Alphabet (GOOG) Tops Q4 EPS by $2.76, Revenue Slightly Misses
(Updated - February 3, 2020 4:05 PM EST)
Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported Q4 EPS of $15.35, $2.76 better than the analyst estimate of $12.59. Revenue for the quarter came in at $46.08 billion versus the consensus estimate of $46.94 billion.
“Our investments in deep computer science, including artificial intelligence, ambient computing and cloud computing, provide a strong base for continued growth and new opportunities across Alphabet,” said Sundar Pichai, Chief Executive Officer of Alphabet and Google. “I’m really pleased with our continued progress in Search and in building two of our newer growth areas — YouTube, already at $15 billion in annual ad revenue, and Cloud, which is now on a $10 billion revenue run rate."
“In 2019 we again delivered strong revenue growth, with revenues of $162 billion, up 18% year over year and up 20% on a constant currency basis,” said Ruth Porat, Chief Financial Officer of Alphabet and Google. “To provide further insight into our business and the opportunities ahead, we’re now disclosing our revenue on a more granular basis, including for Search, YouTube ads and Cloud.”
Q4 | Fiscal Year | |||||||||||||||||||||
2018 | 2019 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | ||||||||||||||||||
Google Search & other | $23,320 | $27,185 | $69,811 | $85,296 | $98,115 | |||||||||||||||||
YouTube ads(1) | 3,605 | 4,717 | 8,150 | 11,155 | 15,149 | |||||||||||||||||
Google properties | 26,925 | 31,902 | 77,961 | 96,451 | 113,264 | |||||||||||||||||
Google Network Members' properties | 5,593 | 6,032 | 17,616 | 20,010 | 21,547 | |||||||||||||||||
Google advertising | 32,518 | 37,934 | 95,577 | 116,461 | 134,811 | |||||||||||||||||
Google Cloud | 1,709 | 2,614 | 4,056 | 5,838 | 8,918 | |||||||||||||||||
Google other(1) | 4,771 | 5,264 | 10,914 | 14,063 | 17,014 | |||||||||||||||||
Google revenues | 38,998 | 45,812 | 110,547 | 136,362 | 160,743 | |||||||||||||||||
Other Bets revenues | 154 | 172 | 477 | 595 | 659 | |||||||||||||||||
Hedging gains (losses)(2) | 124 | 91 | (169 | ) | (138 | ) | 455 | |||||||||||||||
Total revenues | $39,276 | $46,075 | $110,855 | $136,819 | $161,857 | |||||||||||||||||
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