Microsoft reported its Q4, FY21 figures with revenue of $46.2 billion, up 21%, and net income of $16.5 billion, up 47%.

I noted that Search advertising revenue, excluding traffic acquisition costs, increased by 53%. LinkedIn seems to offer strong growth with revenues up 46%.

“We are innovating across the technology stack to help organizations drive new levels of tech intensity across their business,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. “Our results show that when we execute well and meet customers’ needs in differentiated ways in large and growing markets, we generate growth, as we’ve seen in our commercial cloud – and in new franchises we’ve built, including gaming, security, and LinkedIn, all of which surpassed $10 billion in annual revenue over the past three years.”



“As we closed out the fiscal year, our sales teams and partners delivered a strong quarter with over 20% top and bottom-line growth, highlighted by commercial bookings growth of 30% year over year,” said Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft. “Our commercial cloud revenue grew 36% year over year to $19.5 billion.”

Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the fiscal year ended June 30, 2021, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:

· Revenue was $168.1 billion and increased 18%

· Operating income was $69.9 billion and increased 32%

· Net income was $61.3 billion GAAP and $60.7 billion non-GAAP, and increased 38% and 37%, respectively

Earnings Release FY21 Q4 [microsoft.com]

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Microsoft Q3, FY21, Revenue $41.7bln, Up 19pct, Net Income $17bln Up 31pct [webmasterworld.com]