Microsoft (MSFT) reported strong Q3 results, beating Wall Street expectations on both revenue and earnings, driven by robust cloud performance.
The company posted:
Earnings per share (EPS): $3.46 (vs. $3.21 expected)
Revenue: $70 billion (vs. $68.4 billion expected), up from $61.8 billion a year ago
Commercial cloud revenue: $42.4 billion (vs. $42.2 billion expected), up from $35.1 billion
Productivity & Business Processes: $29.9 billion (vs. $29.6 billion expected)
Intelligent Cloud (including Azure): $26.8 billion
AI-driven Azure revenue: 16% of Azure total (vs. 15.6% expected)
More Personal Computing: $13.4 billion (vs. $12.6 billion expected)
