Microsoft has just announced its latest financial numbers. The results are for the first quarter of its 2024 fiscal year, which ended on September 30, 2023. According to the numbers, Microsoft's overall revenues were $56.5 billion, up 13 percent compared to the $50.1 billion in revenues it recorded in the same time period a year ago.
Microsoft's press release added that its net income for the last quarter was $22.3 billion, an increase of 26 percent compared to the $17.6 billion in net income it recorded a year ago. Earnings per share for the quarter was $2.99, which again was up 26 percent compared to the $2.35 earnings per share from a year ago. All of these results were also higher than what many financial analysts had predicted.
