Microsoft's second-quarter net profit of 5 billion US dollars fell 15% year-on-year

Netease Technology News January 29 news, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) today released the fiscal year 2016 financial year second quarter earnings report. According to the report, according to the US General Accounting Standards (GAAP), the company's revenue for the quarter was 23.8 billion US dollars, compared with 26.5 billion US dollars in the same period last year, down 10% year-on-year; operating profit was 6 billion US dollars, compared with 7.8 billion US dollars in the same period last year. It fell by 23%; net profit was US$5 billion, compared with US$5.9 billion in the same period last year, down 15% year-on-year; diluted earnings per share were US$0.62, compared with US$0.71 per share in the same period last year, down 13% year-on-year.

According to Non-GAAP, the company's revenue for the quarter was US$25.7 billion, compared with US$26.1 billion in the same period last year, down 2% year-on-year, excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, up 3% year-on-year; operating profit was US$7.9 billion, compared with US$7.7 billion in the same period last year, up 3% year-on-year, excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, up 13% year-on-year; net profit was US$6.3 billion, compared with US$5.8 billion in the same period last year, up 8% year-on-year, excluding The impact of exchange rate changes, a year-on-year increase of 20%; diluted earnings per share of 0.78 US dollars, the same period last year, earnings per share of 0.70 US dollars, an increase of 11%, excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, an increase of 23%.

In the second quarter, Microsoft returned a total of $6.5 billion in capital to shareholders through stock repurchases and stock dividends.

"Companies everywhere use Microsoft Cloud Services as their digital platform for driving transformation." Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella said, "Enterprises are also trying Windows 10, and the system will Welcome to the deployment of more than 200 million activation devices."

Productivity and business processing business revenues fell 2% year-on-year (excluding exchange rate fluctuations, up 5% year-on-year) to $6.7 billion, of which:

· Office commercial products and cloud services revenue increased by 5% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

· Office 365 consumer subscriptions increased to 20.6 million

·Dynamics product business revenue increased by 11% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

Smart cloud service revenue increased by 5% year-on-year (excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, up 11% year-on-year) to $6.3 billion, of which:

· Server product and cloud service revenue increased by 10% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

· Azure revenue increased by 140% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

More than one-third of the world's top 500 companies have chosen Microsoft's enterprise mobility solutions, a three-fold year-on-year increase.

Personal computing division revenue fell 5% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes, down 2% year-on-year) to $12.7 billion, of which:

· Windows OEM business revenue fell 5% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

· Surface business revenue increased by 29% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

· Mobile phone business revenue fell 49% year-on-year (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

· Search advertising business revenue increased by 21% year-on-year before deducting traffic costs (not counting the impact of exchange rate changes)

· Xbox Live's monthly active users increased by 30% year-on-year to a record 48 million.

"For Microsoft Surface and Xbox, this is a strong holiday sales performance," said Kevin Turner, Microsoft's chief operating officer. "Our business unit is performing very well, our sales team and cooperation. Partners have successfully helped our customers recognize the value of Microsoft cloud technologies, including Azure, Office 365 and CRM Online.