Redmond, Washington-based Microsoft (MSFT), beat the markets estimates for the June quarter & also raised expectations for the next quarter. The company earned $2.17 a share on sales of $46.2 billion in its fiscal fourth-quarter ending June 30, beating analyst estimates of $1.92 a share on sales of $44.2 billion. Microsoft earnings jumped 49% while sales increased 21%.
Earning Highlights from others divisions:
- Microsoft’s commercial cloud sales increased 36% year over year to $19.5 billion in the quarter.
- Its Intelligent Cloud business unit, which includes server products and cloud services was the top performer in the June quarter with revenue soaring 30% to $17.4 billion.
- Revenue from Azure cloud infrastructure services also increased 51% in the period.
- Microsoft’s Productivity and Business Processes unit that includes Office productivity software as well as the Dynamics and LinkedIn businesses witnessed sales rise 25% to $14.7 billion.
- Microsoft’s More Personal Computing unit reported a 9% increase in sales to $14.1 billion for the quarter.
Microsoft expects to generate sales of $43.75 billion, up 18% from the same period last year, for the September quarter.
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