Microsoft Notches up in its Third Quarter Earnings as its Shares Surge

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The American Multinational technology corporation’s third quarter results are here, its shares surged as much as 6% in extended trading on Tuesday as the company did excellent yet again. Microsoft’s revenue went up to 18% and the profit represents an 8% jump year over year.

Here’s how the company performed:

Earnings: $2.22 per share, modified, vs. $2.19 as anticipated by analysts.

Revenue: $49.36 billion, vs. $49.05 billion as predicted by analysts, according to Refinitiv.

The credit also to the cloud where cloud services revenue up 29 % specifically, and Microsoft Cloud to 23.4 billion$, that is up to 32%. If totaled sales and marketing expenditures $5.6 billion, 10% higher than the last year which is the fastest growth in more than three years.

Microsoft Surface devices also kicked at a 13% revenue increase after its revenue increased surprisingly by 8% in the last quarter. The revenue from Azure and other cloud services also jumped by 46% in the quarter. For the coming quarter Microsoft declared a plan to acquire – Activision Blizzard for $68.7 billion, the largest transaction in its 47-year history.