Microsoft (MSFT - Free Report) just released its third quarter 2018 financial results, posting adjusted earnings of $0.95 per share and revenues of $26.82 billion.
Microsoft is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), which is subject to change based on today’s results. Shares of Microsoft are up 36% over the last year. The company also saw its stock price pop 2.11% on Thursday to hit 94.26 per share prior to the release of its quarterly earnings results.
Microsoft stock is currently down 0.37% to $93.91 per share in after-hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.
MSFT:
Beat earnings estimates. The company posted adjusted earnings of $0.95 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.85 per share.
Beat revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of $26.82 billion, topping our consensus estimate of $25.71 billion.
Microsoft's quarterly revenues jumped roughly 16% from $23.56 billion in the year-ago period. Meanwhile, the tech giant’s quarterly earnings climbed from $0.73 per share.
Microsoft reported Intelligent Cloud unit revenue of $7.89 billion, which topped our NFM estimate of $7.70 billion. The firm's other two major business units, Productivity & Business Processes and More Personal Computing, also topped estimates.
Microsoft also noted that it returned $6.3 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases, which marked a 37% surge.
Here’s a graph that looks at MSFT’s Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise history:
Check back later for our full analysis on MSFT’s earnings report!
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Microsoft (MSFT - Free Report) just released its third quarter 2018 financial results, posting adjusted earnings of $0.95 per share and revenues of $26.82 billion.
Microsoft is currently a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), which is subject to change based on today’s results. Shares of Microsoft are up 36% over the last year. The company also saw its stock price pop 2.11% on Thursday to hit 94.26 per share prior to the release of its quarterly earnings results.
Microsoft stock is currently down 0.37% to $93.91 per share in after-hours trading shortly after its earnings report was released.
MSFT:
Beat earnings estimates. The company posted adjusted earnings of $0.95 per share, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $0.85 per share.
Beat revenue estimates. The company saw revenue figures of $26.82 billion, topping our consensus estimate of $25.71 billion.
Microsoft's quarterly revenues jumped roughly 16% from $23.56 billion in the year-ago period. Meanwhile, the tech giant’s quarterly earnings climbed from $0.73 per share.
Microsoft reported Intelligent Cloud unit revenue of $7.89 billion, which topped our NFM estimate of $7.70 billion. The firm's other two major business units, Productivity & Business Processes and More Personal Computing, also topped estimates.
Microsoft also noted that it returned $6.3 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases, which marked a 37% surge.
Here’s a graph that looks at MSFT’s Price, Consensus and EPS Surprise history:
Check back later for our full analysis on MSFT’s earnings report!
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It could become the mother of all technological revolutions. Apple sold a mere 1 billion iPhones in 10 years but a new breakthrough is expected to generate more than 27 billion devices in just 3 years, creating a $1.7 trillion market.
Zacks has just released a Special Report that spotlights this fast-emerging phenomenon and 6 tickers for taking advantage of it. If you don't buy now, you may kick yourself in 2020.
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From thousands of stocks, 5 Zacks experts each have chosen their favorite to skyrocket +100% or more in months to come. From those 5, Director of Research Sheraz Mian hand-picks one to have the most explosive upside of all.
It’s a little-known chemical company that’s up 65% over last year, yet still dirt cheap. With unrelenting demand, soaring 2022 earnings estimates, and $1.5 billion for repurchasing shares, retail investors could jump in at any time.
This company could rival or surpass other recent Zacks’ Stocks Set to Double like Boston Beer Company which shot up +143.0% in little more than 9 months and NVIDIA which boomed +175.9% in one year.
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