimate. Quarterly revenue clocked...
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3 Stocks Ride A $100 Billion AI Data Center Wave
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 - 12:47pm | 607Read More...Despite global market turbulence and growing fears of a U.S. economic slowdown, major tech companies are ramping up their investments in data centers to support the booming artificial intelligence (AI) sector. Tech Giants Double Down On AI Infrastructure Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT), Meta...
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Microsoft's Q4 Results 'Fine' But Not 'Blowout,' Says Top Analyst: Why Azure Slight Miss Has A 'Unique Sting?'
Wednesday, July 31, 2024 - 4:39am | 686Read More...Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) shares fell late Tuesday after the software giant’s cloud revenue missed forecasts and forward guidance came in shy of estimates of some analysts. Market watchers and analysts apparently weren’t overly concerned by what was perceived as sore spot by...
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Amazon's AWS Vs. Microsoft Azure Vs. Google Cloud: How The Cloud Race Stacked Up In Q3
Sunday, October 29, 2023 - 9:53am | 984Read More...While the cloud business has been critical to tech titans Amazon, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Alphabet, Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) (NASDAQ:GOOG), not all saw the same levels of success in the last quarter. This is evident from the sharp pullback in the shares of Google parent...
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Amazon's AWS Vs Microsoft Azure Vs Google Cloud: How Tech Titans Fared In June Quarter's Cloud Showdown
Monday, August 7, 2023 - 3:34am | 667Read More...The second-quarter results of the cloud industry’s major players – Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT), and Alphabet Inc‘s Google (NASDAQ:GOOGL) – have unveiled significant shifts in the industry dynamics....
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Amazon Stock Slides Over 1% Premarket – But Cramer Thinks Its Not FTC Pressure: 'At Least Know Why You Are Selling'
Wednesday, July 26, 2023 - 7:19am | 414Read More...Amazon, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares pulled back in premarket trading on Wednesday despite a lack of any announcement from the company. Amazon investors were bidding down the stock after Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) hinted at higher spending related to AI, said CNBC Mad Money...
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Microsoft's Activision-Blizzard Acquisition: Email Reveals CFO's 2018 Warning To Employees On Not Building A 'Gold Toilet'
Friday, July 7, 2023 - 12:00am | 449Read More...Microsoft’s CFO, Amy Hood, cautioned employees against creating products without considering their potential appeal to customers, using the metaphor of building a “gold toilet,” CNBC reports. Context of the Comment During a 2018 meeting, Hood advised against building products...
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If You Bought Microsoft Stock Ahead Of The Conference Call, Jim Cramer Says You Are One Of The 'Dumbest People' He's 'Ever Seen'
Wednesday, January 25, 2023 - 3:02pm | 608Read More...Jim Cramer has long said to wait to hear from management on conference calls before buying names where guidance is held back. That advice could have saved Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) investors a good chunk of change following Tuesday's quarterly results. What Happened: Microsoft...
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Amazon, Snowflake And DataDog Shares Are Moving Following Microsoft's Q2 Results: What's Going On?
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 6:16pm | 437Read More...Several cloud-related stocks are moving higher in Tuesday's after-hours session after Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares jumped on the company's quarterly results. Microsoft's cloud revenues appear to be driving the action. Some of the stocks making the biggest moves in the wake of...
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Microsoft Q2 Earnings Highlights: Redmond Misses On Revenue, Beats On EPS, With Azure Growth
Tuesday, January 24, 2023 - 5:28pm | 508Read More...Technology giant Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported second-quarter financial results after the market close Tuesday. Here are the key highlights. What Happened: Microsoft reported second-quarter revenue of $52.7 billion, missing a Street estimate of $52.97 billion, according to data from...
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Why Jim Cramer Says Alphabet, Microsoft Are Fat, Happy And Wrong: 'Concern Is The Course Of The Day'
Wednesday, October 26, 2022 - 12:20pm | 456Read More...Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ: GOOG) and Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ: MSFT) shares are sliding Wednesday after the pair of big tech firms turned in disappointing quarterly results. Jim Cramer attributed the majority of the companies underperformance to overstaffing issues Wednesday on CNBC's...
















