By Fahad Saleem
Publication Date: 2026-10-21 13:23:00
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) has gone almost nowhere over the past twelve months, with the stock up about 2% in that period. The stock ranks second on our list of the top 10 stocks Jim Cramer and billionaire Ken Fisher like. The company reports its fiscal 2027 first-quarter results on October 28, so can the stock gain in the coming weeks? Let’s analyze as the earnings date nears.
How Microsoft Makes Money From AI
Microsoft earns AI revenue in two main places. Microsoft 365 Copilot is an AI assistant inside Word, Excel, Outlook and Teams that companies pay for per employee. It passed 30 million paid seats in the fiscal fourth quarter. Azure, Microsoft’s cloud, rents computing power and AI models to businesses, and its revenue grew 43% in that quarter. Microsoft also holds a financial stake in OpenAI, whose products run on Azure first.
Microsoft sells new AI tools faster than most rivals because its software already runs inside almost…