The American software and computer services giant Microsoft announced this Tuesday net benefits of US$39,270 million between July and December of last year, 34% higher than the US$29,356 million for the same period of the previous year.
The company based in Redmond (Washington state, USA) invoiced US$97.045 million between July and December, mostly from services, and above the 80.230 million obtained in December 2020.
The Investors of the firm pocketed during the past semester 5.23 dollars per title, up from $3.88 a year ago.
Between the microsoft services Those that grew the most are Azure and other cloud services (46%), the management software for companies Dynamics 365 (45%) and the portal for professionals LinkedIn (37%).
The growth of the business around Microsoft’s video game console, Xbox, moderated to 10% in the last six months, after experiencing an unprecedented rise in 2020 due to the outbreak of the covid-19 pandemic.
In the past week, Microsoft announced that it will pay US$68.7 billion to acquire the US video game firm Activision Blizzard., its largest acquisition to date in what represents a strong commitment to that sector and the development of the metaverse.
In an interval of between 25% and 13% year-on-year growth in turnover, are the products linked to the Windows operating system, which for decades was the company’s standard but which in recent years has lost prominence.
Last October Microsoft released Windows 11, the first software update since 2015, and in which the start menu and the icons of the most used applications have been moved from the lower left corner of the screen (where they are in Windows 10) to the center.
Microsoft accounts did not convince investors on Wall Street, where the company’s shares fell 4.97% to $ 274.80 per share in electronic operations after the closing of the New York parks.
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