As long as the company continues to be guided by decency and respect, there’s no reason why its powerful brand and leadership position cannot continue to thrive and make earnings reports like the week’s the rule, not the exception. To a startup today, Microsoft is almost as old as IBM (founded in 1924) was to a Microsoft when it launched in 1975. (Photo by Henrique Casinhas/SOPA Images/LightRocket via ... [+] Getty Images), Microsoft beat most analysts’ forecasts with this week’s announcement of record earnings and profits. When I saw a photo of an iPhone featuring Microsoft Word in the window of an Apple Store in Palo Alto a few years ago, I was floored. The culture of contention that gets ratings on cable news seems a world away. Microsoft (MSFT) reports earnings on 10/27/2020 and is expected to beat estimates with an Earnings Whisper number of $1.62. Opinions expressed by Forbes Contributors are their own. An interaction of any length with Microsoft proves that its corporate dictates are more than just words. But by the end of the decade, Microsoft was being accused of being a monopoly by the U.S. Department of Justice. According to a recent New York Times article: “The positive perceptions of Google, Facebook, and other large tech firms are crumbling.” The best and the brightest don’t necessarily want to work for high profile tech companies anymore. Back to MSFT Overview The upcoming earnings date is derived from an algorithm based on a company's historical reporting dates. Where Amazon has clashed with local governments in Seattle and New York (with its HQ2 dalliance), Microsoft has developed plans. Microsoft beat most analysts’ forecasts with this week’s announcement of record earnings and profits. Nationally, the press is reporting about a techlash, fueled by the business practices of companies like Amazon and Facebook. Earnings Report - Q1 2021 Earnings Release: 10/27/2020: Annual General Meeting - Annual General Meeting: 12/02/2020: Earnings Report - Q2 2021 Earnings Release: 02/03/2021: Earnings Report - … After five years with the company, so meteoric was the stock’s rise, that they, and many of their peers, retired. When I moved to Seattle in 1990, I would visit a college friend who worked in Building 4 on the old campus. Based on its after-hours gains, the stock is less than 4% off its record high from February. While other tech companies get more attention, Microsoft keeps going about its business, providing solid growth and impressive earnings. The feeling in the halls and on the paths is colloquial—peers sharing ideas. Yet, in the midst of all of this dissension, Microsoft keeps navigating its way by focusing on one key trait above all: decency. The stock market swoons over FAANG stocks. Workers there come in all colors, sizes, genders, ages. Microsoft has taken the lead on a host of other progressive positions: homelessness, immigration, the environment. (Photo by Stephen Brashear/Getty Images). MSFT reported its FY 2020 Q4 earnings on July 22, 2020 and surpassed analysts' expectations on profits, sales, and the growth of its cloud business. Home of Starbucks, Microsoft and Amazon, and spiritual home of Boeing, the city provides a mix of the old, middle-aged and new economy. In the early 90s, Microsoft provided Seattle with its first tech boom as the stock’s meteoric rise coincided with the rapid adoption of PCs with the Windows operating system. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. The company’s stock was understandably up the day after the announcement. You may opt-out by. Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. MSFT reported its FY 2020 Q4 earnings on July 22, 2020 and surpassed analysts' expectations on profits, sales, and the growth of its cloud business. A sense of decency pervades the campus. Microsoft has navigated the changes in technology remarkably well over the past decade. Seattle provides a unique vantage point on the machinations of the current economy. Growth from the Azure cloud slowed to 59%. Seattle has seen some high-profile crime events recently. EY & Citi On The Importance Of Resilience And Innovation, Impact 50: Investors Seeking Profit — And Pushing For Change. Microsoft beat estimates on the top and bottom lines. See Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock analyst estimates, including earnings and revenue, EPS, upgrades and downgrades. Tips, quips, advice and jokes on Twitter @willjeakle, © 2020 Forbes Media LLC. Earlier this month, Microsoft announced a plan to be not just carbon-neutral, but carbon negative. Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) enables digital transformation for the era of an intelligent cloud and an intelligent edge. Homelessness is persistent and troubling. I'm an author, entrepreneur, former CNN exec, comedy writer, husband, and father. His wife worked on the Encarta encyclopedia. I have been around Microsoft for a long time. Those were the days. In an era where the U.S. has announced its intention to pull out of the Paris Climate Agreement, this decision illustrates Microsoft’s determination to keep moving forward with its own relatively progressive agenda. Find the latest Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing. It’s a mindset that has taken the company from a place that smashed workers’ iPhones to a leadership position in iOS app development. He coded, moving from project to project. That mix has created steady growth, but also problems that were less familiar when Microsoft was born. Shares are up 3.4% since reporting last quarter Today’s Microsoft is a far cry from that original unicorn. There is no “M” in FAANG (FAANG consists of Facebook, Apple, Amazon, Netflix, and Google). Its mission is to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more. Microsoft under Satya Nadella appears to strive to find value in each human being, each potential customer, each prospective worker. All Rights Reserved, This is a BETA experience. Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella. Yet, Microsoft’s stock was up in a down market the day after its earnings announcement, the result of another solid earnings beat. A live webcast of the earnings conference call will be made available at 2:30 p.m. Pacific Time. Microsoft’s cloud success, namely its Commercial Cloud business, which in recent years has helped drive revenue and earnings growth, is expected to be on display again this quarter. Housing costs have skyrocketed. Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) latest earnings report: revenue, EPS, surprise, history, news and analysis. Seattle has elected and re-elected a progressive slate of local politicians including socialists, who traditionally clash with powerful corporations, especially those that are accused of monopoly.

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