4/23 ER -- GOOG, AMZN, MSFT, SBUX

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AMZN --

Amazon Slips on Q1 Beat; AWS a $5B Business; Q2 View Misses

April 23, 2015, 4:03 P.M. ET
By Tiernan Ray


Amazon.com (AMZN) this afternoon reported Q1 revenue and earnings per share that topped analysts’s estimates, sending its shares briefly higher in late trading, though the stock declined as a lower-than-expected forecast sank in.

Revenue in the three months ended in March rose to $22.72 billion, yielding a net loss of 12 cents a share.

Analysts had, on average, been modeling $22.37 billion and a loss of 14 cents.

CEO Jeff Bezos for the first time disclosed numbers for the company’s cloud computing operations, AWS:

Amazon Web Services is a $5 billion business and still growing fast — in fact it’s accelerating. Born a decade ago, AWS is a good example of how we approach ideas and risk-taking at Amazon. We strive to focus relentlessly on the customer, innovate rapidly, and drive operational excellence. We manage by two seemingly contradictory traits: impatience to deliver faster and a willingness to think long term. We are so grateful to our AWS customers and remain dedicated to inventing on their behalf.

Amazon sees revenue this quarter of $20.6 billion to $22.8 billion, below consensus for $22.1 billion.

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GOOG

April 23, 2015, 4:06 P.M. ET
Google Q1 Misses, Shares Rise
By Tiernan Ray

Google (GOOGL) this afternoon reported Q1 revenue and earnings per share that missed consensus, though its shares rose in late trading.

Revenue in the three months ended in March rose to $17.26 billion, yielding EPS of $6.57.

Analysts had, on average, been modeling $17.5 billion and $6.61 per share.

Google stock is up $10 or 2%, at $567.46.

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MSFT --

Microsoft FYQ3 Rev $21.7B Crushes Consensus, Shares Rise

April 23, 2015, 4:08 P.M. ET
By Tiernan Ray

Microsoft (MSFT) this afternoon reported fiscal Q3 revenue that blew away expectations, and earnings per share that beat consensus, sending its shares up in late trading.

Revenue in the three months ended in March rose 6%, year over year, to $21.7 billion, yielding EPS of 61 cents.

Analysts had, on average, been modeling $21.07 billion and 51 cents a share.

Revenue would have risen 9%, if not for the effect of the rising U.S. dollar, Microsoft said.

Microsoft said its “OEM Pro” revenue for Windows fell 19%, year over year, based on a decline in business purchases. Consumer Windows revenue was down 26%.

Search revenue grew 21%.

Surface tablet computer revenue of $713 million was up 44%, and would have been up 53% in constant currency.

Microsoft‘s commercial software business rose 5%, to $12.8 billion, and would have been up 7% if not for currency effects.

Microsoft stock is up $1.24, or 3%, at $44.58, in late trading.

CEO Satya Nadella remarked that the company “saw incredible growth across our cloud services this quarter,” and teased, “Next week at Build we’re excited to share more about how we’re empowering every individual and organization on the planet to achieve more with the next generation of our platforms,” referring to Microsoft’s developer conference.

COO Kevin Turner remarked, “We remain focused on strong execution from our sales teams. Around the world we’re seeing high interest in deployment of our cloud and server products, as well as participation in the enterprise early adopter program for Windows 10.”

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SBUX --


Starbucks matches 2Q earnings expectations, tops revenue forecasts


SEATTLE (AP) _ Starbucks Corp. (SBUX) on Thursday reported fiscal second-quarter profit of $494.9 million.

The Seattle-based company said it had net income of 33 cents per share.

The results met Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of 14 analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was also for earnings of 33 cents per share.

The coffee chain posted revenue of $4.56 billion in the period, topping Street forecasts. Eleven analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $4.51 billion.

For the current quarter ending in June, Starbucks expects its per-share earnings to range from 40 cents to 41 cents.

The company expects full-year earnings in the range of $1.55 to $1.57 per share.

Starbucks shares have climbed 20 percent since the beginning of the year, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index has climbed almost 3 percent. In the final minutes of trading on Thursday, shares hit $49.38, a rise of 40 percent in the last 12 months.

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