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Microsoft Corp (MSFT) delivered a record fiscal year with Azure revenue surpassing $100 billion, while AI-driven demand continues to outpace capacity.
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) closed fiscal 2026 with record revenue and continued growth in cloud and artificial intelligence services, while outlining plans for further infrastructure investment and forecasting double-digit revenue and operating-income growth in fiscal 2027. For the fiscal fourth quart
ARM (NASDAQ:ARM) reported record first-quarter fiscal 2027 results, with revenue rising 22% year over year to $1.29 billion as demand for its computing platform expanded across cloud AI infrastructure, edge devices and physical AI applications. Chief Executive Officer Rene Haas said the company del
U.S. equity futures were little changed on Wednesday as investors digested Microsoft, Meta and Qualcomm earnings and the Federal Reserve’s decision.
While the top- and bottom-line numbers for Microsoft (MSFT) give a sense of how the business performed in the quarter ended June 2026, it could be worth looking at how some of its key metrics compare to Wall Street estimates and year-ago values.
Microsoft reported that revenue from its Azure cloud business surpassed $100 billion for the first time in fiscal year 2026, which ended in June. The disclosure was notable because Microsoft historically doesn’t break out revenue for that business, making it difficult to compare it with rivals Amazon Web Services and Google Cloud.
Microsoft cloud unit grew at the fastest pace in four years, suggesting that the company's computing infrastructure and artificial intelligence services continue to make inroads with businesses. Azure cloud-computing revenue increased 43% during the fiscal fourth quarter, the company said Wednesday in a statement. That was the fastest quarterly growth since early 2022, and topped analysts' average growth estimate of about 40%. Azure sales topped $100 billion for the first time during the fiscal year ended in June. Bloomberg Tech Host Ed Ludlow reacts to earnings
Strong cloud demand may not silence spending concerns
Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) reports fiscal fourth-quarter results tonight, with analysts largely centering their attention on capital expenditures as the company continues its aggressive buildout of AI infrastructure. Bank of America analysts said "AI execution remains the central debate"...
A single capital spending number from Microsoft could either rescue a $700 billion AI trade from its worst selloff in months or confirm that the boom is finally running out of steam. Every chipmaker on five continents is watching.
Traders are expecting big swings from tech earnings on Wednesday, with options pricing in major after-market risks and short sellers lining up to bet against one of the market’s biggest stocks. Microsoft shares, which have fallen more than 15% from their early June peak and remain nearly 25% lower over the past year, are likely to move more than 6.6% in either direction after tonight’s June-quarter earnings, well ahead of its three-year average of around 4.8%. Short sellers, meanwhile, are crowding into the stock, with bets against the tech and cloud giant representing around 92 million shares, or 1.27% of its outstanding float, according to data from S3 Partners.
Options imply a 6.6% move after earnings.
Major U.S. technology companies are borrowing heavily as they ramp up spending on their artificial intelligence buildout, and at steadily higher yields as investors become more selective about absorbing the growing supply. Amazon, Alphabet, Meta Platforms and Oracle issued about $194 billion of bonds in 2026 through July 7, up 79% from roughly $108 billion in all of 2025, according to a Reuters analysis of LSEG data. Goldman Sachs expects bond issuance by the five hyperscalers, including Microsoft Corp, to reach roughly $250 billion this year and $400 billion in 2027.
Wall Street faces a twin set of risks on Wednesday, tied to Big Tech earnings and a Federal Reserve interest-rate decision, as stocks undergo a rare change of leadership ahead of the summer market doldrums. “The market’s response to both should provide a clearer indication of whether the current rotation continues or begins to develop into broader weakness,” said Zaheer Anwari, co-founder and CEO of the Luxembourg-based Revacy Fund.
By Johann M Cherian and Ragini Mathur July 29 (Reuters) - S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures inched higher on Wednesday as investors awaited the Federal Reserve's monetary policy verdict against a backdrop of
Wall Street futures were mostly higher pre-bell Wednesday as the global tech sector sell-off paused,
U. S. stock futures traded close to unchanged on Wednesday as investors prepared for a pivotal session featuring the Federal Reserve’s latest interest rate decision and quarterly earnings from artificial intelligence leaders Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT).
Britain's antitrust regulator said it would investigate Microsoft over whether it misled personal and family customers when marketing subscription plans for its ever-popular Microsoft 365 product, resulting in them overpaying. The Competition and Markets Authority said on Wednesday the probe would examine Microsoft's addition of its AI assistant Copilot to Microsoft 365 subscriptions. Personal and family customers were initially offered Copilot at no extra cost, but some later faced higher-priced subscriptions when renewing.
Options traders expect a roughly $190 billion swing in Microsoft's market value after it reports earnings on Wednesday, an unusually large move that underscores investors' growing eagerness to see if billions of dollars in AI spending are beginning to pay off. By comparison, over the last 12 earnings cycles, Microsoft has averaged a 4.8% implied move and a 4.4% actual move, Option Research & Technology Services (ORATS) data showed. The significantly higher pricing this quarter suggests that investors view Microsoft — one of the hyperscalers whose massive AI capital spending is at the heart of this year's AI rally and the broader bull market — as central to the AI earnings story.
Tech giant Microsoft is set to report earnings today after the market close, and investors will be listening to hear whether the company expects to maintain the rapid growth at its cloud business, Azure. In its last quarterly earnings call, Microsoft said it expected roughly $190 billion in capex this calendar year, but the firm only spent about $30 billion in the first three months of the year. Microsoft shares closed up 1.1% yesterday, but they are 19% lower so far this year.