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NASDAQ · US · Software - Infrastructure

MSFT Microsoft

Largest AI cloud buyer; Azure and OpenAI capacity

Tight + uptrend Its supply chain is tightening and the stock trades above its 50-day average. (automatic: supply-chain trend + price vs 50-day average)
Last close (delayed) · 2026-10-26
$529.7
+0.98% today
1W
−0.7%
1M
+2.6%
3M
+34.9%
YTD
+10.2%
1Y
+2.0%
Off 52w high
−2.5%
Next earnings (est.): 2026-10-28
Market cap$3.89T
P/E (trailing)29.2Forward 22.1
EV / sales11.8×EV/EBITDA 20.2×
Revenue (TTM)$332BGrowth 17.7% y/y
Margins67.9%gross · op 45.1%
Free cash flow$16.55BCash $76.84B · debt $129B
Analyst target$601.7+13.6% upside · 53 analysts · strong buy
Riskβ 1.1Short 0.8% of float · yield 0.75%

Fundamentals from public market data, refreshed daily (2026-10-24 02:59 UTC). Figures in reporting currency.

MSFT · price with what management and the data said

Supply tighteningBeat / raiseMiss / cutData releaseEasing Hover a numbered marker for details · dashed lines = 50- and 200-day averages

Timeline: management commentary, data & earnings

8 events
  1. 8
    2026-07-29EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 4.74 vs 4.24 expected (+11.8% surprise).

  2. 7
    2026-04-29EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 4.27 vs 4.07 expected (+4.8% surprise).

  3. 6
    2026-01-28EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 4.14 vs 3.92 expected (+5.7% surprise).

  4. 5
    2025-10-29EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 4.13 vs 3.66 expected (+12.7% surprise).

  5. 4
    2025-07-30EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 3.65 vs 3.38 expected (+8.1% surprise).

  6. 3
    2025-04-30EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 3.46 vs 3.22 expected (+7.4% surprise).

  7. 2
    2025-01-29EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 3.23 vs 3.12 expected (+3.5% surprise).

  8. 1
    2024-10-30EarningsBeat / raise

    Reported EPS 3.3 vs 3.11 expected (+6.1% surprise).

Predictions involving MSFT

Earnings history

EPS vs expectations
DateExpected EPSReported EPSSurprise
2026-07-294.244.74+11.8%
2026-04-294.074.27+4.8%
2026-01-283.924.14+5.7%
2025-10-293.664.13+12.7%
2025-07-303.383.65+8.1%
2025-04-303.223.46+7.4%
2025-01-293.123.23+3.5%
2024-10-303.113.3+6.1%
2024-07-302.942.95+0.2%
2024-04-252.842.94+3.4%
2024-01-302.772.93+5.8%
2023-10-242.652.99+12.8%
2023-07-252.552.69+5.6%
2023-04-252.232.45+9.8%
2023-01-242.322.32+0.2%
2022-10-252.312.35+1.9%
2022-07-262.292.23−2.7%
2022-04-262.22.22+1.1%
2022-01-252.322.48+7.0%
2021-10-262.082.27+9.3%
2021-07-271.932.17+12.7%
2021-04-271.781.95+9.7%
2021-01-261.642.03+24.0%
2020-10-271.551.82+17.7%

About Microsoft

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Microsoft Corporation, a technology company, develops and supports a portfolio of technology solutions for individuals and businesses worldwide. Its products include operating systems, server applications, business solution applications, software development tools, desktop and server management tools, and video games; and devices, such as PCs, tablets, gaming and entertainment consoles, other intelligent devices, and related accessories. The company's Productivity and Business Processes segment offers Microsoft 365 Commercial, Enterprise Mobility + Security, Power BI, Exchange, SharePoint, Microsoft Teams, Microsoft 365 Security and Compliance, Microsoft 365 Copilot, and Windows Commercial on-premises and Office licensed on-premises. This segment also provides Microsoft 365 Consumer products and cloud services; LinkedIn, including talent solutions, marketing solutions, subscriptions, and…

223,000 employees · Redmond, United States

Four US hyperscalers guided to roughly $700B+ of 2026 capex, with 2027 modelled near $1T. Their guides set demand for every supplier on this site; neoclouds add more.

Capex guide→Orders→Data centers→AI revenue

What would prove us wrong. Weakens if two or more hyperscalers cut forward capex guidance in the same quarter.

Peers at the same bottleneck

Who else supplies this

StockRoleLast1D1MYTDTrend
GOOGL
Alphabet
Waymo driverless fleet and TPUs $319.0−0.37%−7.2%+2.1%
AMZN
Amazon
AWS; Trainium custom chips and the largest capex budget $248.9+0.37%−0.3%+7.8%
META
Meta Platforms
Gigawatt training campuses (Prometheus, Hyperion) $643.5+0.14%−14.4%−2.2%
ORCL
Oracle
OCI AI cloud; Stargate capacity for OpenAI $125.9−0.21%−7.8%−34.5%
CRWV
CoreWeave
GPU cloud; large consumer of powered shells $56.49+4.17%−35.5%−21.1%
NBIS
Nebius Group
Neocloud building GPU capacity in US and Europe $160.1+0.88%−32.5%+91.3%

Not investment advice. Prices delayed and in local currency. Quotes in "double quotes" are verbatim as reported by the linked source; other commentary is our paraphrase. Earnings dates are estimates.