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CLAIM #44806 · Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) · 2025Q3 earnings call · Apr 30, 2025 · due Jun 30, 2026

We remain committed to investing against the strong demand signals we see for our services. So, as a reminder, our earlier comments on FY26 capital expenditures remain unchanged.

Amy Hood · CFO

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graded after results covering Jun 30, 2026 are reported

How to check this claim

Look at: Total capital expenditures (including finance leases), FY26, year-over-year growth rate in constant currency

It came true if: FY26 capex growth rate > 0% but lower than FY25's year-over-year capex growth rate

Where: Company-disclosed capex figures (10-K / quarterly earnings releases and call commentary)

In context

h single digits driven by first-party content. Now back to company guidance. We expect COGS of $23.6 to $23.8 billion or growth of 19% to 20% in constant currency and operating expense of $18 to $18.1 billion or growth of approximately 5% in constant currency. Therefore, even with ongoing AI investments as we scale, we continue to expect full-year FY25 operating margins to be up slightly year over year. Other income and expense is expected to be roughly negative $1.2 billion primarily driven by investments accounted for under the equity method. As a reminder, we do not recognize mark-to-market gains or losses on equity method investments. And lastly, we expect our Q4 effective tax rate to be approximately 19%. Now I’d like to share some closing thoughts as we look to the next fiscal year. We remain committed to investing against the strong demand signals we see for our services. So, as a reminder, our earlier comments on FY26 capital expenditures remain unchanged. We expect capex to grow, it will grow at a lower rate than FY25 and will include a greater mix of short-lived assets which are more directly correlated to revenue than long-lived assets. These investments, along with focused execution that delivers near-term value to our customers, will ensure we continue to lead through the cloud and AI opportunity ahead. With that, let’s go to Q&A, Jonathan. Jonathan Neilson: Thanks, Amy. We’ll now move over to Q&A. Out of respect for others on the call, we request that participants please only ask one question. Operator, can you please repeat your instructions? Operator: [Operator instructions] Keith Weiss, Morgan Stanley: Excellent. Thank you guys for taking the question, and congratulations on a fantastic quarter in what all of us are looking at as a

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SEC filings for MSFT · Claim quote is verbatim from the 2025Q3 earnings call.