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Earnings

Amazon stock jumps 7% after Q2 earnings beat estimates with $134.4B in revenue

by Taylor Soper on August 3, 2023August 3, 2023 at 2:59 pm

Amazon shares were up more than 7% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant topped analyst expectations for both profits and revenue. Amazon’s cost-cutting moves over the past… Read More

News Brief

F5 stock spikes 8% after earnings; CEO cites ‘early signs of demand stabilization’

by Taylor Soper on July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 at 3:45 pm

Shares of F5 were up more than 8% in after-hours trading Monday after the Seattle-based company application security and delivery giant reported its fiscal third quarter earnings.

All eyes on AI as Microsoft prepares for pivotal earnings report

by Todd Bishop on July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 at 10:30 am

Investors will be looking for early signs of traction from Microsoft’s artificial intelligence investments Tuesday afternoon when the company reports results for its fiscal fourth quarter. They’ll likely need to… Read More

Amazon stock rises, then drops after beating Q1 estimates with $127.4B in revenue

by Taylor Soper on April 27, 2023April 27, 2023 at 3:42 pm

Editor’s note: Story updated based on stock price fluctuation. Amazon shares were up more than 11% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant topped analyst expectations for both… Read More

Amazon earnings preview: Analysts watching cloud growth, impact of layoffs

by Taylor Soper on April 26, 2023April 26, 2023 at 12:29 pm

Amazon will report its first quarter earnings on Thursday. Here’s what to watch. Cloud growth: Amazon Web Services has long been a key profit driver but is facing slowing growth… Read More

Microsoft stock rises 4% as tech giant beats expectations with $52.9B in Q3 revenue

by Taylor Soper on April 25, 2023April 25, 2023 at 2:08 pm

Microsoft reported revenue of $52.9 billion for its fiscal third quarter, a 7% increase from last year. The company beat analyst expectations of $51 billion and shares were up more… Read More

Satya Nadella

Microsoft earnings preview: Growth slows as tech giant awaits payoff from big AI bets

by Todd Bishop on April 24, 2023April 24, 2023 at 8:35 am

Barring a big surprise, the sluggish economy will continue to take a toll on Microsoft’s overall growth in its financial report Tuesday afternoon for the three months ended March 31,… Read More

Redfin Q4 revenue drops 25% to $479M as company winds down home-flipping business

by Nate Bek on February 16, 2023February 16, 2023 at 1:57 pm

Redfin’s revenue fell 25% in the fourth quarter amid a housing market slowdown that has hampered its growth over the last year. The Seattle real estate giant reported $479 million… Read More

Zillow Group beats Q4 estimates with $435M in revenue

by Nate Bek on February 15, 2023February 15, 2023 at 2:32 pm

Zillow Group beat fourth quarter earnings expectations as it continues to navigate the housing market slowdown. The Seattle real estate tech giant on Wednesday reported total Q4 revenue of $435… Read More

Microsoft cloud revenue up 22%, Windows business plunges 27% in first report since job cuts

by Todd Bishop on January 24, 2023January 25, 2023 at 8:20 am

Microsoft’s revenue rose 2% to $52.7 billion in its second fiscal quarter, just missing Wall Street’s expectations, and profits dropped 7% to $17.4 billion, not counting a special charge related… Read More

Just how bad is Microsoft’s bottom line? Earnings report will be closely watched after job cuts

by Todd Bishop on January 23, 2023January 23, 2023 at 4:43 pm

Microsoft is seeing customers “optimize their digital spend to do more with less,” and “exercise caution” in the face of an uncertain economy, CEO Satya Nadella said in a memo… Read More

Microsoft revenue growth slows as cloud business helps offset Windows decline

by Taylor Soper on October 25, 2022October 26, 2022 at 10:22 am

A declining PC market, macroeconomic headwinds, and a strong U.S. dollar are slowing Microsoft’s revenue growth numbers, but the Redmond tech giant still beat expectations for its first fiscal quarter… Read More

Podcast

The state of the tech economy: Takeaways from Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet

by Todd Bishop on August 6, 2022August 6, 2022 at 10:16 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast, we play highlights and offer our thoughts on the recent earnings calls of Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, Meta and Alphabet, seeking to better understand what’s… Read More

Amazon sheds record 99k employees after overstaffing warehouses, will slow office hiring

by Todd Bishop on July 28, 2022July 29, 2022 at 10:35 am

Amazon’s direct workforce declined by 99,000 employees from the first to the second quarter, to 1.52 million people, the largest sequential drop in its history, after overstaffing its warehouses to… Read More

T-Mobile adds 1.7M customers, shares climb despite missing earnings expectations

by Nate Bek on July 27, 2022July 27, 2022 at 11:17 am

T-Mobile reported $19.7 billion in revenue for its second fiscal quarter, which was down slightly from the year-ago quarter and missed analyst expectations. Still, the Bellevue, Wash.-based wireless carrier added… Read More

News Brief

F5 shares up more than 14% after earnings beat expectations

by Taylor Soper on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 at 1:59 pm

Seattle application security and delivery giant F5 beat expectations for its third fiscal quarter, reporting $674 million in revenue, up 4% year-over-year, and non-GAAP earnings per share of $2.57, slightly… Read More

Big earnings week ahead: Microsoft’s numbers to serve as barometer of the uncertain economy

by Todd Bishop on July 25, 2022July 25, 2022 at 10:10 am

Will Microsoft’s guidance for its Azure cloud business exceed 40% growth? That’s one way Wall Street will be using Microsoft’s quarterly report Tuesday afternoon to gauge not just the company’s… Read More

Amazon stock sinks 10% after Q1 earnings as costs rise amid inflation, supply chain pressure

by Taylor Soper on April 28, 2022April 28, 2022 at 3:45 pm

Amazon shares declined more than 10% in after-hours trading Thursday after the Seattle tech giant revealed its first quarter earnings report and provided a lower-than-anticipated sales forecast for the second… Read More

Microsoft earnings preview: Wall Street expects 18% revenue growth on continued cloud strength

by Todd Bishop on April 25, 2022April 25, 2022 at 8:33 am

Streaming video subscriptions might be more disposable than imagined, but the juggernaut of cloud infrastructure and enterprise services is another matter entirely. That’s the underlying theory behind Wall Street’s expectation… Read More

Zillow shares up 16% as real estate giant reveals ‘housing super app’ strategy amid iBuying closure

by Taylor Soper on February 10, 2022February 11, 2022 at 11:03 am

Zillow Group may be ducking out of the home-buying business. But now it has a new plan to make more money off real estate transactions. The Seattle company revealed a… Read More

Microsoft’s new heyday: PC ‘renaissance’ and cloud boom drive record revenue and employment

by Todd Bishop on January 26, 2022January 26, 2022 at 10:53 am

Microsoft surpassed $50 billion in quarterly revenue for the first time, with profits of $18.8 billion, up 22%, in its financial results posted Tuesday afternoon. Generating profits at that rate,… Read More

Microsoft beats expectations with $51.7B in revenue, $18.8B profit; stock down 5% after hours

by Todd Bishop on January 25, 2022January 26, 2022 at 6:53 am

Microsoft posted revenue of $51.7 billion in the December quarter, up 20% from the same quarter last year, and profits of $18.8 billion, an increase of 21%, with earnings per… Read More

Microsoft’s earnings will test strength of cloud business, and impact of supply chain constraints

by Todd Bishop on January 24, 2022January 24, 2022 at 3:11 pm

Much of the spotlight has been on Microsoft’s gaming division over the past week, thanks to its $68.7 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard. But that’s a long-term strategy, with… Read More

Zillow to shutter home buying business and lay off 2,000 employees as its big real estate bet falters

by Taylor Soper on November 2, 2021November 4, 2021 at 1:27 pm

Zillow Group’s ambitious tech-fueled bid to shake up how people buy and sell homes is coming to a surprising end. The Seattle online real estate giant said today it will… Read More

Podcast

GeekWire Podcast: Facebook’s virtual reality, Amazon’s new reality, and Microsoft’s big milestone

by Todd Bishop on October 30, 2021November 1, 2021 at 8:41 am

This week on the GeekWire Podcast … We dissect Amazon’s earnings, offering our take on Andy Jassy’s take on the company’s latest predicament. We assess a major Microsoft milestone, as… Read More

Amazon delivers big earnings miss, Jassy warns Q4 will bring ‘several billion dollars of additional costs’

by Todd Bishop on October 28, 2021October 28, 2021 at 2:37 pm

Amazon’s profits plunged to $3.2 billion in the third quarter, dropping by nearly half year-over-year, and CEO Andy Jassy told shareholders to brace for more of the same in the… Read More

Amazon earnings preview: Wall Street expects lower profits as tech giant boosts spending

by Todd Bishop on October 27, 2021October 27, 2021 at 10:38 am

Is the cost of hiring workers and bolstering its fulfillment network taking a toll on Amazon’s bottom line? Wall Street analysts are betting that the answer is yes. On average,… Read More

Earnings preview: Microsoft’s cloud era takes hold, further reducing reliance on Windows PC sales

by Todd Bishop on October 25, 2021October 25, 2021 at 10:19 am

If ever there was a quarter to illustrate that Microsoft’s growth doesn’t depend on Windows PC sales anymore, this is shaping up to be it. Worldwide PC shipments grew just… Read More

Porch makes $35M acquisition; reshuffles board; revenue up 200%; loss grows; PPP loan forgiven

by Todd Bishop on August 16, 2021August 16, 2021 at 3:13 pm

Seattle-based home services technology company Porch Group boosted its second quarter revenue by 200% to $51.3 million, exceeding analysts’ expectations. Its quarterly net loss widened to $16.3 million, vs. a… Read More

Zillow beats Q2 expectations with $1.3B in revenue as it expects housing trends to boost growth

by Laurel Deppen on August 5, 2021August 5, 2021 at 1:55 pm

Seattle-based real estate company Zillow Group reported $1.3 billion in revenue Thursday for the second quarter, slightly beating analyst’s expectations. Expected revenue was $1.28 billion, with earnings per share of… Read More

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