Microsoft (MSFT) earnings came out: $0.49 EPS (adjusted) & $14.4 Billion revenues vs. $0.46 and $13.89 Billion estimates. Guidance next quarter: $0.37-0.39 EPS & R$13.1-13.4 Billion vs. $0.40 & $13.3B estimates; Guidance for Fiscal JUN-2008: $1.67 to $1.72 EPS and $56.5-57.5B revenues vs. $1.69/$56.2B estimates.
Net cash flow from operations was $7.29 billion and Microsoft returned $7.72 billion in cash to shareholders through share buybacks and dividends this quarter. As a reminder, more than $1 Billion had been deferred in revenues because of the last delay to Windows Vista. It sounds like company did better on Vista than the pessimists were admitting to.
Shares are up more than 3% to $30.00 after closing up 0.4% at $29.10 on the day.
Jon C. Ogg
April 26, 2007
Jon Ogg can be reached at [email protected]; he does not own securities in the companies he covers.
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