Microsoft Profit Tops Estimates on Windows
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Microsoft surpreende analistas com fortes resultados
A empresa norte-americana Microsoft anunciou para o terceiro trimestre de 2007 resultados que superaram as expectativas dos analistas, originados pelo o sucesso das vendas do novo videojogo ‘Halo3’ e do sistema operativo Windows Vista.
Susana Teodoro
A maior companhia mundial de software anunciou lucros de 4,29 mil milhões de dólares, ou 45 cêntimos por acção, o que se traduz em mais 23% do que o verificado no mesmo período do ano passado. Os analistas esperavam um lucro de 39 cêntimos por título.
As receitas subiram 27% no terceiro trimestre, para os 13,76 mil milhões de dólares, um valor muito acima do estimado pelos analistas, que esperavam 12,57 mil milhões de dólares.
A empresa norte-americana Microsoft anunciou para o terceiro trimestre de 2007 resultados que superaram as expectativas dos analistas, originados pelo o sucesso das vendas do novo videojogo ‘Halo3’ e do sistema operativo Windows Vista.
Susana Teodoro
A maior companhia mundial de software anunciou lucros de 4,29 mil milhões de dólares, ou 45 cêntimos por acção, o que se traduz em mais 23% do que o verificado no mesmo período do ano passado. Os analistas esperavam um lucro de 39 cêntimos por título.
As receitas subiram 27% no terceiro trimestre, para os 13,76 mil milhões de dólares, um valor muito acima do estimado pelos analistas, que esperavam 12,57 mil milhões de dólares.
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Microsoft Profit Tops Estimates on Windows
Microsoft Profit Tops Estimates on Windows, `Halo 3' (Update1)
By Dina Bass
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Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. said first-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, exceeding analysts' estimates, and raised its forecasts for this year on sales of the new versions of Windows and the ``Halo 3'' video game.
Net income increased to $4.29 billion, or 45 cents a share, from $3.48 billion, or 35 cents, a year earlier, the Redmond, Washington-based company said in a statement today. Sales advanced 27 percent to $13.8 billion, beating projections.
Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, brought in $300 million in one week from ``Halo 3,'' the latest in the best- selling series for its Xbox game system, double some analysts' estimates. More computer makers installed the pricier versions of the new Windows Vista program on their machines, expanding the company's profit.
``Microsoft is seeing the benefits of Vista for consumers,'' said Walter Price, who helps manage $157 billion including Microsoft shares at RCM Capital Management in San Francisco. ``The acceptance of `Halo' and the fact that Microsoft hasn't cut Xbox hardware prices that aggressively also helps with profitability.''
Microsoft boosted its forecasts for this year. Profit will be $1.78 to $1.81 a share on sales of $58.8 billion to $59.7 billion, exceeding the average estimates of $1.73 in profit and $57.4 billion in revenue.
Shares Gain
Microsoft jumped $2.40 to $34.39 in extended trading after rising 74 cents to $31.99 as of 4 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares have added 7.1 percent this year, trailing rivals such as Oracle Corp., Google Inc. and Apple Inc.
The stock has increased 8.6 percent since the end of the quarter on optimism results would exceed analysts' estimates.
Earnings beat the 39-cent average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg in the first quarter. Sales estimates averaged $12.6 billion. Revenue in the units that include Windows for personal computers and Xbox exceeded Microsoft's forecasts.
Microsoft said profit in the quarter that began Oct. 1 will be 44 cents to 46 cents a share on sales of $15.6 billion to $16.1 billion. That compares with 45 cents and $15.8 billion, the average estimates of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
In the year-ago quarter, profit was 26 cents on sales of $12.5 billion, held down by the deferral of $1.64 billion in sales because of an accounting rule.
Ballmer's Efforts
Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, 51, promoted more- expensive versions of Vista with extra security features for businesses and TV recording software for consumers. To compete with Google, he's making acquisitions and signing Internet ad deals to find a new source of growth.
Microsoft said yesterday that it will buy a 1.6 percent stake in social-networking Web site Facebook Inc. for $240 million and will sell ads for the Internet company overseas. The agreement values Palo Alto, California-based Facebook at $15 billion.
``Halo 3,'' on sale for less than a week in the quarter, exceeded analysts' forecasts. The game debuted Sept. 25 and became the top seller in the U.S. for the month of September, according to market researcher NPD Group Inc. in Port Washington, New York. That helped the Xbox console beat Nintendo Co.'s Wii in monthly sales for the first time.
Because the game was made by Microsoft, it carries higher profit margins than other titles, shoring up efforts to post the first annual profit in the entertainment and devices division.
The units that include Windows Vista and Office 2007 both posted growth of more than 10 percent. PC makers now offer the higher-priced Vista Home Premium, which brings in $50 more per copy than Vista Basic, on most consumer machines, according to UBS AG analyst Heather Bellini in New York. Microsoft doesn't disclose the prices PC makers pay.
Twenty-five analysts suggest buying Microsoft shares, eight recommend holding them and two have ``sell'' ratings, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
To contact the reporter on this story: Dina Bass in Seattle at dbass2@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: October 25, 2007 16:33 EDT
By Dina Bass
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Oct. 25 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. said first-quarter earnings rose 23 percent, exceeding analysts' estimates, and raised its forecasts for this year on sales of the new versions of Windows and the ``Halo 3'' video game.
Net income increased to $4.29 billion, or 45 cents a share, from $3.48 billion, or 35 cents, a year earlier, the Redmond, Washington-based company said in a statement today. Sales advanced 27 percent to $13.8 billion, beating projections.
Microsoft, the world's biggest software maker, brought in $300 million in one week from ``Halo 3,'' the latest in the best- selling series for its Xbox game system, double some analysts' estimates. More computer makers installed the pricier versions of the new Windows Vista program on their machines, expanding the company's profit.
``Microsoft is seeing the benefits of Vista for consumers,'' said Walter Price, who helps manage $157 billion including Microsoft shares at RCM Capital Management in San Francisco. ``The acceptance of `Halo' and the fact that Microsoft hasn't cut Xbox hardware prices that aggressively also helps with profitability.''
Microsoft boosted its forecasts for this year. Profit will be $1.78 to $1.81 a share on sales of $58.8 billion to $59.7 billion, exceeding the average estimates of $1.73 in profit and $57.4 billion in revenue.
Shares Gain
Microsoft jumped $2.40 to $34.39 in extended trading after rising 74 cents to $31.99 as of 4 p.m. New York time on the Nasdaq Stock Market. The shares have added 7.1 percent this year, trailing rivals such as Oracle Corp., Google Inc. and Apple Inc.
The stock has increased 8.6 percent since the end of the quarter on optimism results would exceed analysts' estimates.
Earnings beat the 39-cent average estimate of 15 analysts surveyed by Bloomberg in the first quarter. Sales estimates averaged $12.6 billion. Revenue in the units that include Windows for personal computers and Xbox exceeded Microsoft's forecasts.
Microsoft said profit in the quarter that began Oct. 1 will be 44 cents to 46 cents a share on sales of $15.6 billion to $16.1 billion. That compares with 45 cents and $15.8 billion, the average estimates of analysts surveyed by Bloomberg.
In the year-ago quarter, profit was 26 cents on sales of $12.5 billion, held down by the deferral of $1.64 billion in sales because of an accounting rule.
Ballmer's Efforts
Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer, 51, promoted more- expensive versions of Vista with extra security features for businesses and TV recording software for consumers. To compete with Google, he's making acquisitions and signing Internet ad deals to find a new source of growth.
Microsoft said yesterday that it will buy a 1.6 percent stake in social-networking Web site Facebook Inc. for $240 million and will sell ads for the Internet company overseas. The agreement values Palo Alto, California-based Facebook at $15 billion.
``Halo 3,'' on sale for less than a week in the quarter, exceeded analysts' forecasts. The game debuted Sept. 25 and became the top seller in the U.S. for the month of September, according to market researcher NPD Group Inc. in Port Washington, New York. That helped the Xbox console beat Nintendo Co.'s Wii in monthly sales for the first time.
Because the game was made by Microsoft, it carries higher profit margins than other titles, shoring up efforts to post the first annual profit in the entertainment and devices division.
The units that include Windows Vista and Office 2007 both posted growth of more than 10 percent. PC makers now offer the higher-priced Vista Home Premium, which brings in $50 more per copy than Vista Basic, on most consumer machines, according to UBS AG analyst Heather Bellini in New York. Microsoft doesn't disclose the prices PC makers pay.
Twenty-five analysts suggest buying Microsoft shares, eight recommend holding them and two have ``sell'' ratings, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.
To contact the reporter on this story: Dina Bass in Seattle at dbass2@bloomberg.net
Last Updated: October 25, 2007 16:33 EDT
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