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Reviewing Microsoft’s Performance In 2017
Microsoft ’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock price has increased by close to 40% year to date, while the return for the NASDAQ composite index was close to 30%. During the year, Microsoft’s Cloud business continued to boost its revenues as its Commercial Clo...
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Microsoft Earnings: Revenue Increases As Growth Across Cloud Services Continues
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for its fiscal Q1 on October 26. The company posted 12% year-over-year growth in revenues to $24.5 billion. In our pre-earnings note, we noted that cloud services would boost revenues for the compan...
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Microsoft’s Revenues Set To Grow As Cloud Services Continue To Gain Traction
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q1 FY 2018 earnings on Thursday, October 26. The company continues to implement its “mobile first, cloud first” strategy, which led to 9% growth in its revenues in Q4 2017. The company continues to ...
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Microsoft Earnings: Cloud Services Boost Revenues
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for fiscal Q4 on July 20. The company posted 9% year-over-year growth (10% in constant currency) in revenues to $24.7 billion. For the year, the company posted 5% year-over-year growth (5% in consta...
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Microsoft Earnings Preview: Revenues Set To Improve As Cloud Services Gain Traction
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q4 earnings on Thursday, July 20. In the previous quarter, the company reported 7.5% growth in revenues as its “mobile first, cloud first” strategy took center stage. In Q4, the company continued to...
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What Is The Upside To Microsoft’s Top Line From Surface Devices?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently rolled out its Surface Pro and Laptop to 25 markets. While the new convertible Windows 10 tablet, Surface Pro, starts at $799 and costs $2,699 for the highest configuration, the Surface laptop starts at $999 and ...
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Microsoft Earnings: Cloud Services Continue To Boost Revenues
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for fiscal Q3 on April 27. The company posted 7.56% year-over-year growth (7% in constant currency) in revenues to $22 billion as the assimilation of LinkedIn boosted the top line. In our pre-earnin...
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Microsoft Earnings Preview: Revenues To Improve As Cloud Services And Hardware Sales Gain Traction
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q3 FY 2017 earnings on Thursday, April 27th. (Fiscal years end with June.) The company continues to implement its “mobile first, cloud first” strategy, which led to 2% growth in its revenues in Q2 2...
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Microsoft Earnings: Growth In Cloud Boosts Revenue Once Again
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for Q2 FY17 on January 26. (Fiscal years end with June.) The company posted 2% year-over-year growth (4% in constant currency) in revenues to $26.06 billion (excluding LinkedIn Revenue). In our pr...
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Microsoft Earnings Preview: Cloud, Hardware Likely Boosted Revenues For The Quarter
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q2 FY 2017 earnings on Thursday, January 26th. (Fiscal years end with June.) Even as the company continues to implement its “mobile first, cloud first” strategy, its revenues improved by 3% year o...
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Reviewing Microsoft’s Performance in 2016
Microsoft ’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) stock price has increased by over 13% year to date, while return for NASDAQ composite index was close to 9%. During the year, Microsoft continued to implement its “mobile first, cloud first” strategy. However, as cloud ...
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Can The Rumored Launch Of Surface Phone Boost Microsoft’s Revenues?
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has dabbled in the smartphone market without much success. In fact, the company rolled back its plans to launch new smartphones under the Lumia brand in May this year as its strategy to offer cheaper smartphones for emerg...
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New Products Launched At Microsoft Event Can Help The Company To Boost Windows 10 Ecosystem
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) has been struggling to gain a foot hold in the hardware industry. The company’s Surface Pro tablets have gained 11% share of the tablet market, holding the third rank after Samsung and Apple. Yet the company aims t...
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Microsoft Earnings: Cloud Adoption Takes Center Stage As Revenue Improve Slightly
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) announced its earnings for Q1 FY17 on October 20th. (Fiscal years end with June.) The company posted a 3% year-over-year growth (5% in constant currency) in revenues to $20.453 billion. In our pre-earnings note, we note...
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Microsoft Preview: Cloud To Boost Revenues Across Productivity And Server Vertical
Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is set to announce its Q1 FY 2017 earnings on Thursday, October 20th. (Fiscal years end with June.) Although, the company continues to gain traction in the cloud SaaS industry through its Productivity application (Office...
