Microsoft Gains as Cloud Growth Propels Quarterly Results
- Azure revenue rises 46%, matching estimates; shares soar
- Xbox, personal computer unit sales were better than projected
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Microsoft Corp. reported quarterly sales and earnings that topped analysts’ projections, fueled by robust growth in cloud-services demand. Shares were up 3.5% in premarket trading.
Revenue in the third quarter, which ended March 31, rose 18% to $49.4 billion, the Redmond, Washington-based software maker said Tuesday in a statement. Net income rose to $16.7 billion, or $2.22 a share. That compared with average analyst projections for $49 billion in sales and $2.19 a share in earnings, according to a Bloomberg survey.