What You Need To Know Ahead of Microsoft's Earnings

 Analyst Estimates for Q1 2025Q4 2024Q1 2024Revenue$64.65 billion$64.73 billion$56.52 billionEarnings Per Share$3.11$2.95$2.99Net Income$23.2 billion$22.04 billion$22.29 billion Key Metric: Cloud Growth In the prior quarter, Microsoft reported cloud revenue of $36.8 billion, up 21% year-over-year, but short of the $37.2 billion analysts expected. Microsoft's Intelligent Cloud segment, which houses Azure, accounted for $28.5 billion in revenue, driven by a 29% jump in revenue from Azure and other services ...