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It may come as a surprise to learn that Microsoft is still growing. Despite lackluster demand for Windows 8 PCs, Surface tablets, and even Xbox 360s, analysts see a strong quarter out of Microsoft, with revenue and profitability soaring 19% and 28%, respectively. Google’s earnings, meanwhile, are expected to grow substantially more slowly for the period.

You didn’t see that coming? Well, let’s see what both companies ultimately deliver in a couple of weeks.

April 23
Netflix, Inc. (NASDAQ:NFLX) has historically reported during the fourth week of April, serving up its first-quarter results between April 21 and April 25 in each of the past six years. April 23 is a ballpark estimate for when the leading video service will report.

It’s going to be an important presentation. Shares of Netflix have more than tripled since bottoming out this past summer, and analysts have been jacking up their profit and revenue targets.

Netflix’s ability to turn a healthy profit despite incurring losses in its costly international expansion efforts is impressive, but after seeing shares rally this high, it’s going to take a monster report to keep the good times coming.

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The article 5 Dates to Circle in April originally appeared on Fool.com.

Longtime Fool contributor Rick Munarriz owns shares of Netflix. The Motley Fool recommends Facebook, Google, Netflix, and Tesla Motors and owns shares of Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Netflix, and Tesla Motors.

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