Evercore ISI analyst Kirk Materne wrote in a research note that he thinks adding AI across the Microsoft (ticker: MSFT) portfolio could provide $100 billion in incremental revenue by 2027. He sees Microsoft generating incremental revenue from AI in three ways.
One, he thinks the company will monetize the addition of AI-driven “Copilot” software across both Office and the rest of the company’s Productivity and Business Services business, which includes enterprise applications like Dynamics and LinkedIn.
Two, he sees a boost in demand for cloud computing improving the outlook for Azure, the company’s cloud business.
And three, he sees potential for Bing to gain market share in search. (Materne notes that he has the highest conviction on the impact of adding Copilots, and the least on the outlook for Bing.)
“Clearly, there are a lot of assumptions required when estimating the impact on demand due to a potential paradigm shift of this magnitude,” Materne writes. But he nonetheless contends that his “base case” is a $50 billion-plus revenue boost for Microsoft in calendar 2027—while his “bull case” pushes that number to $100 billion.
One user had an interesting analysis on how this could play out for the stock price
How much in additional profit could $50 or $100 billion add to MSFT? Let’s do the math:
2022 Financials
Total Revenue= 198.27B
Net profit = 72.74B
% of Revenue = $72.74B/198.27B = 36.69%
Shares outstanding = 7.5B shares
2022 EPS= 72.74/7.5 = $9.70
Today’s share price = $344
PE = $334/9.7 = 34.43
Based on $50B boost:
Revenue = $250B
Profits = $250 x 0.3669 = $91.7B
Est 2027 EPS = 91.7B/7.5B = $12.23
Est PE is share Price stays the same = $344/$12.23 = 28
Based on $100B boost:
Revenue = $300B
Profits = $300 x 0.3669 = $110.1B
Est 2027 EPS = 110.1B/7.5B = $14.68
Est PE is share Price stays the same = $344/$14.68 = 23.4
Q? What share price range could be attained with $50-$100B revenue boost? If we assume that MSFT PE of about 35 will remain constant as share price rise with the rise in revenue & earnings to 2027, here’s the math:
Based on $50B: $344 X (12.23/9.70) = $433 +25%
Based on $100B: $344 X (14.68/9.70) = $520 +50%
Those would be very nice share price gains but its all hypothetical. Disclosure MSFT shareholder. Follow the data points.
source: https://www.barrons.com/articles/microsoft-ai-stock-revenue-75d5bc91
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To justify $400 stock price EPS has to go grow at 15.7% forever from current levels.
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Need to hear actual product to revenue. Not hype by asset managers.
Apple and Amazon both have voice AI . I’m not sure what these guys are talking about.
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I am trying to avoid making any new buys at this point in other not to get sucked into a bear market trap.It’s tough making money in stocks when institutional investors are the driving force behind the selling.. although I read an article of people that grossed profits up to $150k during this crash, what are the best stocks to buy now or put on a watchlist?
Thanks for the tip of your cap… I’ve been in $MSFT since it was a double digit stock.