Category: Microsoft

Microsoft first time ever announced quarter loss at 2012 2Q. That was due to 6,2 bn.$ Goodwill write-off. Such Goodwill comes from acquisitions, were company is bought for higher then its balance value. Companies with large Goodwill in their balance are at risk of such write-offs. This is basically including purchase expenses into companies Income statement from balance sheet. If excluded companies results…

Microsoft 2012 1Q results remain to look a bit flat. While Revenue show growth from 16,4 bn.$. to 17,4 bn.$ or by +6% Net Income before Depreciation shows stable decrease: 2010Q1 – 6,1 bn.$. 2011Q1 – 6,0 bn.$ 2012Q1 – 5,9 bn.$. Which is not good as it shows that Microsoft golden ages are slowly…

Companies 4Q results was quit static. Revenue grew only by 5% from 20 bn.$ to 20,9 bn.$. While Net income before Depreciation remained the same 7,3 bn.$ Bad news for the company is that one of its key segment “Windows” income decreased from 5,1 bn.$ to 4,7 bn.$ (Δ-6%), while other segments showed some growth: Server…