Review & Preview: Earnings Divergence

Impact · against what's priced in

The divergent earnings performance creates a relative underperformance for Alphabet and a relative outperformance for Microsoft, but neither provides a structural catalyst. The market's existing skepticism toward Alphabet's AI monetization and its cautious optimism toward Microsoft's cloud trajectory remain the dominant drivers.

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Challenges what's priced in

The price assumes

The bull case that AI monetization justifies a valuation 28-38% higher

Positive movement relative to Alphabet and the market suggests earnings provided evidence for the AI monetization targets that the price has previously declined to fully endorse.

What MSFT's price assumes · Sep 21

• microsoft▲900%
• alphabet▲167%
• earnings▲3%
• GOOGL
• MSFT
• big tech

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