microsoft has faced significant challenges in its stock performance, transitioning from a leader in generative AI to a laggard due to intense competition and rising investments that have not translated into growth, prompting analysts to reconsider their outlook on the company.

microsoft stock has been underperforming and facing challenges in the AI market.

microsoft was previously openai's exclusive cloud provider but is moving away to moderate spending.

AWS has created a competing large language model to openai's GPT-4, posing a challenge to microsoft.

Meta is among the few big tech stocks that have performed well this year compared to microsoft.

d.a. davidson analysts have upgraded their rating on microsoft stock amid concerns about an economic recession.