Microsoft software developer (Nasdaq: MSFT) reported for the 4th quarter and 2021 fiscal year. Indicators for the year:
- revenue increased by eighteen percent, up to $168.1 billion;
- operating profit increased by thirty-two percent, up to 69.9 billion;
- pure profit increased by thirty-eight percent, up to 61.3 billion.
Here are the quarterly numbers:
- revenue increased by twenty-one percent, up to $46.2 billion;
- operating profit increased by forty-two percent, up to 19.1 billion;
- pure profit increased by forty-nine percent, up to 16.5 billion.
Productivity and Business Process. Revenue increased by twenty-five percent, up to 14.7 billion. Sales of office and cloudy goods for business added twenty percent, for buyers - eighteen percent. LinkedIn revenue up 46% driven by ad demand and job market recovery. Dynamics Enterprise Application Implementation Gains Thirty-Three Percent.
Intelligent Cloud. Revenue increased by thirty percent, up to 17.4 billion. Server products and cloud services sales up 34 percent across almost everything driven by 51 percent growth in Azure Cloud. Implementation of corporate services for companies added twelve percent.
More Personal Computing. Revenue increased by nine percent, up to 14.1 billion. Windows OEM sales drop 3% due to PC supply disruptions, and sales of Windows volume licenses and cloud services increased by twenty percent. Xbox console implementations have added 172%, and the implementation of game information fell on 4% due to fewer gaming novelties. Surface device sales fell by 20% due to supply chain disruptions. Search ad sales increased by 46% thanks to the low base effect.
Since the beginning of the year, Microsoft shares have risen by 32%, to 287 $. Consensus forecast of analysts for the following 12 months — 299 $.
