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Some analysts were expecting $18b in operating profits - can't you see how much loss MSFT just incurred? EDIT: /s

• p0pcult 4y ago
  Youre getting downvoted, but perhaps you meant this as satire? Poe's Law and all...
  • eweise 4y ago
    Seems obvious to me that its satire.
    • p0pcult 4y ago
      Thanks, but I didn't ask you, because you didn't write it. I think it is satire, but sometimes one can't really know. It is undoubtedly a position that some people hold that missed revenue/profit estimates are akin to losses. Hence, Poe's Law.
• shapefrog 4y ago
  Its not actual satire though ... Missing analyst expectations is a massive failure of management, they set the guidance and the expectations for the market; thus missing it by 2bn is actually a pretty poor performance.
  • lowercased 4y ago
    Say company X issues guidance of $1.34/share Analysts expect $1.40/share. Company X releases earnings of $1.45/share. Things still tank, because... the "real" expectation was 5% over analyst expectations, which was already over guidance.
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    • petrocrat 4y ago
      Why is nobody questioning the analysts methods and models? Are they using DSGE economics models? I'm sure there's plenty of angles of criticism for their tools if one digs a bit.