Opinions
Christine Poole
Microsoft Corp
MSFT-Q
TOP PICK
Feb 20, 2025
Stock price when the opinion was issued
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People are taking profits in the Mag 7. Still a top pick. AI-cloud dominance and smart investments are driving their growth. Financial strength keeps them steady in uncertain markets. Her price target is $480, another 25% upside. You could add to your position now.
Shares are back to July 2024. Will this be closer to $300 or $500? The easy answer is $500. $300 would mean a lot of fundamental concerns on the macro side of the market. Look for guidance ahead. Are they still on schedule to spend $13 billion this year? And what will they get in return for that? Their last Q4 revealed that their AI business surprisingly surpassed their revenue run rate of $13 billion, which was a lot sooner. Companies like this are spending alot, but they are making money back in AI.
MSFT recently reported a 170% increase in its AI and cloud services segment. It is a key player in the space and a solid company to own. It has been prudently using some of its cash reserves to buy back shares and retire debt. It supports a ROE of 34%. We recommend setting a stop-loss at $340, looking to achieve $505 — upside potential of 29%. Yield 0.8%
(Analysts’ price target is $504.89)We expand economic opportunity and growth for all. Economic growth and opportunity must reach every person, organization, community, and country. This starts with ensuring everyone has the skills to thrive in a digital, AI-enabled economy, and extends to empowering nonprofits, entrepreneurs, and other organizations to digitally transform and address society’s biggest challenges. Social media mentions are up 467% in the past 24h.
Stock pulled back 6% on the January reporting, attractive entry point. Cloud computing grew 31% instead of the 32+% expected. She thinks 31% is still pretty decent. Spending on data centres increased quite a bit. Management believes growth will pick up in latter part of this year.
(Analysts’ price target is $506.15)Tends to invest in a company, such as LinkedIn, before it becomes mainstream. Early investment in AI as well, and well positioned to ride that wave. Strong balance sheet, recurring revenue stream. Yield is 0.8%.