The financial reports submitted by Microsoft $MSFT and $META this time are not "good or bad"; on the contrary, both have seen revenue growth, but as of the latest after-hours trends, one is rising and the other is going down. #财报观察员: Microsoft's cloud revenue surpasses 100 billion, but Meta's guidance is disappointing—Is the AI story diverging? In a short post I posted earlier, I said: I think the problem lies in cash flow. If you look at revenue and capital expenditure, the market results are similar: dual growth in revenue + capital expenditure. In this article, I will further break down the specific data and business structure to see whether it is cash flow and answer this "mirror" answer. 1. Let's start with Microsoft. Microsoft has been making continuous investments in AI over the past few years, which can be considered a long-term strategy. From this financial report, it is clear that this investment is being reflected at various levels, forming a closed loop from the underlying layer to the end: at the underlying layer, Azure handles the growing demand for cloud computing and AI computing power from enterprises; At the application layer, Copilot's user base and usage continue to expand; Ultimately, these growth factors are reflected in the expansion of Microsoft Cloud's overall revenue. Its initial investment is turning into results, with concrete figures including: Microsoft Cloud revenue reached $59.3 billion, up 27% year-over-year, while Azure and other cloud services revenue grew 43% year-over-year. except for this matter
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