Microsoft (MSFT)’s Traditional Software “Was Extraordinary,” Says Jim Cramer

We recently published 10 Stocks on Jim Cramer’s Radar. Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the stocks Jim Cramer recently discussed.

Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) latest earnings report saw its shares drop by 4% even though the firm’s $77.67 billion in revenue and $3.72 in earnings per share beat analyst estimates, and its cloud computing revenue grew by 40%. Investors were spooked by CFO Amy Hood changing tack and outlining that capital expenditures would grow in 2026. The Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) CFO had previously expected expenditures to drop, and Cramer discussed her comments and CEO Satya Nadella:

Microsoft (MSFT)’s Traditional Software “Was Extraordinary,” Says Jim Cramer

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“People have to go over what Amy Hood said with a fine tooth, fine toothed comb. She just talked, the CFO, really talked about the need to address the constraints and how much they need to spend. By the way, all of their actual enterprise software, the traditional software, was extraordinary. Copilot was fantastic. We overlook that at our own peril.”

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