Microsoft beats by $0.05, reports revs in-line
Reports Q3 (Mar) earnings of $0.68 per share, $0.05 better than the Capital IQ Consensus Estimate of $0.63; revenues fell 0.4% year/year to $20.4 bln vs $20.0-20.5 bln guidance and the the $20.37 bln consensus.
Devices and Consumer revenue grew 12% to $8.30 bln vs. $7.8-8.1 bln guidance.
Windows OEM revenue grew 4%, driven by strong 19% growth in Windows OEM Pro revenue.
Office 365 Home now has 4.4 million subscribers, adding nearly 1 million subscribers in just three months.
Microsoft sold in 2.0 million Xbox console units, including 1.2 million Xbox One consoles.
Surface revenue grew over 50% to ~$500 million.
Bing U.S. search share grew to 18.6% and search advertising revenue grew 38%.
Commercial revenue grew 7% to $12.23 bln vs. the $1.2-12.4 bln guidance.
Office 365 revenue grew over 100%, and commercial seats nearly doubled, demonstrating strong enterprise momentum for Microsoft's cloud productivity solutions.·
Azure revenue grew over 150%, and the company has announced more than 40 new features that make the Azure platform more attractive to cloud application developers.
Windows volume licensing revenue grew 11%, as business customers continue to make Windows their platform of choice.
Lync, SharePoint, and Exchange, our productivity server offerings, collectively grew double-digits.
Microsoft expects to close the acquisition of the Nokia Devices and Services business on April 25, 2014.
"We are making good progress in our consumer services like Bing and Office 365 Home, and our commercial customers continue to embrace our cloud solutions. Both position us well for long-term growth,"