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Microsoft Cloud and AI Strength Drives Third Quarter Results

REDMOND, Wash. — April 30, 2025 — Microsoft Corp. today announced the following results for the quarter ended March 31, 2025, as compared to the corresponding period of last fiscal year:

·        Revenue was $70.1 billion and increased 13% (up 15% in constant currency)

·        Operating income was $32.0 billion and increased 16% (up 19% in constant currency)

·        Net income was $25.8 billion and increased 18% (up 19% in constant currency)

·        Diluted earnings per share was $3.46 and increased 18% (up 19% in constant currency)

“Cloud and AI are the essential inputs for every business to expand output, reduce costs, and accelerate growth,” said Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer of Microsoft. “From AI infra and platforms to apps, we are innovating across the stack to deliver for our customers.”

“We delivered a strong quarter with Microsoft Cloud revenue of $42.4 billion, up 20% (up 22% in constant currency) year-over-year driven by continued demand for our differentiated offerings,” said Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft.

Business Highlights

Revenue in Productivity and Business Processes was $29.9 billion and increased 10% (up 13% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:

·        Microsoft 365 Commercial products and cloud services revenue increased 11% (up 14% in constant currency) driven by Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud revenue growth of 12% (up 15% in constant currency)

·        Microsoft 365 Consumer products and cloud services revenue increased 10% (up 12% in constant currency) driven by Microsoft 365 Consumer cloud revenue growth of 10% (up 12% in constant currency)

·        LinkedIn revenue increased 7% (up 8% in constant currency)

·        Dynamics products and cloud services revenue increased 11% (up 13% in constant currency) driven by Dynamics 365 revenue growth of 16% (up 18% in constant currency)

Revenue in Intelligent Cloud was $26.8 billion and increased 21% (up 22% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:

·        Server products and cloud services revenue increased 22% (up 24% in constant currency) driven by Azure and other cloud services revenue growth of 33% (up 35% in constant currency)

Revenue in More Personal Computing was $13.4 billion and increased 6% (up 7% in constant currency), with the following business highlights:

·        Windows OEM and Devices revenue increased 3%

·        Xbox content and services revenue increased 8% (up 9% in constant currency)

·        Search and news advertising revenue excluding traffic acquisition costs increased 21% (up 23% in constant currency)

Microsoft returned $9.7 billion to shareholders in the form of dividends and share repurchases in the third quarter of fiscal year 2025.

Business Outlook

Microsoft will provide forward-looking guidance in connection with this quarterly earnings announcement on its earnings conference call and webcast.

Quarterly Highlights, Product Releases, and Enhancements 

Every quarter Microsoft delivers hundreds of products, either as new releases, services, or enhancements to current products and services. These releases are a result of significant research and development investments, made over multiple years, designed to help customers be more productive and secure and to deliver differentiated value across the cloud and the edge.

Here are the major product releases and other highlights for the quarter, organized by product categories, to help illustrate how we are accelerating innovation across our businesses while expanding our market opportunities.

Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG)

To learn more about Microsoft’s corporate governance and our environmental and social practices, please visit our investor relations Board and ESG website and reporting at Microsoft.com/transparency. 

Webcast Details

Satya Nadella, chairman and chief executive officer, Amy Hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer, Alice Jolla, chief accounting officer, Keith Dolliver, corporate secretary and deputy general counsel, and Jonathan Neilson, vice president of investor relations, will host a conference call and webcast at 2:30 p.m. Pacific time (5:30 p.m. Eastern time) today to discuss details of the company’s performance for the quarter and certain forward-looking information. The session may be accessed at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor. The webcast will be available for replay through the close of business on April 30, 2026.

Constant Currency

Microsoft presents constant currency information to provide a framework for assessing how our underlying businesses performed excluding the effect of foreign currency rate fluctuations. To present this information, current and comparative prior period results for entities reporting in currencies other than United States dollars are converted into United States dollars using the average exchange rates from the comparative period rather than the actual exchange rates in effect during the respective periods. All growth comparisons relate to the corresponding period in the last fiscal year. Microsoft has provided this non-GAAP financial information to aid investors in better understanding our performance. The non-GAAP financial measures presented in this release should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, the measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP.

Financial Performance Constant Currency Reconciliation

	Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions, except per share amounts)	Revenue	Operating Income	Net Income	Diluted Earnings per Share
2024 As Reported (GAAP)	$61,858	$27,581	$21,939	$2.94
2025 As Reported (GAAP)	$70,066	$32,000	$25,824	$3.46
Percentage Change Y/Y (GAAP)	13%	16%	18%	18%
Constant Currency Impact	$(1,059)	$(703)	$(392)	$(0.05)
Percentage Change Y/Y Constant Currency	15%	19%	19%	19%

 

Segment Revenue Constant Currency Reconciliation

	Three Months Ended March 31,
($ in millions)	Productivity and Business Processes	Intelligent Cloud	More Personal Computing
2024 As Reported (GAAP)	$27,113	$22,141	$12,604
2025 As Reported (GAAP)	$29,944	$26,751	$13,371
Percentage Change Y/Y (GAAP)	10%	21%	6%
Constant Currency Impact	$(626)	$(308)	$(125)
Percentage Change Y/Y Constant Currency	13%	22%	7%

We have recast certain prior period amounts to conform to the way we internally manage and monitor our business.

Selected Product and Service Revenue Constant Currency Reconciliation           

	Three Months Ended March 31, 2025
	Percentage Change Y/Y (GAAP)	Constant Currency Impact	Percentage Change Y/Y Constant Currency
Microsoft Cloud	20%	2%	22%
Microsoft 365 Commercial products and cloud services	11%	3%	14%
Microsoft 365 Commercial cloud	12%	3%	15%
Microsoft 365 Consumer products and cloud services	10%	2%	12%
Microsoft 365 Consumer cloud	10%	2%	12%
LinkedIn	7%	1%	8%
Dynamics products and cloud services	11%	2%	13%
Dynamics 365	16%	2%	18%
Server products and cloud services	22%	2%	24%
Azure and other cloud services	33%	2%	35%
Windows OEM and Devices	3%	0%	3%
Xbox content and services	8%	1%	9%
Search and news advertising excluding traffic acquisition costs	21%	2%	23%

 

About Microsoft

Microsoft (Nasdaq “MSFT” @microsoft) creates platforms and tools powered by AI to deliver innovative solutions that meet the evolving needs of our customers. The technology company is committed to making AI available broadly and doing so responsibly, with a mission to empower every person and every organization on the planet to achieve more.

Forward-Looking Statements

Statements in this release that are “forward-looking statements” are based on current expectations and assumptions that are subject to risks and uncertainties. Actual results could differ materially because of factors such as:

·        intense competition in all of our markets that may adversely affect our results of operations;

·        focus on cloud-based and AI services presenting execution and competitive risks;

·        significant investments in products and services that may not achieve expected returns;

·        acquisitions, joint ventures, and strategic alliances that may have an adverse effect on our business;

·        impairment of goodwill or amortizable intangible assets causing a significant charge to earnings;

·        cyberattacks and security vulnerabilities that could lead to reduced revenue, increased costs, liability claims, or harm to our reputation or competitive position;

·        disclosure and misuse of personal data that could cause liability and harm to our reputation;

·        the possibility that we may not be able to protect information stored in our products and services from use by others;

·        abuse of our advertising, professional, marketplace, or gaming platforms that may harm our reputation or user engagement;

·        products and services, how they are used by customers, and how third-party products and services interact with them, presenting security, privacy, and execution risks;

·        issues about the use of AI in our offerings that may result in reputational or competitive harm, or legal liability;

·        excessive outages, data losses, and disruptions of our online services if we fail to maintain an adequate operations infrastructure;

·        supply or quality problems;

·        government enforcement under competition laws and new market regulation may limit how we design and market our products;

·        potential consequences of trade and anti-corruption laws;

·        potential consequences of existing and increasing legal and regulatory requirements;

·        laws and regulations relating to the handling of personal data that may impede the adoption of our services or result in increased costs, legal claims, fines, or reputational damage;

·        claims against us that may result in adverse outcomes in legal disputes;

·        uncertainties relating to our business with government customers;

·        additional tax liabilities;

·        sustainability regulations and expectations that may expose us to increased costs and legal and reputational risk;

·        an inability to protect and utilize our intellectual property may harm our business and operating results;

·        claims that Microsoft has infringed the intellectual property rights of others;

·        damage to our reputation or our brands that may harm our business and results of operations;

·        adverse economic or market conditions that may harm our business;

·        catastrophic events or geo-political conditions, such as the COVID-19 pandemic, that may disrupt our business;

·        exposure to increased economic and operational uncertainties from operating a global business, including the effects of foreign currency exchange; and

·        the dependence of our business on our ability to attract and retain talented employees.

For more information about risks and uncertainties associated with Microsoft’s business, please refer to the “Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations” and “Risk Factors” sections of Microsoft’s SEC filings, including, but not limited to, its annual report on Form 10-K and quarterly reports on Form 10-Q, copies of which may be obtained by contacting Microsoft’s Investor Relations department at (800) 285-7772 or at Microsoft’s Investor Relations website at http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/investor.

All information in this release is as of March 31, 2025. The company undertakes no duty to update any forward-looking statement to conform the statement to actual results or changes in the company’s expectations.

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INCOME STATEMENTS

(In millions, except per share amounts) (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended  March 31,				Nine Months Ended  March 31,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Revenue:
Product	$15,319		$17,080		$46,810		$51,556
Service and other	54,747		44,778		158,473		128,839
Total revenue	70,066		61,858		205,283		180,395
Cost of revenue:
Product	3,037		4,339		10,187		13,834
Service and other	18,882		14,166		53,630		40,596
Total cost of revenue	21,919		18,505		63,817		54,430
Gross margin	48,147		43,353		141,466		125,965
Research and development	8,198		7,653		23,659		21,454
Sales and marketing	6,212		6,207		18,369		17,640
General and administrative	1,737		1,912		5,233		5,363
Operating income	32,000		27,581		94,205		81,508
Other expense, net	(623)		(854)		(3,194)		(971)
Income before income taxes	31,377		26,727		91,011		80,537
Provision for income taxes	5,553		4,788		16,412		14,437
Net income	$25,824		$21,939		$74,599		$66,100
Earnings per share:
Basic	$3.47		$2.95		$10.03		$8.90
Diluted	$3.46		$2.94		$9.99		$8.85
Weighted average shares outstanding:
Basic	7,434		7,431		7,434		7,431
Diluted	7,461		7,472		7,466		7,467

 

 

COMPREHENSIVE INCOME STATEMENTS

(In millions) (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended  March 31,				Nine Months Ended  March 31,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Net income	$25,824		$21,939		$74,599		$66,100
Other comprehensive income (loss), net of tax:
Net change related to derivatives	(20)		10		4		28
Net change related to investments	450		(202)		1,130		869
Translation adjustments and other	353		(294)		(377)		11
Other comprehensive income (loss)	783		(486)		757		908
Comprehensive income	$26,607		$21,453		$75,356		$67,008

 

 

BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions) (Unaudited)

	March 31, 2025	June 30,  2024
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$28,828	$18,315
Short-term investments	50,790	57,228
Total cash, cash equivalents, and short-term investments	79,618	75,543
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for doubtful accounts of $695 and $830	51,700	56,924
Inventories	848	1,246
Other current assets	24,478	26,021
Total current assets	156,644	159,734
Property and equipment, net of accumulated depreciation of $87,074 and $76,421	183,939	135,591
Operating lease right-of-use assets	24,475	18,961
Equity and other investments	16,035	14,600
Goodwill	119,329	119,220
Intangible assets, net	23,968	27,597
Other long-term assets	38,234	36,460
Total assets	$562,624	$512,163
Liabilities and stockholders’ equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$26,250	$21,996
Short-term debt	0	6,693
Current portion of long-term debt	2,999	2,249
Accrued compensation	10,579	12,564
Short-term income taxes	6,805	5,017
Short-term unearned revenue	44,636	57,582
Other current liabilities	22,937	19,185
Total current liabilities	114,206	125,286
Long-term debt	39,882	42,688
Long-term income taxes	25,061	27,931
Long-term unearned revenue	2,840	2,602
Deferred income taxes	2,522	2,618
Operating lease liabilities	17,686	15,497
Other long-term liabilities	38,536	27,064
Total liabilities	240,733	243,686
Commitments and contingencies
Stockholders’ equity:
Common stock and paid-in capital – shares authorized 24,000; outstanding 7,434 and 7,434	106,965	100,923
Retained earnings	219,759	173,144
Accumulated other comprehensive loss	(4,833)	(5,590)
Total stockholders’ equity	321,891	268,477
Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity	$562,624	$512,163

 

 

CASH FLOWS STATEMENTS

(In millions) (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended  March 31,				Nine Months Ended  March 31,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Operations
Net income	$25,824		$21,939		$74,599		$66,100
Adjustments to reconcile net income to net cash from operations:
Depreciation, amortization, and other	8,740		6,027		22,950		15,907
Stock-based compensation expense	2,980		2,703		8,901		8,038
Net recognized losses (gains) on investments and derivatives	(298)		49		553		261
Deferred income taxes	(2,244)		(1,323)		(4,835)		(3,593)
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:
Accounts receivable	(2,461)		(2,028)		5,598		6,055
Inventories	52		260		390		1,229
Other current assets	1,076		951		642		880
Other long-term assets	(518)		(2,137)		(3,368)		(5,577)
Accounts payable	1,179		648		1,221		(659)
Unearned revenue	(1,032)		(645)		(12,923)		(10,309)
Income taxes	1,298		2,622		(1,081)		2,493
Other current liabilities	2,839		2,803		576		215
Other long-term liabilities	(391)		48		292		313
Net cash from operations	37,044		31,917		93,515		81,353
Financing
Proceeds from issuance (repayments) of debt, maturities of 90 days or less, net	0		(3,810)		(5,746)		6,392
Proceeds from issuance of debt	0		6,352		0		24,198
Repayments of debt	(2,250)		(11,589)		(3,216)		(16,005)
Common stock issued	546		522		1,508		1,468
Common stock repurchased	(4,781)		(4,213)		(13,874)		(13,044)
Common stock cash dividends paid	(6,169)		(5,572)		(17,913)		(16,197)
Other, net	(382)		(498)		(1,614)		(1,006)
Net cash used in financing	(13,036)		(18,808)		(40,855)		(14,194)
Investing
Additions to property and equipment	(16,745)		(10,952)		(47,472)		(30,604)
Acquisition of companies, net of cash acquired and divestitures, and purchases of intangible and other assets	(981)		(1,575)		(4,235)		(67,790)
Purchases of investments	(4,474)		(2,183)		(8,144)		(14,901)
Maturities of investments	6,721		3,350		11,461		23,218
Sales of investments	2,161		1,941		6,688		8,871
Other, net	604		(1,281)		(325)		(916)
Net cash used in investing	(12,714)		(10,700)		(42,027)		(82,122)
Effect of foreign exchange rates on cash and cash equivalents	52		(80)		(120)		(107)
Net change in cash and cash equivalents	11,346		2,329		10,513		(15,070)
Cash and cash equivalents, beginning of period	17,482		17,305		18,315		34,704
Cash and cash equivalents, end of period	$28,828		$19,634		$28,828		$19,634

 

 

SEGMENT REVENUE AND OPERATING INCOME

(In millions) (Unaudited)

	Three Months Ended  March 31,				Nine Months Ended  March 31,
	2025		2024		2025		2024
Revenue
Productivity and Business Processes	$29,944		$27,113		$87,698		$78,193
Intelligent Cloud	26,751		22,141		76,387		63,679
More Personal Computing	13,371		12,604		41,198		38,523
Total	$70,066		$61,858		$205,283		$180,395
Operating Income
Productivity and Business Processes	$17,379		$15,143		$50,780		$43,955
Intelligent Cloud	11,095		9,515		32,449		27,978
More Personal Computing	3,526		2,923		10,976		9,575
Total	$32,000		$27,581		$94,205		$81,508
We have recast certain prior period amounts to conform to the way we internally manage and monitor our business.