Microsoft earns 44.8 million dollars in 9 months, 35% more

The software giant Microsoft announced a profit of 44.813 million dollars in the first nine months of its fiscal year 2021. It represents an increase of 35% compared to the same period of the previous year. 

The Washington-based company brought in $121.936 million between July and March. It was an increase from $104.982 million from March 2020, with a significant portion of growth focusing on services.

Microsoft investors earned $5.93 per share over the past nine months, compared to the $4.34 they collected in the fiscal year 2020.

Despite earnings, its shares dropped

Despite its strong results, the company’s shares dived by 3% on Wall Street in 3 hours. However, those losses were reduced later in the extended session.

According to analysts, Wall Street expected more considerable interest from Microsoft. 

The stock had closed at a record high for the third straight session with a 0.2% daily gain to $261.97. Microsoft stock is on course for its sixth straight positive month. It would be the company’s most substantial run after an eight-month streak that ended in January 2020.

Microsoft shares have been mainly trading near record highs for months amid solid gains for personal-computer sales, collaboration software, and cloud-computing adoption. Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the company has observed an uptick in sales.

Satya Nadella, the chief executive officer of Microsoft, noticed that Microsoft Teams touched 145 million daily active users. It’s almost double the 75 million daily active users from last year. This shows continued demand for videoconferencing and collaboration solutions that assist remote work, he stated. 

For the first time, Microsoft exceeded $40 billion in quarterly sales and $15 billion in quarterly earnings in the holiday season. The company repeated the performance in the first quarter of 2021.

What is the best way to invest in Microsoft?

Both in the short term and the long term, Microsoft shares are incredibly profitable. However, experts recommend that this company’s shares can ensure significant investment returns if they are maintained for several years. 

Microsoft also owns Google’s main competition for web search engines: Bing, which has primarily benefited from the Google search privacy scandals.

Confinement and remote work also encourage the use of Microsoft’s cloud service, OneDrive. It allows you to coordinate and share important documents with customers and businesses. Microsoft also owns the operating system used by most ATMs worldwide, and with the de-escalation of quarantine, its use became much more prevalent.