kowenicki said:
You have to bear in mind that MS is in the exact oppposite situation Sony and Ninty are. That is, whilst they are massively benefitting from a weak Yen now, MS is suffering from a strong Dollar. So earnings increases will be negligible.
Anyhow: Earnings: Microsoft is expected to report earnings for the quarter ended in March of 51 cents a share, according to the average estimate of analysts polled by rFactSet. That’s down from 68 cents a share in the same period a year ago, putting the company on course for a fifth-straight quarter of year-over-year declines. Estimize, which uses surveys sell-side analysts like FactSet, but also hedge fund executives, brokerages and buy-side analysts, expects earnings of 57 cents a share. Revenue: Analysts are expecting total revenue of $21.1 billion, up from $20.4 billion a year ago, according to FactSet, which would be the fourth-straight quarter of year-over-year increases. Microsoft has bested revenue expectations the previous six quarters. An Estimize survey pegs revenue at $21.7 billion. Meanwhile, the all-important commercial revenue, which include sales of cloud services, Office, Windows and server products to corporations, is expected to rise 1% from a year ago to $12.42 billion, according to FactSet. |
I'm pretty happy about that. Thanks Kowen
