The FINANCIAL — Microsoft Corp. on October 22 announced the following results for the quarter ended September 30, 2015:
Revenue was $20.4 billion GAAP, and $21.7 billion non-GAAP
Operating income was $5.8 billion GAAP, and $7.1 billion non-GAAP
Net income was $4.6 billion GAAP, and $5.4 billion non-GAAP
Earnings per share was $0.57 GAAP, and $0.67 non-GAAP
Non-GAAP financial results exclude the deferral and recognition of revenue primarily related to Windows 10, according to Microsoft.
During the quarter, Microsoft announced a 16% increase in its quarterly dividend to $0.36 and returned $6.9 billion to shareholders in the form of share repurchases and dividends.
“We are making strong progress across each of our three ambitions by delivering innovation people love,” said Satya Nadella, chief executive officer at Microsoft. “Customer excitement for new devices, Windows 10, Office 365 and Azure is increasing as we bring together the best Microsoft experiences to empower people to achieve more.”
“We’re pleased with our operating results this quarter. With financial discipline and strong execution, we grew operating income by 11 percent in non-GAAP constant currency,” said Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft.
Revenue in Productivity and Business Processes declined 3% (up 4% in constant currency) to $6.3 billion, with the following business highlights:
Office commercial products and cloud services revenue grew 5% in constant currency with Office 365 revenue growth of nearly 70% in constant currency and continued user growth across our productivity offerings
Office 365 consumer subscribers increased to 18.2 million, with approximately 3 million subscribers added in the quarter
Dynamics revenue grew 12% in constant currency, with the Dynamics CRM Online enterprise installed base growing more than 3x year-over-year
Revenue in Intelligent Cloud grew 8% (up 14% in constant currency) to $5.9 billion, with the following business highlights:
Server products and cloud services revenue grew 13% in constant currency, with revenue from premium products and services growing double-digits
Azure revenue and compute usage more than doubled year-over-year
Enterprise Mobility customers more than doubled year-over-year to over 20,000, and the installed base grew nearly 6x year-over-year
Revenue in More Personal Computing declined 17% (down 13% in constant currency) to $9.4 billion, with the following business highlights:
Windows OEM revenue declined 6%, performing better than the overall PC market, as the Windows 10 launch spurred PC ecosystem innovation and helped drive hardware mix toward premium devices
Phone revenue declined 54% in constant currency reflecting our updated strategy
Search advertising revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs grew 29% in constant currency with Bing US market share benefiting from Windows 10 usage
Xbox Live monthly active users grew 28% to 39 million
“We’re seeing great traction with businesses who want to bring Microsoft’s cloud, mobile device management technology and data analytics together to improve security and productivity resulting in almost 70 percent year-over-year growth in our commercial cloud run rate,” said Kevin Turner, chief operating officer at Microsoft.
Business Outlook
Microsoft will provide forward-looking guidance in connection with this quarterly earnings announcement on its earnings conference call and webcast.
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