*****News Flash*****
Monday, July 22, 1996
Investor's Business Daily
Microsoft Corporation will report better-than-expected earnings for its fiscal fourth quarter amid
strong sales of its Windows NT networking software product, analyst said. Microsoft, which will
report results Monday after U.S. markets close, is one of the few software companies that will report
higher earnings in the traditionally slow summer months. "We're expecting Microsoft to come ahead
of the forecasts," said Marshall Senk, an analyst at Robertson, Stephens & Company in San
Francisco. "The momentum from Windows NT continues to pick up each quarter." "We just broke
through a billion dollars in that (business) this year," Bill Gates said this week. Fourth-quarter
revenue is expected to rise to about $2.2 billion from $1.62 billion. Wall Street expects Microsoft to
earn 84 cents a share, based on a recent survey of 19 analysts by Zacks Investment Research. Any
comments on where the stock price will go from here on Monday, Tuesday, and beyond? I am
currently holding August 125 & October 125 Call Options. Thanks, Jeff |
