Share with friends and circle of friends with wechat scanning QR code < / P > < p > on Tuesday, local time, Microsoft released the fourth quarter financial report of fiscal year 2021 as of June 30. According to the financial report, Microsoft's revenue in the fourth fiscal quarter was $46.2 billion, a year-on-year increase of 21%; The net profit was US $16.5 billion, an increase of 47% compared with the same period last year; Diluted earnings per share was $2.17, a year-on-year increase of 49%. After the earnings announcement, Microsoft's share price fell nearly 3% after hours < p > < / P > < p > the following are the key points of Microsoft's fourth fiscal quarter results: < / P > < p > -- revenue of $46.2 billion, an increase of 21% compared with $38 billion in the same period last year, but less than the $44.26 billion generally expected by analysts < p > -- the net profit was US $16.5 billion, an increase of 47% compared with us $11.2 billion in the same period last year < p > -- diluted earnings per share was US $2.17, up 49% from US $1.46 in the same period last year, exceeding the US $1.92 generally expected by analysts < p > -- the operating revenue was US $19.1 billion, an increase of 42% compared with us $13.4 billion in the same period last year < p > by business category: < / P > < p > -- the revenue of productivity and business processes was US $14.7 billion, a year-on-year increase of 25%, exceeding the US $13.9 billion generally expected by analysts < p > 1) driven by the 25% growth of office 365 commercial revenue, the revenue of office 365 commercial products and cloud services increased by 20% < p > 2) the revenue of office consumer products and cloud services increased by 18%, and the number of Microsoft 365 consumer users increased to 51.9 million < p > 3) driven by 97% growth in marketing solutions, LinkedIn's revenue increased by 46% < p > 4) driven by the 49% growth of dynamics 365 revenue, the revenue of dynamics products and cloud services increased by 33% < p > -- the revenue of Intelligent Cloud (including azure public cloud, windows server, SQL server and GitHub) was US $17.4 billion, a year-on-year increase of 30%, exceeding the analysts' general expectation of US $16.4 billion, accounting for 37% of Microsoft's total revenue < p > 1) driven by the 51% growth of azure revenue, the revenue of server products and cloud services increased by 34% < p > 2) analysts had predicted that azure's revenue would increase by 45.3%, and azure's revenue increased by 50% in the last quarter < p > -- the revenue of more personal computing services (including windows, devices, games and search advertising) was US $14.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 9%, exceeding the analysts' expectation of US $13.8 billion: < / P > < p > 1) the revenue of windows OEM decreased by 3% < p > 2) the revenue of windows commercial products and cloud services increased by 20% < p > 3) Xbox content and service revenue decreased by 4% < p > 4) search advertising revenue excluding traffic acquisition cost increased by 53% < p > 5) surface revenue decreased by 20% < p > - Microsoft returned $10.4 billion to shareholders in the form of share repurchase and dividends in the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2021, an increase of 16% compared with the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2020 < p > the following is the annual performance of Microsoft in fiscal year 2021: < / P > < p > -- the revenue was US $168.1 billion, a year-on-year increase of 18% < p > -- the operating revenue was USD 69.9 billion, an increase of 32% < p > -- the net profit was US $61.3 billion, a year-on-year increase of 38% < p > -- diluted earnings per share were US $8.05 respectively, with a year-on-year increase of 40% < p > Satya NADELLA, chairman and CEO of Microsoft, said: "we are innovating in all technology fields to help organizations raise the technology intensity of their businesses to a new level. Our performance shows that when we execute and meet the needs of customers in a differentiated manner in a large and growing market, we can achieve growth, as we have seen in the business cloud and the establishment of new franchise businesses, including games, security and LinkedIn. In the past three years, All these businesses have annual revenues of more than $10 billion. " < p > Amy hood, executive vice president and chief financial officer of Microsoft, said: "with the end of fiscal year 2021, our sales team and partners achieved strong quarterly results, with revenue and profit growth of more than 20%, including a year-on-year increase of 30% in business bookings. Our business cloud revenue grew 36% year-on-year to $19.5 billion. " < p > Microsoft's cloud computing business is the key to its impressive stock performance in recent years, driving the company's market value to exceed $2 trillion for the first time in its history in June. As more and more companies continue to focus on cloud computing, Microsoft will benefit from it. Dan ives, an analyst at Wade Bush securities, wrote before the release of Microsoft's financial report: "with the acceleration of the digital transformation of the whole enterprise, CIOs focus on preparing their enterprises for the cloud driven architecture, and we see a significant increase in transaction scale." < p > although the disappearance of cloud computing in recent years is a key growth driver for Microsoft, the market is far from being oversaturated, even if competitors such as Amazon and Google join. "We believe that the transformation of cloud computing has just begun to drive the next stage of growth globally, which will benefit Microsoft," Ives wrote < p > market research firm Gartner estimates that PC shipments increased by 4.6% in the fourth quarter, but Microsoft's windows license revenue from device manufacturers fell by 3% in the quarter, and the license revenue related to consumer PCs slowed to 4% from 44% in the previous quarter. The company blamed supply constraints, and PC makers Dell and HP have suffered the same problems in recent months. Due to supply challenges, sales of Microsoft branded surface PCs fell by 20%, worse than Microsoft expected in April < p > however, with the rebound of the advertising market, Microsoft's search advertising revenue increased by 53%. This also benefited the LinkedIn business, which grew by 46%. The novel coronavirus pneumonia situation is in some ways beneficial to Microsoft's performance, but it has a negative effect in other aspects. The company's revenue from Xbox content and services, including video game sales, fell 4%, while it soared 65% in the same period last year < p > in the fourth quarter, Microsoft announced plans to spend $19 billion (including debt) to acquire nuance communications, a speech recognition company. The company also launched a new version of its desktop operating system, windows 11, although the sale of licenses to device manufacturers will be delayed < p > analysts predict that Microsoft will continue to achieve growth in fiscal year 2022, including net profit of more than $63 billion and revenue of $186.74 billion. John McPeake, an analyst at Rosenblatt securities, said: "as we enter fiscal year 2022, we believe that Microsoft's fundamentals may be stronger than ever in recent history. We think azure will continue to occupyWith a larger market share, people's demand for personal computers remains strong. " Mcpick rated Microsoft stock as "buy" with a target share price of $333 < p > Microsoft shares fell nearly 3% after hours as revenue failed to meet analysts' expectations and revenue from selling windows licenses to equipment manufacturers fell. Since the beginning of 2021, Microsoft's share price has risen nearly 29%, easily surpassing the growth of 17.7% of the standard & Poor's 500 index and 14.8% of the Dow Jones industrial average. Analysts wrote: "the simple answer to how Microsoft continues to outperform the S & P 500 index is that Microsoft continues to achieve double-digit revenue and profit growth." Analysts rated Microsoft's stock as "outperforming the market", with an average target share price of $300