Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock drops as AI payback takes time
Microsoft shares plunged 24% year-to-date, hitting their worst first half since 2000, as investors weigh a $386.6 billion capex and datacenter lease burden—10.4 times its $37 billion AI revenue run rate—against surging third-quarter sales and EU regulatory threats, even as the stock trades at its lowest forward earnings multiple since 2016.