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An operating expense is an expense a business incurs through its normal business operations. Often abbreviated as OPEX.

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Shares outstanding refer to a company's stock currently held by all its shareholders, including share blocks held by institutional investors and restricted shares owned by the company's officers and insiders.

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Skype is a telecommunications application software product that specializes in providing video chat and voice calls between computers, tablets, mobile devices, the Xbox One console, and smartwatches via the Internet and to regular telephones. Skype additionally provides instant messaging services. Users may transmit both text and video messages, and may exchange digital documents such as images, text, and video. Skype allows video conference calls.

Skype

GitHub is is a web-based hosting service for version control using Git. It is mostly used for computer code. It offers all of the distributed version control and source code management (SCM) functionality of Git as well as adding its own features. It provides access control and several collaboration features such as bug tracking, feature requests, task management, and wikis for every project. GitHub offers plans for both private repositories and free accounts which are commonly used to host open-source software projects. As of April 2017, GitHub reports having almost 20 million users and 57 million repositories, making it the largest host of source code in the world. On June 4, 2018, Microsoft announced its intent to acquire GitHub for US$7.5 billion

GitHub

Xbox is a video gaming brand created and owned by Microsoft. It represents a series of video game consoles developed by Microsoft, with three consoles released in the sixth, seventh and eighth generations respectively. The brand also represents applications, streaming services, and an online service by the name of Xbox Live. The brand was first introduced in the United States in November 2001, with the launch of the original Xbox console.

Xbox

Microsoft Corp. engages in the development and support of software, services, devices, and solutions. It operates through the following segments: Productivity and Business Processes, Intelligent Cloud, and More Personal Computing. The Productivity and Business Processes segment is composed of products and services relating to productivity, communication, and information services such as Office Commercial, Office Consumer, LinkedIn, and Dynamics business solutions. The Intelligent Cloud segment consists of public, private, and hybrid server products and cloud services for businesses and developers, as well as enterprise and partner services. The More Personal Computing segment refers to products and services including Windows operating system, Windows cloud services, Surface, HoloLens, personal computer accessories, Xbox hardware, Xbox Cloud Gaming, Microsoft News, and Microsoft Edge. The company was founded by Paul Gardner Allen and William Henry Gates, III in 1975 and is headquartered in Redmond, WA.

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Microsoft reports robust Q1 2023 earnings, driven by Microsoft Cloud's performance

Microsoft's Q1 2023 showcased strong revenue growth, particularly in the Microsoft Cloud segment. The company's emphasis on AI, customer value, and operating leverage is driving positive results. While facing challenges related to workload optimization and potential AI regulation, Microsoft is well-positioned to capitalize on growth opportunities.

Microsoft reports solid Q2 earnings, focuses on AI innovation

Microsoft's Q2 performance reflects strong revenue growth, particularly in Microsoft Cloud, Azure, Teams, and security business, while facing challenges in the ad market and macroeconomic headwinds.
The company's strengths lie in innovation across various sectors, strong customer loyalty, and a strategic focus on AI integration for competitive advantage.
Opportunities include leveraging AI for innovation, optimizing workloads post-pandemic, and driving growth through value propositions and customer loyalty.

Microsoft reports robust Q3 earnings, eyes Azure growth opportunities

Microsoft's Q3 2023 earnings call showcased strong financial performance, driven by robust revenue growth, commercial bookings, and operating income across key segments.
The company's focus on Microsoft Cloud, Azure's growth, and innovative products like GitHub Copilot and Teams highlights its commitment to customer success and shareholder returns.
While facing challenges in workload optimization and pricing strategies, Microsoft has opportunities to capitalize on Azure's potential, drive innovation, and maximize long-term growth through strategic investments and product enhancements.

Microsoft excels in Q4 with strong cloud growth and operational efficiency

Microsoft's Q4 performance reflects strong revenue growth, operational efficiency, and strategic focus on cloud and AI. While facing challenges in optimizing cloud operations and transitioning gross margins, the company is well-positioned to leverage opportunities in Azure growth and new product demand. Microsoft's diversified revenue streams and leadership in cloud services underpin its resilience and growth potential.

Microsoft reports robust Q1 earnings, eyes AI and Azure growth

Microsoft's Q1 2024 earnings call showcased strong financial performance, driven by Azure, commercial segments, and cash flow generation. The company faces challenges in sustaining growth and margins amidst AI investments but has opportunities to capitalize on AI, Azure, and disciplined operations for future success.

Microsoft reports record Q2 earnings driven by cloud and AI growth

Microsoft's Q2 2024 earnings showcased robust financial performance across segments, driven by cloud and AI services.
The company demonstrated resilience in margin improvement despite significant AI investments, highlighting operational efficiency.
Strategic focus on continuous innovation and customer engagement positions Microsoft for sustained growth and market leadership.
Addressing challenges in infrastructure readiness and product adoption will be key to unlocking future opportunities and maintaining competitive edge.

Microsoft achieves record Q3 results, eyes sustained growth in FY '25

Microsoft's Q3 performance reflects robust revenue growth, operational efficiency, and strong financial health across all segments.
The company's strengths lie in Azure's growth, GitHub Copilot's success, and strategic investments in cloud and AI technologies.
Challenges include capacity issues in Azure, balancing core business growth, and adapting to the evolving IT landscape towards AI.
Opportunities abound in sustaining growth, expanding Azure's customer base, and leveraging Dynamics and LinkedIn for revenue growth.

Microsoft reports robust FY '24 earnings, eyes AI and Cloud growth

Microsoft's strong FY '24 performance driven by Cloud, AI, and gaming revenue, with a focus on security and shareholder returns
Challenges include capacity constraints and increased capital expenditures, but opportunities exist in AI and Cloud growth
Partnerships and innovation key to addressing challenges and driving future growth and scalability
Outlook for FY '25 positive with a focus on double-digit revenue growth and expanding gaming opportunities

Microsoft reports robust Q1 earnings, eyes AI innovation for growth

Microsoft's Q1 2025 performance reflects strong revenue growth, particularly in cloud services and commercial bookings.
The company's focus on AI innovation, cost efficiencies, and long-term investments positions it well for sustained growth.
Challenges include managing expenses, supply constraints, and balancing investments with revenue growth.
Opportunities in AI, cloud services, and commercial offerings present avenues for continued expansion and value creation.

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3 Tech Titans Report This Week: Here's How to Play Them

U.S. stock futures advance as Treasury yields fall further, while Microsoft and Alphabet earnings loom.

S&P 500 futures gain as Treasury yields fall further, Microsoft and Alphabet earnings loom

Microsoft has grown the bottom line in seven of the past eight quarters.

What Microsoft's Stock Chart Is Telling Investors Ahead Of Earnings

Earnings season continues to capture the spotlight, with several big tech companies slated to take center stage this week. The period has primarily been positive so far, again helping us elude an ‘earnings meltdown' many had feared.

Microsoft & Alphabet Earnings: What Key Metrics Say

Microsoft (MSFT) announced it is spending 5 billion Australian dollars ($3.2 billion) to expand its AI infrastructure and cloud computing in Australia, in what President Brad Smith said was Microsoft's biggest investment in the four decades it has been in that country.

Microsoft Is Making a $3.2 Billion Cloud and AI Investment in Australia

Apple

Amazon

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NVIDIA

One down. Six to go. Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA ) kicked off third-quarter earnings season for the so-called Magnificent 7 of the Nasdaq last week with a thud.

The Magnificent 7 Stocks Are a Pre-Earnings Buy (Despite the Tesla Miss!)

Microsoft stock (NASDAQ: MSFT) could serve as a hedge if the U.S. economy slides into a mild recession in 2024, says Karl Keirstead – a UBS analyst. MSFT will remain an AI beneficiary The investment bank expects United States to see a mild recession next year that typically tends to weigh on equities.

Buy Microsoft stock to hedge against a coming recession: UBS

The official launch of Microsoft 365 Copilot, the company's new artificial intelligence service for large businesses, is still more than a week away, on Nov.

Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street waits for an AI inflection point

Activision Blizzard

Analysts at UBS have updated their models for Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ:MSFT) to account for its acquisition of Activision Blizzard Inc (NASDAQ:ATVI), which closed earlier this month, ahead of the company's first quarter fiscal 2024 earnings report due on Tuesday, October 24. “We're assuming that Microsoft will offer pro forma guidance to reflect the ATVI deal, obviously impacting the Gaming segment as well as the overall margin and cash flow outlook,” they wrote in a note to clients.

Microsoft's Activision acquisition impact in spotlight for 1Q earnings

Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Meta will release earnings this week, with the Street's focus expected to be on what the enterprise spending trajectory looks like on the cloud in a "choppy" macro environment, according to Wedbush analysts.   In an update to clients, they noted that Microsoft is a "major bellwether" for cloud spending and especially the appetite for generative AI spending among chief investment officers, with Wedbush analysts expecting the company's all-important Azure revenue growth to exceed Microsoft's own guidance based on their positive checks in the field.

AI and cloud spending a major focus of Big Tech earnings: analysts

HubSpot

Shares of Microsoft and HubSpot have essentially tripled in value over the last five years. Microsoft is bringing generative artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to its enterprise software products and cloud computing services.

Stock Split Watch: 2 Artificial Intelligence (AI) Growth Stocks Up More Than 200% in 5 Years to Buy Now

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Texas Instruments

Visa

No notable earnings reports were released Friday afternoon or Monday morning. By the end of this week, there will be plenty to mull over.

Tuesday Afternoon's Biggest Earnings Reports: Alphabet, Microsoft, Snap, Texas Instruments, Visa

Cisco Systems

Nvidia's GPUs should receive a boost in demand because of their importance to data centers. Microsoft's partnership with OpenAI should give it a leg up as it merges its technology into its suite of products.

3 Dividend-Paying Tech Stocks to Buy in October

US-based tech company also pledges to work with Australia's cyber spy agency in joint announcement with Anthony Albanese

Microsoft to invest $5bn in Australian cybersecurity over next two years

Netflix

A flood of new earnings reports will come out this week. Among the FAANG stocks, Meta, Alphabet, and Amazon are set to release their latest results.

What to Expect From FAANG Stock Earnings This Week

Microsoft Corp. could face a more discerning investor audience when it reports earnings Tuesday afternoon, as the frenzy around artificial intelligence has waned.

Microsoft can't count on AI hype this earnings season. Here's what should drive the stock instead.

Google's share buybacks should have a positive impact on share prices, but not this much. Google Cloud still shows strong growth but represents a mere 10% of total revenues. Microsoft is better positioned than Google to capture on upcoming growth prospects with a well-diversified product portfolio, whereas Google relies heavily on Google Ads income.

Downgrading Google To Hold, Buy Microsoft For More Upside

Tesla

An "extremely bearish" pattern has formed on the Magnificent 7 stocks' combined price chart, fueling fears of a selloff. "For what's worth, the top 7 largest tech stocks are currently staring down from a scary double-top technical formation," Crescat Capital's Octavio Costa wrote in a LinkedIn post.

'Extremely bearish' chart formation signals the top 7 Big Tech stocks including Apple, Nvidia, and Tesla face elevated risk of a selloff

SANTA CLARA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Microsoft Defender certified for secure integration into the Veritas Alta cloud data management platform and NetBackup family of products.

Veritas Names Microsoft as First Veritas 360 Defense Partner to Achieve REDLab Validation for Security Solutions

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It's clear that the wave of artificial intelligence is driving the technology sector today. Listen to any earnings call or watch any product announcement from the major hardware or software companies and “AI” will be one of the first and most repeated terms.

Big tech is battling to put AI on your PC, laptop and smartphone

BETHESDA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Rapid Enterprise, a division of Rapid Finance, an industry leader in delivering automated and scalable Lending-as-a-Service (LaaS) solutions to support the growth and success of small businesses, announced today from Money20/20 USA that its award-winning, AI-ready fraud detection platform, Lynx will be sold and marketed through Microsoft Azure Marketplace, an online store providing applications and services for use on Azure. Rapid Finance customers can now take a.

Rapid Finance Announces From Money20/20 USA That its AI- and ML-Ready Lynx Platform is now Available on Microsoft's Azure Marketplace

The deal took nearly two years to close. Activision is a highly profitable business.

Microsoft's Stock Is About to Get Cheaper Thanks to the Activision Blizzard Deal. Should You Buy?

The S&P 500 index wrapped up the previous week on a somber note, witnessing a decline of more than 2.7% over the course of the last five trading sessions. This downward trajectory followed Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell's recent remarks regarding the central bank's ongoing struggle with inflation, which rattled investor sentiment on Friday.

3 Big Tech stocks to keep an eye on this week

Boeing

Investors are staring down a big week for corporate earnings with reports due from Amazon, Microsoft and Google, as well as Ford and GM with the UAW strike against the automakers dragging on.

Wall Street week ahead: Amazon, Microsoft, Boeing earnings and rising bond yields

Microsoft is a well-diversified business with a top-tier management team and a rock-solid balance sheet. CEO Satya Nadella has successfully run the company, with revenue and EPS compounding at double digits. The company's large customer base, SaaS business model, and diversification serve as a safe haven for investors.

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