CLAIM #44666 · Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) · 2024Q4 earnings call · Jul 30, 2024 · due Dec 31, 2024
“We expect the consumption trends from Q4 to continue through the first half of the year.”
Amy Hood · CFO
How to check this claim
Look at: Azure constant-currency revenue growth rate, quarterly (Q1 and Q2 of fiscal year)
It came true if: Q1 growth 28-29% and Q2 growth remains in a similar range (roughly 26-31% constant currency), consistent with continuation of Q4 consumption trends rather than a sharp reacceleration or deceleration
Where: Microsoft quarterly earnings press release and CFO commentary (Intelligent Cloud/Azure segment growth disclosures)
In context
“ow to mid-single digits, driven by Microsoft 365 subscriptions. For LinkedIn, we expect revenue growth in the high single digits driven by continued growth across all businesses. And in Dynamics, we expect revenue growth in the low to mid-teens driven by Dynamics 365. For Intelligent Cloud we expect revenue to grow between 18% and 20% in constant currency, or US$28.6 billion to US$28.9 billion. Revenue will continue to be driven by Azure which, as a reminder, can have quarterly variability primarily from our per-user business and in-period revenue recognition depending on the mix of contracts. In Azure, we expect Q1 revenue growth to be 28% to 29% in constant currency. Growth will continue to be driven by our consumption business, inclusive of AI, which is growing faster than total Azure. We expect the consumption trends from Q4 to continue through the first half of the year. This includes both AI demand impacted by capacity constraints and non-AI growth trends similar to June. Growth in our per-user business will continue to moderate. And in H2, we expect Azure growth to accelerate as our capital investments create an increase in available AI capacity to serve more of the growing demand. In our on-premises server business, we expect revenue to decline in the low single digits as continued hybrid demand will be more than offset by lower transactional purchasing. And in Enterprise and partner services, revenue should decline in the low single digits. In More Personal Computing, we expect revenue to grow between 9% and 12% in constant currency, or US$14.9 billion to US$15.3 billion. Windows OEM revenue growth should be relatively flat, roughly in line with the P”
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SEC filings for MSFT ↗ · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2024Q4 earnings call.