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The social-media platform’s earnings outpaced Street estimates, but that wasn’t enough for investors.
Amazon stock jumped after the e-commerce and cloud-computing giant reported second-quarter results. The closely-watched Amazon Web Services business grew 37% to $42.4 billion. Analysts were forecasting 31.3% growth for AWS prior to the report.
Year-over-year revenue growth for Amazon Web Services came in at 37% for the second quarter as AI drives computing demand.
Amazon.com topped market expectations for quarterly cloud revenue growth on Thursday on the back of surging enterprise AI spending, signaling the company's hefty investments were bearing fruit. Revenue at its cloud computing unit, Amazon Web Services, jumped 37% to $42.2 billion in the second quarter ended June 30, compared with analysts' consensus estimate of a 31.21% increase, according to data compiled by LSEG. Amazon said it burned $7.6 billion of cash on a trailing twelve months basis in the second quarter, compared to $18.2 billion in free cash flow a year earlier.
Data-center developer Nexus Data Centers is in advanced talks to raise $15 billion for a Texas campus tied to Anthropic, with Alphabet's Google offering financial guarantees and supplying chips, the Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday, citing people familiar with the matter. • A bank group led by Morgan Stanley is discussing financing for the project in Hubbard, Texas, which includes a natural-gas-fired power plant capable of producing 1.6 gigawatts of electricity, the report said. • Google has agreed to guarantee billions of dollars of Anthropic's lease and power-payment commitments if the startup defaults, according to WSJ.
Google’s guarantees of power and lease obligations would help the developer secure financing for the 1.6-gigawatt Texas project.
DoorDash just secured federal clearance to fly its own delivery drones commercially, but a persistent trust gap with the American public may prove harder to clear than any regulatory hurdle.
Vertiv (VRT) stock is rebounding after the company reported quarterly earnings. Vertiv CEO Giordano "Gio" Albertazzi sits down with Yahoo Finance's Julie Hyman to discuss Vertiv's demand from AI hyperscalers, data center backlash, and more.
Meta (META) stock continues to plunge after the company reported its second quarter earnings results on Wednesday. Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley and BD8 Capital Partners CEO and CIO Barbara Doran chat with Morning Brief host Julie Hyman about the results, the stock reaction, and their outlook for Meta.
K2 Space said on Thursday it raised $500 million in a new funding round that valued the company at $6.8 billion, more than twice the valuation at its December round, as the company prepares to increase production of large, high-power satellites. Kleiner Perkins and ICONIQ led the round, and were new investors in the satellite maker along with Alphabet's venture fund CapitalG. • The funding brings K2's total capital raised to more than $1 billion, the company said.
By Karen Brettell July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stocks gained on Thursday as Microsoft's forecast-beating results eased investor concerns about massive AI spending by companies, while 30-year Treasury
Microsoft (MSFT) stock is jumping after the company reported surging cloud growth. Morning Brief host Julie Hyman chats with Yahoo Finance Technology Editor Dan Howley about the results.
Meta Platforms stock cratered Thursday after a quarterly report that beat on revenue but raised serious questions about where billions in AI spending actually leads, and Wall Street's response was swift and brutal.
Alphabet's huge earnings beat is sending S&P 500 earnings growth soaring.
Meta Platforms stock (META) continues to drop since coming out with second quarter earnings on Wednesday. Yahoo Finance Tech Editor Dan Howley breaks down how investors are reacting to the Facebook parent company's vague guidance on full-year AI capex.
Shares of Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are up 9% in early Thursday trading, changing hands at $427 after the software giant delivered a fiscal fourth-quarter blowout and crossed a symbolic Azure milestone. The pop lifts the stock off Wednesday’s $390.54 close and pushes it back toward levels last seen in the spring. As of yesterday’s close, Microsoft ... Microsoft Surges 9% as Azure Tops $100B and Q4 Beat Lifts Most Price Targets
Microsoft surged on Thursday following a blowout quarter.
July 30 (Reuters) - U.S. stock index futures steadied on Thursday after a sharp selloff driven by uncertainty around the Federal Reserve's policy outlook, while Microsoft's forecast-beating results
SEOUL—One of the world’s biggest memory-chip makers reported a record $64 billion quarterly profit on Wednesday—and its stock price still fell nearly 10%. Welcome to the most fickle of stock markets, where earnings that would have been unthinkable a year or two ago are now treated as a disappointment. SK Group, which controls SK Hynix, announced a $500 billion partnership with Nvidia for next-generation memory supply and AI data centers, giving details about an agreement reached earlier.
Meta fell and Microsoft rallied after sending very different signals on how they’re monetizing their massive AI outlays.
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
Arm Holdings forecast second-quarter revenue above Wall Street estimates on Wednesday, signaling strong demand for its energy-efficient chip designs for AI data centers. Demand for Arm's chip architecture has surged as companies like Alphabet and Amazon.com build custom AI chips, boosting the company's licensing revenue and royalties as more complex chips are shipped to data centers. Revenue from royalties, which Arm collects on each chip shipped using its technology, rose 22% to $715 million in the first quarter, while licensing revenue grew 23% to $574 million.
The Facebook parent now expects 2026 capital expenditure to be between $130 billion and $145 billion, compared with its prior forecast of $125 billion to $145 billion. Meta said it now expects full-year 2026 total expenses to be in the range of $165 billion to $169 billion, compared with its prior forecast of $162 billion to $169 billion.
Berkshire Hathaway Inc (NYSE:BRK.A) shares are trading at an 8% discount to intrinsic value, UBS said, raising its price target on the conglomerate ahead of its second-quarter earnings release. UBS lifted its target to $877,848 for Class A shares from $854,596, and to $585 for Class B shares....