You're using a non-recurring charge to try to make a wider point.
2015 had a $10 billion non-recurring, non-cash charge. Without that, your entire premise collapses.
The easiest way to poke a giant hole in what you're proposing, is to look at cash production from operations, which is the ultimate gauge of profitability. Their cash production the last two years is not the lowest over the past 10 years.
Net operating cash flow for 2016: $33 billion. Higher than 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012.
True. There are also much larger capital expenditures, and dividend payments.
I think Microsoft is doing tremendously well under Satya Nadella. I was making no other point except that the parent poster's comment about income were incorrect.
2015 had a $10 billion non-recurring, non-cash charge. Without that, your entire premise collapses.
The easiest way to poke a giant hole in what you're proposing, is to look at cash production from operations, which is the ultimate gauge of profitability. Their cash production the last two years is not the lowest over the past 10 years.
Net operating cash flow for 2016: $33 billion. Higher than 2015, 2014, 2013, 2012.