the heavy Weights of the Dow Jones, Microsoft has just handed over his copy. And the results that the group has released are better than expected. For the second quarter of its non-calendar fiscal year, net income increased 4% to $ 5.2 billion.
The adjusted earnings per share, reference to Wall Street, has reached 83 cents over the three months completed at the end of December, when analysts only expected 79 cents on average.
The us computer giant, which has just finalised the acquisition of the professional social network LinkedIn , displays at the same time an increase in turnover of 1% to $ 24.1 billion.
growth reached 2% to $ 26.1 billion, taking account of deferred revenue related to the Windows operating system 10. LinkedIn has contributed to his / her income to the tune of $ 228 million.
The title takes a 1 %
In electronic trading after the close of Wall Street, the publication of these results allowed the action Microsoft gain of 0.98% 64,90 dollars to 22: 30 GMT.
After several difficult years on the background of the crisis on the PC market and the failure of the shift to mobile, the title of the it group has significantly recovered and is trading at a new in the past few months to its highest historical levels.
investors seem to welcome the strategy led by the director-general, Satya Nadella : since his arrival at the helm in early 2014, it has placed strong emphasis on the “cloud” where Microsoft has asserted its role as a solid number two in the world behind the AWS, the specialized subsidiary of the retail giant’s online Amazon.
Niches such as artificial intelligence and augmented reality
Fault to be able to catch up with Google and Apple in the mobile, Satya Nadella also tries to position the group on niche markets promising for the future, such as artificial intelligence or augmented reality.
“Accelerate progress on artificial intelligence across all of our platforms and our services will provide more growth opportunities for Microsoft’s cloud”, commented the director, in the release.
In the meantime, Microsoft can be pleased this quarter with an 8% increase in the sales of its division of “cloud smart”, which amounted to $ 6.9 billion. Growth was particularly strong (+93%) for Azure, its flagship offering cloud services to businesses.
Source AFP
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