Microsoft announced their quarterly report today after the close of trading. In their press note, company have mentioned some great stuffs about their growth.
One of those notes, Their revenue reached the rope of $18.06 with un-adjusted earning per share of $0.73 and for your kind information Microsoft in plans to launch some of their great products in coming days included Windows 8, Windows Phone 8, Office 2013, and Windows Server 2012 that could also helps them to improve their earning potential.
But everything wasn’t goes right for them in this quarter, they got the losses of $492 Million. Microsoft wrote down nearly ever dollar that it had paid for aQuantive, a firm that it purchased for some $6.3 billion.
For Microsoft’s fiscal year 2012, the company’s revenue, operating income, and earnings per share were $73.72 billion, $21.76 billion, and $2.00 per share.
Adjusting for the goodwill impairment charge and deferred revenue, non-GAAP fiscal year 2012 revenue, operating income, and earnings per share were $74.26 billion, $28.50 billion, and $2.78 per share, which represented increases of 6%, 5%, and 5%, respectively, over adjusted non-GAAP fiscal year 2011 figures.
Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft said “We delivered record fourth quarter and annual revenue, and we’re fast approaching the most exciting launch season in Microsoft history,”
He said “Over the coming year, we’ll release the next versions of Windows, Office, Windows Server, Windows Phone, and many other products and services that will drive our business forward and provide unprecedented opportunity to our customers and partners.”
