It
looks like Microsoft had a decent end to 2012.
Microsoft
reported earnings-per-share of $0.76 on revenue of $21.46 billion in the
December quarter, beating EPS estimates by a penny but coming in just shy of
Wall Street's consensus estimate for revenue of $21.6 billion. Nonetheless,
Microsoft's revenue for the quarter set a new high.
The
Windows division of the company had a particularly strong quarter, generating
$5.88 billion in revenue, a 24% increase from the same period a year before.
Even when you factor in deferred revenue from Windows upgrade offers, Windows
revenue was still up 11% year-over-year.
"Our
big, bold ambition to reimagine Windows as well as launch Surface and Windows
Phone 8 has sparked growing enthusiasm with our customers and unprecedented
opportunity and creativity with our partners and developers," Microsoft's
CEO Steve Ballmer said in a statement. "With new Windows devices,
including Surface Pro, and the new Office on the horizon, we’ll continue to
drive excitement for the Windows ecosystem and deliver our software through
devices and services people love and businesses need."
Microsoft
did not break out sales figures for its new Windows 8 products, other than to
restate that it has sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses to date.
Microsoft's
stock was up down by about 1% in after hours trading following the earnings
report.
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