-- ウェドブッシュ証券は木曜日のレポートで、マイクロソフト（MSFT）は第3四半期決算が主要指標を全て上回ったことを受け、Azureの加速化と設備投資計画の策定により、AI分野におけるリーダーシップを確固たるものにしていると指摘した。 「今四半期もまた傑出した業績だった」とレポートは述べ、AIの年間経常収益が3桁成長を記録し、Azureの成長軌道が2026年度末に向けて加速していることを指摘した。 また、設備投資計画の拡大に対する市場の反応は「絶好の」買い場となる可能性もあるとレポートは述べている。 同社は第4四半期の設備投資額を400億ドル超と見込んでおり、これは第3四半期の319億ドルを大きく上回る。さらに、需要に対応するため2年以内にグローバルデータセンターの規模を倍増させる計画として、2026年度の設備投資計画を約1900億ドルとしている。 ウェドブッシュ証券は、マイクロソフト株の投資判断を「アウトパフォーム」、目標株価を575ドルに据え置いた。
Price: $400.54, Change: $-23.93, Percent Change: -5.64%
(Updates with stock price move in headline and first paragraph, full-year revenue guidance and analyst downgrade in the sixth and seventh paragraphs.)Check Point Software Technologies (CHKP) shares were down more than 19% in Thursday afternoon trading after the company cut its full-year revenue outlook and Piper Sandler downgraded the stock.The company reported Q1 non-GAAP earnings Thursday of $2.50 per diluted share, up from $2.21 a year earlier.Analysts polled by FactSet expected $2.40.Revenue for the quarter ended March 31 was $668.4 million, up from $637.8 million a year earlier.Analysts surveyed by FactSet expected $672.7 million.The company lowered its 2026 revenue forecast to between $2.77 billion and $2.85 billion from $2.83 billion to $2.95 billion. Analysts expected $2.88 billion.Piper Sandler downgraded the stock to neutral from overweight.Price: $112.94, Change: $-27.02, Percent Change: -19.31%
Tech stocks rose late Thursday afternoon with the State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLK) gaining 0.2% and the State Street SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) advancing 4.1%.The Philadelphia Semiconductor index climbed 2%.In corporate news, Qualcomm's (QCOM) shares jumped 15% a day after the company posted better-than-expected fiscal Q2 adjusted earnings and revenue.
Adamas Trust (ADAM) shares were up 16.4% in Thursday trading after the real estate investment trust posted better-than-expected Q1 earnings.The company reported earnings of $0.40 per diluted share, compared with $0.33 a year ago.Analysts polled by FactSet expected $0.12.Revenue for the quarter ended March 31, expressed as the sum of total net interest income and total other income, was $129.4 million, compared with $65.1 million a year earlier.A comparable FactSet estimate was not available.Price: $9.00, Change: $+1.25, Percent Change: +16.06%