Tesla shares have declined 3% year to date, while Microsoft shares have advanced just 9%. But Wall Street expects the stocks to move in opposite directions over the next year. Among the 58 analysts that follow Microsoft, the median price target is $497.50 per share. That forecast implies 22% upside from its current share price of $409.

Oppenheimer analyst Timothy Horan downgraded shares of Microsoft to Perform from Outperform without a price target on Tuesday, citing concerns about AI spendin. Microsoft is one m

Key Takeaways Analysts at Oppenheimer downgraded shares of Microsoft from "outperform" to "perform" on Tuesday.That's rare on Wall Street, with nearly all of the analysts currently tracking the software giant holding "buy" or equivalent ratings.

In short, while Microsoft and Nvidia are close contenders, Amazon is the best artificial intelligence (AI) stock in the S&P 500 to buy now, if "best" is defined as the stock with the highest net percentage of buy ratings. Here's what investors should know.

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is seen as a prime beneficiary of AI adoption. After all, it is heavily invested in OpenAI, the brains behind ChatGPT.

Microsoft stock lately has underperformed the market. Did it invest too much in artificial intelligence with little to show for it?