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Investing.com - Truist Securities has reiterated its Buy rating on Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock, maintaining its price target of $675.00. This target aligns with the broader analyst consensus, as InvestingPro data shows analyst targets ranging from $483 to $700, with Microsoft currently trading at a premium to its Fair Value.
The firm’s decision follows a discussion with Pascal Belaud, General Manager of Cloud & AI Platforms for Microsoft’s US Financial Services vertical, as part of the Truist Securities Technology Symposium titled "AI Transformation & Evolving Enterprise Debates."
Truist Securities highlighted Microsoft’s "unique status as a primary picks and shovels-type beneficiary amid the shift to agentic workloads" as a key factor in maintaining its positive outlook on the company.
The discussion with Belaud provided "a variety of highlights" that reinforced Truist’s confidence in Microsoft’s positioning in the artificial intelligence space, particularly regarding generative and agentic AI capabilities.
The firm’s maintained price target of $675.00 reflects its continued optimism about Microsoft’s growth potential in the cloud and AI sectors.
In other recent news, Microsoft and the US General Services Administration (GSA) have partnered to enhance AI adoption across federal agencies. This agreement includes offering Microsoft 365 Copilot at no cost for up to 12 months to millions of existing Microsoft G5 users, aiming to save $3 billion in the first year. Additionally, Microsoft AI introduced two new models, MAI-Voice-1 and MAI-1-preview, to advance global AI empowerment. MAI-Voice-1, a speech generation model, can produce a full minute of audio in under a second on a single GPU and is already used in Copilot Daily and Podcasts.
Microsoft has also restricted Chinese companies’ access to early cybersecurity alerts due to concerns about potential information leaks. This decision affects program participants in countries where firms are required to report vulnerabilities to their governments, including China. Furthermore, UBS has reiterated its Buy rating for Microsoft, maintaining a $650 price target following the company’s recent pricing and licensing model changes. These changes have been described as significant and aggressive by UBS analyst Karl Kierstead.
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