This Thursday, Wall Street plunged into the rBig Tech quarterly results. Microsoftwas disappointing due to a higher capital expenditure than anticipated by the first and this ended up overshadowing the good Meta (Facebook). Tesla also disappointed this season, although with some enthusiasm from analysts for the future of the signature. Which led to a rise at Thursday’s close for the DOW JONES Ind Average del +0.11% to 49,071 pointsand a correctionfromn for him S&P 500 y NASDAQ 100 -0.20% to 6,963 points and -0.53% to 25,884 points respectively. Without forgetting the tensions between the US and Iran.
As we said this afternoon at the opening, Microsoft presented a revenue growth of 16.7% year-on-year to $81.27 billion y a net profit of $38.46 billion or $5.16 per sharecompared to $24.11 billion, or $3.23 per share, in the same quarter a year earlier. The adjusted earningswhich exclude the impact of investments in OpenAI, were $4.14 per sharecompared to the expected $3.97 per title.
However, Bill Gates’ firm reported a higher-than-expected capital spending of $37.5 billion in the quartercompared to $22.6 billion in the second quarter of 2025 according to Yahoo Finance.
Meta he scored a profit of 22,768 million dollars in the fourth quarter of 2025, u $8.88 per shareabove the $8.23 that analysts had expected. The income they shot themselves 24% year-on-year up to a figure of $59.89 billioncompared to the $58.59 billion anticipated by the market.
The firm led by Mark Zuckerberg announced that it plans to invest up to $135 billion in data center construction this yearboosting their bid for victory in the AI race.
Tesla presented disappointing results with its first annual revenue drop on record (-3%)up to a figure of $94.8 billionwith sales declining in three of the last four quarters. The income they also fell a 3% until the $24.9 billionalthough they exceeded the 24,790 million that analysts had expected. He earnings per share was $0.50also exceeding the $0.45 per share that analysts had expected.
But the highlight of the session about Elon Musk’s signature was the change in vision about the signature that has happened from an electric car or EV manufacturer towards autonomous cars and robots. Everything under the umbrella of artificial intelligence or AI.
«Forget the Tesla you knew. The Tesla of yesterday no longer exists,» wrote the analista de Canaccord Genuity, George Gianarikasin a note on Thursday according to Yahoo Finance. «We believe Elon Musk has reached a definitive turning point, a total commitment to a vision that leaves no room for retreat.»
«The company is burning ships, betting its future on self-driving cars and robots,» he added. Alex Potter de Piper Sandler.
Investors and analysts will be at expectation of the results of Apple after the market closes and look for clues as to what we can expect for this presentation in statements of Tim Cook, CEO of the companyaccording to Yahoo Finance.
During the presentation of results of the fourth quarterCook stated that the company anticipates that the first quarter revenue They will be the «best in the company’s history and the best in the history of the iPhone.» This has generated high expectations for the company’s results.
But in the Apple world there is more at stake than iPhone sales. The company, like many others in the technology industry, faces a global memory shortage caused by the expansion of AI data centerswhich is making key components more expensive.
This could put pressure on Apple’s margins or force the company to raise iPhone prices in the coming months.
Among other news, Cupertino firm has acquired Q.ai, an Israel-based artificial intelligence startupspecialized in technology that reads facial movements and understands silent communication according to Investing.
The acquisition brings back Aviad Maizels to the Apple team, who co-founded Q.ai and was previously involved in a startup that Apple bought about ten years ago and which helped develop Face ID.
Although Apple did not reveal the purchase price, the Financial Times reported that the deal valued Q.ai at almost 2 billion dollars.
With respect to Iran, Donald Trump warned the Persian country that it must reach a nuclear deal quickly or suffer military attacks. Which affected oil prices.
Regarding economic data we had the GDPNow from the Atlanta FED (4Q) with a result of 4.2% compared to the expected 5.4%.
We also had 4-week debt auction (T-Bill) with a yield of 3.630%, 8-week bonds at 3.635% and 7-year bonds (T-Note) at 4.018%.
Among the winning actions we have Meta (Facebook) (+10.40% to 738.28 dollars), Southwest Airlin (+18.56% to $48.45) and Honeywell Intl (+4.89% to $227.24)
Meta led the increases after its quarterly results as we mentioned at the beginning of the article.
SouthWest Arilines They also rise to the heat of the fourth quarter results 2025 reporting earnings that slightly exceeded analyst expectations, while providing a strong 2026 forecast that significantly beat Wall Street forecasts according to Investing.
The Dallas-based airline published a adjusted earnings per share of $0.58 for the fourth quarter, slightly beating analyst estimates of $0.57. The income were from 7.4 billion dollarsslightly below the consensus estimate of $7.5 billion. The company did not provide year-over-year revenue comparisons in its statement.
HoneyWell rises despite having presented mixed results for the fourth quarter 2025 as we also mentioned at the opening. The company won $2.59 per shareexcluding certain items, compared to market expectations of $2.54 per share. However, the revenue of $9.76 billion They were below the analyst consensus of $9.85 billion.
Among the losing stocks we have Microsoft (-9.99% to $433.50), United Rentals (-12.87% to $787.09) and Salesforce (-6.11% to 214.03 dollars)
Microsoft leads the falls due to the quarterly results as we explained at the beginning of this article.
United Rentals also falls in the heat of the fourth quarter results 2025 revealing modest growth that fell short of analyst expectations, according to Investing. The company reported revenue of $4.21 billion, up 2.8% year-over-yearbut below the predicted $4.24 billion. He adjusted earnings per share was from $11.09below the expected $11.78.
Salesforce falls after the results of Microsoft and SAP, as they show new doubts about the durability of cloud and AI spending on par with other firms in the sector such as Datadog Rg-A y Snowflake.
Los Oil futures WTI they go up a +3.35% to $65.33 y Brent and +3.07% to $69.44.
He Oro upload a +1.50% to $5,420 per ounce.
The pair EUR/USD upload a +0.08% a 1.1963.
Bitcoin falls a -5.54% to $84,431.
He US 10-year bond yield caen one -0.45% a 4.232 already 30 years -0.12% to 4,853.
You can follow more analysis at estrategiasdeinversion.com