Microsoft 2Q24 Earnings, Ranking Big Tech’s 2Q24 Performance
For today’s update, we will examine Microsoft’s CY2Q24 earnings. This will wrap up our Big Tech 2Q24 earnings reviews. We will then recap Big Tech earnings season by ranking the companies from best to worst reports.
While there are 2Q24 earnings from a few additional companies worth checking out, we will do that after going over several Apple news items.
Just a few hours ago, Apple announced that CFO Luca Maestri will be stepping down as CFO on January 1st, 2025. He will be remaining at Apple to lead Apple’s IT, information security, and real estate portfolios. Kevan Parekh, who has been at Apple for 11 years and is currently VP - Financial Planning and Analysis, will become Apple's new CFO. There is more to say about this in the next update.
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Microsoft Earnings, Peloton Earnings
In today’s update, we will wrap up our Big Tech earnings reviews with Microsoft. We will then conclude the discussion with a look at Peloton earnings.
To set the scene, Microsoft and Peloton are in some ways complete opposites. Microsoft has been reporting some of the cleanest, all-around solid earnings releases in Big Tech. Peloton is in the most precarious of positions in terms of companies that we check in on from time to time. It’s been six months since we looked at Peloton’s earnings.
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Amazon 3Q22 Earnings, The Shift in Selling Amazon Prime, Microsoft 1Q23 Earnings (Daily Update)
In today’s update, we wrap up our earnings reviews for the four tech giants (and Meta) by circling back to cover Amazon’s and Microsoft's CY3Q22 earnings. To recap, these are the dates when we covered earnings from the others:
The five companies represent 21% of the S&P 500 index. The discussion includes Neil’s thoughts on the most interesting takeaways from the reports.
Amazon 3Q22 Earnings
Amazon reported 3Q22 results back on October 27th, one day prior to Apple’s earnings.
Overall, the quarter was more negative than what the company reported three months earlier.
Amazon has stood out among Big Tech for facing the most direct impact from macro issues.
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