{"id":21750,"date":"2025-07-19T15:34:09","date_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:34:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21750\/"},"modified":"2025-07-19T15:34:09","modified_gmt":"2025-07-19T15:34:09","slug":"mizuho-raises-microsoft-msft-price-target-to-540-reiterates-outperform-on-ai-strength","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/21750\/","title":{"rendered":"Mizuho Raises Microsoft (MSFT) Price Target to $540, Reiterates Outperform on AI Strength"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:<a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/quote\/MSFT\" data-ylk=\"slk:MSFT;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">MSFT<\/a>) is one of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/10-ai-stocks-investors-are-watching-closely-2-1570541\/?singlepage=1\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:AI Stocks Investors Are Watching Closely;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">AI Stocks Investors Are Watching Closely<\/a>.\u00a0On July 16, Mizuho analyst Gregg Moskowitz raised the price target for the stock from $500 to $540, while maintaining an \u201cOutperform\u201d rating. The affirmation comes as part of a Q2 earnings preview for the software group.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">According to Mizuho, Q2 checks by the firm have been good overall, characterized by \u201cgenerally healthy\u201d cybersecurity demand and \u201cvery strong\u201d artificial intelligence adoption. However, several contacts have noted that there were a few more delays in deal completions. This may limit fundamental upside in this quarter.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Two of Mizuho\u2019s favourite stocks to own this quarter are Microsoft and Cyberark. This is especially true ahead of the earnings release for the former.<\/p>\n<p>    <img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP\/\/\/ywAAAAAAQABAAACAUwAOw==\" alt=\"Mizuho Raises Microsoft (MSFT) Price Target to $540, Reiterates Outperform on AI Strength\" loading=\"eager\" height=\"593\" width=\"960\" class=\"yf-1gfnohs loader\"\/> Mizuho Raises Microsoft (MSFT) Price Target to $540, Reiterates Outperform on AI Strength      <\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Asif Islam \/ Shutterstock.com<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) provides AI-powered cloud, productivity, and business solutions, focusing on efficiency, security, and AI advancements.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">While we acknowledge the potential of MSFT as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you&#8217;re looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/three-megatrends-one-overlooked-stock-massive-upside-1548959\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:best short-term AI stock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \"> best short-term AI stock<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">READ NEXT: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/10-trending-ai-stocks-in-focus-this-week-1570182\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:10 Trending AI Stocks in Focus This Week;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">10 Trending AI Stocks in Focus This Week<\/a>\u00a0and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.insidermonkey.com\/blog\/10-ai-stocks-gaining-attention-on-wall-street-1569417\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:10 AI Stocks Gaining Attention on Wall Street.;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">10 AI Stocks Gaining Attention on Wall Street.<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"yf-1090901\">Disclosure: None.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) is one of the AI Stocks Investors Are Watching Closely.\u00a0On July 16, Mizuho analyst Gregg&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":21751,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[45],"tags":[182,181,507,19735,19736,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-21750","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-artificial-intelligence","8":"tag-ai","9":"tag-artificial-intelligence","10":"tag-artificialintelligence","11":"tag-microsoft-corporation","12":"tag-mizuho","13":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21750","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=21750"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/21750\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/21751"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=21750"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=21750"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=21750"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}