Microsoft before earnings report Shares in Microsoft Corporation (symbol ‘MSFT’) made overall gains of around 20% in the first quarter of the year. The company is expected to report its earnings for the fiscal quarter ending March 2023 on Tuesday 25th of April, after market close. The consensus EPS is $2.22 compared to the result for the same quarter last year of $2.22.
‘There is a lot of news hitting mainstream media about the company in regards to its Activision acquisition deal. Earnings come just one day before the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) statutory deadline to deliver its Phase-2 verdict on the 26th. This could impact the share price negatively if the deal is called off.’ said Antreas Themistokleous, an analyst at Exness ‘ At the same time there is an announcement from Microsoft that they will be dropping Twitter from their advertising platform starting April 25th (earnings day) while Elon Musk is threatening to sue Microsoft over Twitter data. ‘
On the technical side the price is trading in a relatively strong uptrend and is currently facing resistance around the HKEX:290 price area which is a strong inside resistance since mid August 2022. Even though the Stochastic oscillator is near its extreme overbought levels, the 50 SMA is trading well above the 100 SMA indicating that the bullish momentum is still valid and a possible continuation to the upside is a very possible scenario. In the short term we might see some minor correction to the downside before continuing the journey to the North but the 20 day SMA is currently acting as a support making the event of a correction slightly more difficult.
