{"id":35,"date":"2025-01-31T10:41:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T09:41:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/techstream.getdev.co\/?p=35"},"modified":"2025-01-31T22:34:26","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:34:26","slug":"microsoft-stock-slumps-more-than-6-on-disappointing-revenue-outlook","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/?p=35","title":{"rendered":"Microsoft stock slumps more than 6% on disappointing revenue outlook"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"80\" src=\"https:\/\/techstream.getdev.co\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_3962-1-300x80.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-59\" srcset=\"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_3962-1-300x80.jpg 300w, https:\/\/techstream.africa\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/img_3962-1.jpg 435w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Microsoft\u2019s stock dropped 6<strong>.<\/strong>2<strong>%<\/strong> after the company issued weak guidance for the current quarter, following a fiscal second-quarter earnings report that exceeded Wall Street\u2019s estimates. Despite posting earnings of $3.23 per share and $69.63 billion in revenue, Microsoft\u2019s forecast for the next quarter fell short of expectations, with projected revenues between $67.7 billion and $68.7 billion. The company also reported a slowdown in its Azure cloud services growth, which increased by 31%, down from 33% in the previous quarter. Despite these challenges, many analysts still see Microsoft as a leader in AI and cloud services, calling it one of the most compelling investment opportunities in the industry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>For more details, read the full news <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2025\/01\/30\/microsoft-stock-slumps-on-disappointing-revenue-outlook.html\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Microsoft\u2019s stock dropped 6.2% after the company issued weak guidance for the current quarter, following a fiscal second-quarter earnings report that exceeded Wall Street\u2019s estimates. Despite posting earnings of $3.23 per share and $69.63 billion in revenue, Microsoft\u2019s forecast for the next quarter fell short of expectations, with projected revenues between $67.7 billion and $68.7&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-35","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=35"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":61,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35\/revisions\/61"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=35"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=35"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/techstream.africa\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=35"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}