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8 Stocks To Watch At CES 2021
Monday, January 11, 2021 - 7:50am | 843For over 50 years, attendees of the Consumers Electronics Show have received sneak peeks at some of the latest and greatest new gadgets in the technology sector. Now known as CES, this year’s event will take place completely virtually. Here is a look at some of the public companies taking...
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Microsoft Analysts: Q1 Shows Payoff From Cloud Shift, Azure Narrowing The Gap With AWS
Wednesday, October 28, 2020 - 2:24pm | 617Microsoft reported first-quarter revenue and earnings per share that came in ahead of consensus estimates Tuesday. Azure and the gaming sector were highlights for the Street analysts who cover the tech giant. Azure A Q1 Highlight: Raymond James analyst Robert Majek reiterated a Strong...
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Azure, Xbox Growth Lead Way For Microsoft's Q1 Beat
Tuesday, October 27, 2020 - 3:34pm | 356Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported strong growth in its fiscal first quarter, led by its Azure and Xbox product offerings. What To Know: The company reported year-over-year sales growth of 12% to $37.2 billion for the first quarter. Earnings came in at $1.82 per share. Both...
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Microsoft Analyst: Cloud Strength Should Drive Beat-And-Raise Q1
Tuesday, October 20, 2020 - 2:58pm | 369Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is among the tech stalwarts that have made gains during the pandemic, and a Wedbush analyst says the company's outperformance is likely to continue. The Microsoft Analyst: Daniel Ives has an Outperform rating on Microsoft shares with a $260 price...
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Stock Wars: Apple Vs. Microsoft
Friday, October 9, 2020 - 7:25am | 988Apple and Microsoft are two of the most valuable companies in the world. Their paths have been similar, and the companies were rivals for many years thanks to a heated relationship between founders Steve Jobs and Bill Gates. About Apple: Apple Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) started as a computer company and...
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Microsoft Q4 Earnings Preview: Azure Key To Growth
Tuesday, July 21, 2020 - 5:37pm | 408Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is poised to report strong fourth-earnings Wednesday, according to tech analysts. Wedbush’s Daniel Ives maintained an Outperform rating on Microsoft with a $260 price target, while Jefferies’ Brent Thill maintained a Buy rating and raised the...
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Wedbush Expects Microsoft Azure's Strong Momentum To Continue
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 11:57am | 321Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is scheduled to report its fourth-quarter earnings for fiscal 2020 after the closing bell on Wednesday. Field checks indicate strong cloud deal activity and Azure could record 55% year-on-year growth in the June quarter, according to Wedbush. The Microsoft...
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Microsoft's Commercial Cloud Business Has BofA Bullish Ahead Of Earnings
Monday, July 20, 2020 - 11:12am | 365Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is scheduled to report fourth-quarter earnings after the close on Wednesday. Despite the negative impact of company layoffs on Microsoft’s on-premise server products and Office 365 seats, recent partner conversations remain bullish for the company...
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Microsoft Will Continue Benefiting From Accelerated Shift To Cloud, Wedbush Says
Friday, June 12, 2020 - 1:35pm | 324Channel checks indicate strong cloud deal activity related to Microsoft’s Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) Azure over the past month, with the work-from-home environment pushing more enterprises to shift all operations to the cloud, according to Wedbush. The Microsoft Analyst: Daniel Ives...
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How Amazon Web Services Stacked Up Against Microsoft's Azure
Saturday, May 2, 2020 - 8:15am | 783Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported strong fiscal third-quarter results and Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) beat on the top-line in its first quarter, but the e-commerce platform's earnings took a hit from higher fulfillment costs. A common theme that ran through the quarterly results...
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Microsoft Analysts On Redmond's Q3 Beat: 'A Core Growth Holding'
Thursday, April 30, 2020 - 10:47am | 880Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported strongly quarterly results Wednesday, and the Street is bullish. The Microsoft Analysts Morgan Stanley analyst Keith Weiss maintained an Overweight rating and lifted the price target from $180 to $198. BofA Securities analyst Kash Rangan reiterated...
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Analyst Says Microsoft Is Relatively Well-Positioned For A Crisis
Thursday, April 2, 2020 - 10:39am | 417For investors scouting around for resilient stocks in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) could be a good bet, according to a Morgan Stanley analyst. The Microsoft Analyst Keith Weiss has an Overweight rating on Microsoft with a $180 price target. The Microsoft...
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Cramer Declares Microsoft The 'Best Tech Stock' To Buy Right Now
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 - 12:45pm | 378The cloud computing industry is undergoing a "magnificent bull market" and one tech company stands out above others: Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), according to CNBC's Jim Cramer. Cramer Says Microsoft 'Huge Beneficiary' Of Trend Tens of millions of workers are...
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Software Analyst Says Datadog, Splunk, Zscaler Are Exceptions To Looming Spending Headwinds
Friday, March 27, 2020 - 10:48am | 718The COVID-19 pandemic has impacted companies, their financials and spending plans, and the software sector is no exception. An analyst at Rosenblatt Securities singled out a few companies that could weather the adversity better than others. The Datadog, Splunk, Zscaler Analyst Analyst Yun Kim has...
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Wedbush Says Azure Looks Strong In Cloud Battle Versus AWS
Thursday, January 9, 2020 - 3:03pm | 327Recent checks indicate that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) witnessed better-than-expected Azure deal flow in the fiscal second quarter and remains in a strong position heading into 2020, according to Wedbush. The Analyst Wedbush’s Daniel Ives maintained an Outperform rating on Microsoft...