The Best Trillion-Dollar Stock to Buy Now, According to Wall Street (Hint: Not Nvidia)

Core Insights - Microsoft is viewed as the best trillion-dollar stock to buy, with a median target price of $630 per share, indicating a 26% upside from its current price of $501 [3] - Nvidia follows closely with a median target of $211 per share, suggesting a 24% upside from its current price of $170 [3] Company Performance - Microsoft is the largest enterprise software vendor globally and is leveraging generative AI through products like Microsoft 365 Copilot, which has seen a tripling of users in the March quarter [4][5] - The company reported an 18% revenue increase to $76.4 billion in the June quarter, with GAAP net income rising 24% to $3.65 per diluted share [8] Market Position - Microsoft Azure is the second-largest public cloud provider, although it experienced a 3 percentage point drop in market share over the past year [6] - Despite this, Microsoft is reportedly gaining market share in AI infrastructure services, with CEO Satya Nadella expressing confidence in the company's long-term growth potential [7] Future Growth Projections - Enterprise software spending is expected to grow at 12% annually through 2030, while cloud services spending is projected to increase at 20% annually during the same period [9] - Wall Street anticipates Microsoft's earnings to grow at 12% annually over the next three years, leading to a current valuation of 37 times earnings, which is considered expensive compared to peers like Alphabet, Amazon, and Nvidia [10][11]