Tencent Holdings Limited (0700.HK) vs Microsoft Corporation (MSFT)

Tencent Holdings Limited is a Chinese technology and entertainment company with major businesses in social networking, online games, digital content, fintech, cloud services, and advertising. Its platforms include WeChat and QQ, which support messaging, payments, mini-programs, media, and business services. Tencent is also one of the world’s largest video game publishers and holds investments across technology, media, and consumer internet companies. Its performance is driven by user engagement, gaming releases, digital payments, advertising demand, and China’s internet regulatory environment.

Microsoft Corp develops and licenses software for both consumer and enterprise markets. The company is best known for its Windows operating systems and Office productivity applications. Its business is organized into three broadly equal segments: Productivity and Business Processes, which includes legacy Microsoft Office, cloud-based Office 365, Exchange, SharePoint, Skype, LinkedIn, and Dynamics; Intelligent Cloud, which includes Azure infrastructure- and platform-as-a-service offerings, Windows Server, and SQL Server; and More Personal Computing, which includes Windows Client, Xbox, Bing search, display advertising, and Surface laptops, tablets, and desktop devices.