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Big Tech stocks see optimism about cost efficiencies in models

Wall Street analysts are embedding new efficiency assumptions into Big Tech forecasts, but the article questions whether some of those figures are realistic.

Analysts covering Big Tech are building models around a new wave of cost efficiencies, with expectations that could support stock performance, according to WSJ Markets.

The piece argues that while the market is pricing in a “miracle” on costs, some of the underlying numbers in those forecasts may be too optimistic, implying a risk if results fall short.

It highlights the tension between assumed operational improvements and the difficulty of achieving the level of efficiencies that investors appear to be expecting.

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