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Continued cloud growth helps Microsoft again beat expectations

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella (Photo: Microsoft)

Buoyed by Azure and Office 365, Microsoft reported sales and earnings ahead of what Wall Street was expecting.

Why it matters: The cloud has been Microsoft's growth engine for the past couple of years even as the PC market has been in decline.

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Excluding a large one-time tax-related charge and other items, Microsoft said it earned $7.5 billion, or 96 cents per share, on revenue of $28.9 billion. Analysts were expecting per-share earnings of 86 cents per share, on revenue of about $28.3 billion, according to Zacks.

Other highlights:

  • Revenue in the productivity unit that includes Office was $9 billion, up 25%
  • Revenue in the "intelligent cloud" unit was $7.8 billion, up 15%
  • Revenue in the "more personal computing" unit that includes Windows was 12.2 billion, up 2%
  • LinkedIn accounted for $1.3 billion of Microsoft's revenue
  • LinkedIn had an operating loss of $265 million, wider than a year ago, but less than it had in the prior quarter
  • Search advertising revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs increased 15%
  • Revenue from Microsoft Surface was up 1%
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