Microsoft Sets Record with Near $450B Single-Day Gain in Market Value
Shares closed up more than 15% as Microsoft forecast 45% Azure growth and said it would keep spending $175 billion on AI infrastructure.
- On Thursday, Microsoft shares climbed more than 15%, adding nearly $450 billion in market value to reach $3.35 trillion, marking the largest one-day gain on record for a company.
- Driving the rally, Microsoft forecast 45% growth for Azure on a constant-currency basis for the first quarter, significantly exceeding analyst expectations and showing meaningful progress on monetizing AI investments.
- Nine brokerages raised their target price for Microsoft to a mean of $560.90, reversing a trend where the company had lagged its Magnificent Seven peers by more than 18% through Wednesday's close.
- Microsoft maintains spending plans unchanged, expecting capital expenditures of $50 billion for fiscal Q1 2027 and $175 billion for calendar 2026, signaling continued cash-generation confidence through the new fiscal year.
- Brian Mulberry, chief market strategist at Zacks Investment Management, said results "struck the tone markets are looking to hear," while Direxion head of capital markets Jake Behan noted the company is shifting conversation from spending to earnings.
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Microsoft sets record with $450 billion single-day gain
Microsoft added nearly $450 billion in market value last might, the largest one-day gain on record for a company, after it forecast stronger-than-expected cloud growth and signaled continued cash generation through its new fiscal year.
Microsoft made stock market history this Thursday by adding almost half a trillion dollars to its market value. It was the biggest gain ever recorded by an action in a single day. The shares of the company based in Redmond, Washington, fired 16%, the biggest advance since October 2008, resulting in an increase of $450 billion to its capitalization. The movement exceeded the $440 billion increase in Nvidia Corp, which occurred after President Don…
Microsoft sets record with near $450B single-day gain in market value | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Microsoft added nearly $450 billion in market value on Thursday, the largest one-day gain on record for a company, after it forecast stronger-than-expected cloud growth and signaled continued cash generation through its new fiscal year.
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