Microsoft beats estimates, but Google gets slammed on ad revenue worries
Reaction to the big tech results on Tuesday night was to sell Microsoft and Alphabet/ Google, even though both companies beat earnings estimates.
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Reaction to the big tech results on Tuesday night was to sell Microsoft and Alphabet/ Google, even though both companies beat earnings estimates.
Microsoft delivered its best-ever quarterly revenue for its fifth quarter in a row amid AI wave. Microsoft outperformed Wall Street predictions for second-quarter revenue on Tuesday, driven by increased attraction to its new AI features.
MSFT earnings call for the period ending December 31, 2023.
Expectations matter, and in the case of Microsoft, it looks like they got a bit lofty. And that's ok if the company is doing well, which is the case here.
But Microsoft shares were down 1% after-hours as investors absorbed news about rising costs to develop these AI features.