Quarter after quarter, the company co -founded by Bill Gates book of solid accounts, transcended by the rise of generative AI since the end of 2022.
Microsoft CEO, Satya Nadella, in Washington DC, in 2024 (AFP / Jason Redmond)
A duo of Titans at the top of the world scholarship.
Microsoft crossed the $ 4,000 billion in market capitalization on Thursday July 31, July 31, July 31,
Pushed by quarterly results much higher than expectations. This performance makes the American group the second company to go beyond this symbolic threshold after the Nvidia chip giant. Microsoft’s action was progressing more than 4% on Thursday on the New York Stock Exchange, reaching 536 dollars. Since the start of the year, its course has increased by almost 30%.
The Redmond group (Washington State) has largely exceeded expectations in the fourth quarter of its offbeat exercise, marked by a new progression of distance computer (Cloud) and artificial intelligence (AI). Its net profit came to $ 27.2 billion, up 24% over a year, while turnover has climbed $ 76.4 billion, up 18% over a year, according to the results published on Wednesday. Alongside Meta (Facebook) – whose quarterly results have also exceeded analysts’ consensus – Microsoft “sprayed expectations, triggering a new wave of enthusiasm for AI which contributes to boosting the stock market,” said Patrick O’Hare, briefing.com analyst.
Microsoft is the second group to enter the very popular club of companies at 4,000 billion dollars in stock exchange on the stock market,
Or more than the gross domestic product (GDP) of France, the United Kingdom or India.
At the beginning of July, the American specialist in Nvidia semiconductors had become the first group to go beyond this threshold, also carried by the enthusiasm of investors for the values linked to the AI.
The top 10 of the biggest stock markets, on July 31, 2025
1) Nvidia
(4,440 billion dollars)
2) Microsoft
(4.000 mds)
3) Apple
(3.130 mds)
4) Amazon (2.480 mds)
5) Alphabet (2.360 mds)
6) Meta (1.960 mds)
7) Aramco (1.560 mds)
8) Broadcom (1.420 mds)
9) Berkshire Hathaway (1.030 mds)
10) Tesla (1.020 mds)