Microsoft's Stock Is Trading At A Rare Discount To Alphabet's, As The "Magnificent Seven" Reshuffle Intensifies
Microsoft once commanded a massive premium for its cloud dominance, but disappointing growth in Azure and a software-wide selloff have allowed Alphabet to take the lead. Microsoft's stock is trading at a price-to-earnings valuation that is the farthest below that of Alphabet shares in 10 years.The artificial-intelligence trade is upending the long-standing pecking order of Big Tech valuations as investors hunt for the next big winners and losers.Microsoft's stock has historically been more expensive than Alphabet's by one widely followed measure, but that's no longer the case after Alphabet's impressive stock run-up over the last year. Shares of Microsoft are trading at a rare and widening discount to Alphabet's on a forward price-to-earnings basis, Broyhill Asset Management Chief Investment Officer Chris Pavese pointed out in a post on X Wednesday.Microsoft's forward P/E ratio currently stands at 22.1x, while Alphabet's multiple has climbed to 26.0x, according to Dow Jones Market D