Nvidia is surging after its income more than doubled year-over-year

 Nvidia’s ballooning GPU business and big bets on divisions like autonomous driving continue to look better and better, with the company’s shares jumping more than 10% after it reported its first-quarter earnings. In the first quarter this year, the company said it brought in $507 million in net income — up from $208 million in the first quarter a year ago. That doubled… Read More Continue reading Nvidia is surging after its income more than doubled year-over-year

A company in transition, FireEye sees surprise boost in revenue

At 13 years old, FireEye has already been through a pretty rough adolescence, including the loss of a CEO last year and a 40 percent drop in the value of its stock at one point. But the prominent cybersecurity company’s current leadership has been aiming for long-term profitability, and its numbers from the first quarter of 2017 brought some good news. FireEye reported a better-than-expected 3.4 percent rise in revenue to $173.7 million for the quarter, thanks to its product subscription and services businesses. New CEO Kevin Mandia projects bigger numbers in the coming quarters and eventual profitability by the end of the year, pinning much of that forecast to the recent release of the company’s Helix platform. High-profile hacks from Target to Sony resulted in headline-making FireEye investigations in recent years, but the company’s stock cratered in 2016. That trend has changed — the share price is up 13 percent in 2017, jumping 15 percent to $13.80 in after-hours trading following […]

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Microsoft meets expectations with $23.6B in revenue, Azure revenue up 93%

 Microsoft just reported earnings for the last quarter. The company reported non-GAAP revenue of $23.6 billion and non-GAAP earnings per share of $0.73. Wall Street’s cadre of crack analysts expected the company’s earnings per share to come in at around $0.70, with revenue hitting about $23.6 billion. In the year-ago quarter, Microsoft reported earnings per share of $0.62. Wall… Read More Continue reading Microsoft meets expectations with $23.6B in revenue, Azure revenue up 93%

Box’s Levie touts positive cash flow

aaron-levie14 Cloud content management company Box posted fourth-quarter earnings after the bell on Wednesday with shares quickly plummeting in initial after-hours trading. They mostly recovered, trading down just 1 percent by late afternoon. Box beat investor expectations with an adjusted loss of 10 cents per share versus the negative 14 cents forecast. Revenue for the quarter was also a beat at… Read More Continue reading Box’s Levie touts positive cash flow

AWS still owns the cloud

aws logo When Amazon announced its earnings for its Amazon Web Services cloud division on Thursday, the results were hardly surprising. While AWS might not have the eye-popping growth percentages of its rivals, it still grew at a decent 47 percent with earnings of $3.53 billion on an astonishing $14.2 billion run rate. You may point to the rivals and say, well, they had better quarters from a… Read More Continue reading AWS still owns the cloud

Amazon fumbles earnings amidst high expectations

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos Addresses Economic Club Of New York Mixed faces in Seattle today as Amazon delivered its Q4 2016 earnings. The e-commerce company reported lower than expected revenue of $43.74 with better than expected earnings per share of $1.54. Expectations had been high in the run up to the release. Wall Street consensus was that Amazon would deliver revenue of $44.68 billion with $1.35 earnings per share. In the immediate moments… Read More Continue reading Amazon fumbles earnings amidst high expectations

Microsoft Beats Estimates For Q2 With Revenue of $24.1 billion

Microsoft has released its second quarter earnings (first quarter calendar) with revenue of $24.1 billion GAAP, and $26.1 billion non-GAAP; this tops analysts estimates for the quarter.

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Microsoft Tops Earnings With Strong Cloud Growth

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For the end of its first quarter fiscal year, third quarter calendar year, Microsoft has reported $20.5 billion in GAAP and $22.3 billion in non-GAAP revenue with operating income at $5.2 billion GAAP, and $7.1 billion non-GAAP.

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