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๐—›๐—ผ๐˜„ ๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐— ๐—ฎ๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐˜€ ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜†?

Microsoftโ€™s revenue streams are as diverse as they are powerful:

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โ€ข ๐—ฃ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐—ฑ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐˜๐—ถ๐˜ƒ๐—ถ๐˜๐˜† & ๐—•๐˜‚๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€ (๐— ๐—ถ๐—ฐ๐—ฟ๐—ผ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ณ๐˜ ๐Ÿฏ๐Ÿฒ๐Ÿฑ, ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป): $20.3B in Q4, with a 50% operating margin.
โ€ข ๐—œ๐—ป๐˜๐—ฒ๐—น๐—น๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ฒ๐—ป๐˜ ๐—–๐—น๐—ผ๐˜‚๐—ฑ (๐—”๐˜‡๐˜‚๐—ฟ๐—ฒ): $28.5B, making up a major chunk with a 45% margin.
โ€ข ๐— ๐—ผ๐—ฟ๐—ฒ ๐—ฃ๐—ฒ๐—ฟ๐˜€๐—ผ๐—ป๐—ฎ๐—น ๐—–๐—ผ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐˜‚๐˜๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ด (๐—ช๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ฑ๐—ผ๐˜„๐˜€, ๐—ซ๐—ฏ๐—ผ๐˜…): $15.9B, driving revenue from consumers.

๐—œ๐—ป๐˜€๐—ถ๐—ด๐—ต๐˜๐˜€:

โ€ข ๐—”๐—œ ๐—œ๐—บ๐—ฝ๐—ฎ๐—ฐ๐˜: While AI (like OpenAI investments) hasnโ€™t yet shown a massive impact on earnings, Microsoftโ€™s integration of AI in tools like Bing is on the horizon.
โ€ข ๐—Ÿ๐—ถ๐—ป๐—ธ๐—ฒ๐—ฑ๐—œ๐—ป ๐—ฆ๐˜‚๐—ฐ๐—ฐ๐—ฒ๐˜€๐˜€: LinkedIn, acquired for $26B, now generates over $15B yearly, primarily through ads.

For the fiscal year ending June 2024, Microsoftโ€™s total revenue was $๐Ÿฎ๐Ÿฐ๐Ÿฑ๐—•! ๐Ÿš€
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