1 Magnificent Stock Down 25% to Buy Like There’s No Tomorrow | The Motley Fool

1 Magnificent Stock Down 25% to Buy Like There’s No Tomorrow | The Motley Fool

By Keithen Drury
Publication Date: 2026-03-21 17:30:00

There is perhaps no better value in the market than Microsoft (MSFT 1.92%) right now. It has been several years since anyone has been able to say that, and the last time Microsoft’s stock was this cheap, it delivered huge gains for shareholders in a short time frame. I think Microsoft is a stock investors should be loading up on like there’s no tomorrow. Here’s why.

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Microsoft’s stock rarely gets this cheap

Microsoft does a lot as a business. It has a gaming division with consumer hardware, business productivity software, cloud computing, and a huge investment in OpenAI, the makers of ChatGPT. This makes Microsoft a complex business to value, but with the rise of artificial intelligence (AI), Microsoft is positioned incredibly well to profit from its proliferation.

The biggest exposure Microsoft has to this trend is through its cloud computing business, Azure. Azure has become a top option to build and run AI models because Microsoft is staying neutral…