The latest earnings reports from Microsoft $MSFT and $META are not simply "one good report and one bad report." On the contrary, both companies saw revenue growth, yet their latest after-hours stock movements diverged, with one going up and the other down. #财报观察员:微软云收入破千亿,Meta却指引拉胯——AI故事分化了? In an earlier short post I published, I mentioned that I believe the issue lies in cash flow. Because if you look at revenue and capital expenditures, both companies delivered similar results to the market: growth in both revenue and capital expenditures. In this article, I will further break down the specific data and business structure to see if cash flow is indeed the "mirror" answer to this question. 1. First, let's look at Microsoft. Microsoft has been continuously investing in the AI field over the past few years, which can be considered a long-term strategic layout. From this earnings report, this investment is starting to pay off on multiple levels, forming a closed loop from the foundational layer to the end user: At the foundational level, Azure is meeting the growing demand for cloud computing and AI computing power from enterprises; At the application level, the user base and usage of Copilot continue to expand; Ultimately, these growths are collectively reflected in the expansion of Microsoft Cloud's overall revenue. The early-stage investments are turning into results, reflected in concrete data: Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $59.3 billion, a year-over-year increase of 27%, with Azure and other cloud services revenue growing 43% year-over-year. Additionally,
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