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Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is in the spotlight after press reports suggest that Redmond could acquire social media platform TikTok’s operations in the U.S., Canada, New Zealand and Australia, according to BofA Securities.
The Microsoft Analyst: Kash Rangan maintained a Buy rating on Microsoft with a $250 price target.
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The Microsoft-TikTok Thesis: If Microsoft’s acquisition is successful, Rangan estimates that monetization from TikTok’s user base could generate up to $630 million in the base case and $6 billion in the bull case. (See his track record here.)
Acquiring these operations could allow Microsoft “to create revenue synergies with companies like Azure, Xbox, and O365/Teams in the long term,” the analyst said.
Rangan named the following as possible outcomes of a Microsoft-TikTok acquisition:
- “While TikTok and Xbox likely have significant overlap in the user base, TikTok could help increase user engagement, especially in the younger demographic.”
- MSFT could cross sell Xbox Live services.
- TikTok could potentially be hosted on Azure, which would drive cloud usage.
- Possible conversion of young TikTok users to O365/Teams in the long run.
BofA estimated that the purchase price for TikTok could range from $40-$50 billion, which “could be an issue for the stock” given that Microsoft's largest acquisition cost about $26.2 billion, when it bought LinkedIn in 2016.
MSFT Price Action: Microsoft shares were down 2.27% at $207.66 at last check Monday.
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