Microsoft Corporation Q4 FY2026 Earnings Call
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Microsoft FY2026 Q4 Earnings Summary
Overall Performance
- Full-year revenue surpassed $331 billion, up 18% YoY.
- Microsoft Cloud revenue surpassed $214 billion, up 27% YoY.
- Azure revenue surpassed $100 billion, up 41% YoY.
- Q4 revenue: $90 billion, up 18% YoY (17% in constant currency).
- Operating income: >$155 billion for the year, up 21% YoY; Q4 operating income up 18% YoY.
- Q4 EPS: $4.74, up 23% YoY (adjusted for OpenAI investment impact).
- Microsoft Cloud gross margin: 65% (down YoY due to Azure mix shift and AI infrastructure investments, partially offset by efficiency gains).
- Operating expenses: up 10% YoY in Q4, driven by R&D investments.
- CapEx: $41 billion in Q4; operating cash flow $55.4 billion (up 30% YoY); free cash flow $19.6 billion.
- Returned $10.2 billion to shareholders in Q4 via dividends and buybacks ($43 billion for full year).
Segment Results (Q4 YoY Comparisons)
- Productivity and Business Processes: Revenue $37.8 billion (+14% YoY). M365 Commercial cloud +14% reported (+16% adjusted). Paid Copilot seats >30 million (net adds more than doubled QoQ). LinkedIn +12%. Dynamics 365 +13%. Operating income +15%.
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