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Microsoft’s Strong Q2: Solid Revenue and Earnings Growth Despite Cloud Concerns

Microsoft's Billion Dollar Bets on OpenAI & G42; Azure to Benefit from Industry Growth

Microsoft Eyes Strong Q1 FY2025 Earnings: Will AI Innovations Drive Performance?

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<ul><li>Microsoft reported (31 Jul HKT) inline 4QFY24 (June year-end) results: revenue was US$64.7bn, up 15% YoY (3QFY24: +17% YoY; 4QFY23: +8% YoY), in line with Bloomberg consensus, thanks to better-than-expected revenue generation from more personal computing (MPC) segment, which offsets the slightly lowerthan-expected intelligent cloud (IC) revenue due to slightly slower-thanexpected growth in a few European regions on non-AI consumption; quarterly net income was up 9.7% YoY to US$22.0bn, also in line with consensus estimates.</li><li>For the full year, total revenue reached US$245.1bn, up 16% YoY, and net income was RMB88.1bn, up 22% YoY.</li><li>Management highlighted that AI-related cloud services demand remained higher than Microsoft’s capacity, and it expects an increase in capex for FY25 compared to that in FY24. </li></ul><p><em>Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.</em></p>

Microsoft reported (31 Jul HKT) inline 4QFY24 (June year-end) results: revenue was US$64.7bn, up 15% YoY (3QFY24: +17% YoY; 4QFY23: +8% YoY), in line with Bloomberg consensus, thanks to better-than-expected revenue generation from more personal computing (MPC) segment, which offsets the slightly lowerthan-expected intelligent cloud (IC) revenue due to slightly slower-thanexpected growth in a few European regions on non-AI consumption; quarterly net income was up 9.7% YoY to US$22.0bn, also in line with consensus estimates.For the full year, total revenue reached US$245.1bn, up 16% YoY, and net income was RMB88.1bn, up 22% YoY.Management highlighted that AI-related cloud services demand remained higher than Microsoft’s capacity, and it expects an increase in capex for FY25 compared to that in FY24. Content is external broker report sourced from online content aggregator through publicly available sources and is displayed below for general informational purposes only. Refer full disclaimer below.

Microsoft (MSFT US) - Results Inline; AI Demand Remains Strong and Unmet

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Microsoft (MSFT US) - Results Inline; AI Demand Remains Strong and Unmet