HERE’s THE REASON:
Last quarter, Microsoft reported $18.8 billion in revenue, an 8% increase year-over-year. Its Windows division did $4.6 billion in revenue, which is about flat year-over-year.
(These revenue numbers are non-GAAP. They exclude Windows upgrade revenues counted in the quarter.)
The Windows business is flat, despite the overall PC market falling, because Microsoft’s Surface tablet, plus licenses to businesses made up for the shortfall. Microsoft’s Windows business also isn’t entirely tied to consumer PC sales anymore. It sells to corporations in multi-year deals.
The reason Microsoft’s overall revenue grew is that it’s now a diversified business. While CEO Steve Ballmer has regrettably repeatedly emphasized the importance of Microsoft’s consumer businesses, the truth is that Servers and Tools, and the Business Division (home to the Office productivity suite) are driving Microsoft these days. Servers and Tools was up 11%. The Business Division was up 8%.
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Spin. The tile interface is not “scaring” consumers.
The tile interface is NOT WANTED by consumers.
Why can’t anyone in media report truthfully about ANYTHING anymore.
It may be imploding however, it still has a vast majority of the market share and still is reporting billions upon billions in earnings and have even more billions in cash on hand with no outstanding debt. They also pay a decent dividend.
If anything, MSFT stock is too low.
Why? Cash.....Microsoft has tons of it...enough to buy any mindshare they need.
I'm definitely not shilling, I wouldn't take a MS phone if you gave it to me for free, just guessing how investors might be reading the market.
But Nokia and Apple OWNED the next major computing platform, though smartphones and candy bar phones...
I love how these reporters make assumptions that never ever play out in real life.
No bias here or nothing. Oh, and absolutely ZERO mention of servers. Fact is that Apple and Google can't (immediately) compete with MS Server OS.
And for the love of God, the PC IS NOT DEAD! There will ALWAYS be a need for a desktop. Tablets and phones are not going to replace desktops/laptops any time soon.
I have two sons-in-law that are crazy fanatic computer geeks that carry around there tablets damn near everywhere. But they will not give up their desktops either.
People aren’t buying because too many are out of work or are feeling the financial crunch brought on by excessive government and overspending. Not because the market has changed and they are walking away from desktops.
Main reason: $85 billion of QE every month. The money has to go somewhere.
Bump for later
That's not much movement or spread. A lot of the top stocks are that way. Churn around and around, never go anywhere. Pick one that's good but not on the top.
MSFT dividend is .23 per QRTR.
I won't buy it. Why should I when I'm way up in a short time with some others on solid ground?
Four reasons
1. MSFT is one of the largest companies in the USA - one of the 30 largest companies - and is included in the Dow Jones Industrial Average.
2. Central Banks around the world are doing two things: a. adding stock to their balance sheets, and b. buying futures on the dow to prevent drops. MSFT is included in both.
3. The Fed is manipulating interest rates to drive money out of banks. Large dividend paying stocks are perceived as an alternative to CDs and bonds. MSFT has a HUGE amount of cash, so it is perceived as secure.
4. They have a stable business.
I don’t think this has as much to do with the actual business for their products as the manipulation by Central Banks.
It doesn’t hurt that investors are desperately looking for any stock that doesn’t have a sky-high valuation. You have to do something if you have money to invest.
BAC and GE are cheap. I had never seen BAC anything under 12.xx. Today it's 13.xx.
They say those stocks are safer buys which I don't understand all the reasons yet. I do look for high volume among other things. Saw an amazing thing today. Have SCTY on my watch list. Played it once or twice and made a little. People who played it right today made 1,000 on 100 sh, who knows how much if they could afford multiples?
It blew my mind why it kept going up, 25.xx percent today. So I google because it's still IPO and I don't think that kind of stock is worth 40 bucks yet. Sure enough, WSJ has an article that Goldman Sachs approved a $5M loan for installation of the panels, primarily does business in NV and western states.