Microsoft: Retail AI Operations Indicate Continued Growth Amid Valuation Risk

Microsoft Corp. (MSFT, Financial) recently briefly surpassed Apple Inc. (AAPL, Financial) as the highest-valued company in the world; it has very sound management focused on shareholder returns, which is elicited in the financial statements. Its largest contributor to growth will likely be artificial intelligence, which places it in direct competition with Alphabet's (GOOG, Financial) (GOOGL, Financial) Google as a peer with the most advanced capabilities in the industry. Particularly, both companies are fo ...