Earnings Reports from Microsoft, Meta, and Tesla Are In

After Wednesday’s closing bell, quarterly energy reports were released for Meta Platforms (META), Microsoft (MSFT), and Tesla (TSLA) as the Fed announced no interest rate cuts.

Microsoft released their quarterly earnings.
Microsoft’s quarterly earnings have been released.

Microsoft posted weak revenue for the quarter, and their stock dipped by 5% as a result. Their Commercial Cloud revenue was $40 billion for the second quarter, which is up 21% from the previous year, but still lower than Wall Street expectations.

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Their AI business is way up by 175% from the previous year, with $13 billion in revenue. That business could be in jeopardy, though, after DeepSeek released models of cheaper and more efficient AI programming methods. Microsoft did very well across the board in its different ventures but still fell short of analyst expectations, and couple that with the Fed rate hold, and you have a recipe for temporarily lower stock prices.

Meta Weighs In

Meta Platforms, which owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp, earned 22%mroe revenue this quarter than for the same period last year. The company’s stock price climbed 0.60% after the earnings report showed $164.50 billion in revenue for the quarter.

Meta reported $28 billion in long-term debt, as they have been investing in AI development in a big way. They are also pumping a lot of money into the Metaverse and hoping that will pay off for them and become a heavily populated, more interactive social hub.

Tesla Earnings

Electric car and battery maker Tesla released their Q4 earnings report and revealed that they brought in $25.7 billion for the quarter. That was short of what analysts estimated, and that caused their stock to drop temporarily. The stock price fell by 2.26% for a while and then shot up by 4% afterwards.

Tesla’s earnings per share for the quarter were $0.73, below the expected $0.77 EPS. Their net income for the year was $8.04 billion, which dropped by 23% from 2023. Over the company has a strong outlook for 2025, and with Tesla CEO Elon Musk working closely with President Donald Trump to shape his administration, the company could be well positioned to enjoy numerous government breaks and privileges.

 

 

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