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Facebook parent Meta’s stock is soaring today — here’s why

Facebook parent Meta’s stock is soaring today — here’s why

Shares of Facebook parent Meta (FB) soared in early trading Thursday on the back of its Q1 earnings report. Shares of the social media giant were up more than 14% despite a miss on revenue expectations, as investors and analysts digested the company’s plans to scale back spending. On the surface, Meta’s report wasn’t all that great. It missed on revenue estimates, with analysts expecting the company to bring in $28.24 billion rather than the $27.9 billion it reported. But the company… Source link

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Google parent Alphabet’s Q1 profits dropped by more than $1 billion compared to 2021

Google parent Alphabet’s Q1 profits dropped by more than $1 billion compared to 2021

After a record-breaking 2021 with annual revenue of $257 billion — the first time it has gone over $200 billion for a year — Google’s parent company reports in a filing (pdf) that it has started off 2022 with Q1 revenue that’s up 23 percent from the same period last year, reaching $68 billion. However, with expenses up compared to 2021, its net profit actually dropped to $16.4 billion compared to last year’s $17.9 billion. In an accompanying statement, Google and Alphabet CEO… Source link

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Facebook parent Meta botched its coming out party for the metaverse

This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, February 16, 2022 Meta wants to sell us the metaverse without saying what it is Facebook parent Meta (FB) is banking on the metaverse to save it from plateauing user numbers and competition from the likes of TikTok. But the social media giant blew its first real chance at giving the… Source link

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Facebook parent Meta’s bet on the metaverse may never pay off

This article was first featured in Yahoo Finance Tech, a weekly newsletter highlighting our original content on the industry. Get it sent directly to your inbox every Wednesday by 4 p.m. ET. Subscribe Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Facebook parent Meta is making a risky bet on the metaverse The hits keep coming for Facebook parent company Meta (FB). After a devastating earnings report last week, the company’s stock price has fallen off a cliff. On Tuesday the precipitous drop pushed Meta’s… Source link

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What to know about the Apple privacy changes that crushed Facebook parent Meta

Shares of Facebook parent Meta were hammered Thursday, falling 26% after the company revealed that privacy changes Apple made to its iOS platform last year have begun to sink their teeth into the social networking giant’s bottom line. During its Q4 earnings report released Wednesday, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg explained that Apple’s App Tracking Transparency feature, or ATT, will cut $10 billion out of Meta’s earnings in 2022. Apps like Snap and Pinterest, however, appear to be fairing better in… Source link

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Google parent Alphabet posts surge in search advertising revenue

Shares in Alphabet soared nearly 8 per cent on Wednesday, pushing the company’s market cap back towards $2tn after an unexpectedly strong surge in search advertising revenue raised Wall Street’s hopes that its momentum would continue as the coronavirus pandemic recedes. The Google parent had announced its earnings on Tuesday alongside a rare 20-for-1 stock split, only the second time it has split its shares since going public in 2004, adding to the stock market enthusiasm that… Source link

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What the Stock Split by Google’s Parent, Alphabet, Means

Google parent Alphabet Inc. GOOG 1.61% said on Feb. 1 that it will enact a 20-for-1 stock split, giving shareholders 19 more shares for every one they own.  Stock splits had fallen out of favor over the last two decades. But since the pandemic Apple Inc., Tesla Inc. and now Alphabet have revived the practice in an effort to make their shares more affordable for individual… Source link

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Google parent company Alphabet broke $200 billion in annual revenue for the first time

Google parent company Alphabet hit a new record for annual revenue in 2021, showing no ill effects from the lingering coronavirus pandemic or ongoing issues with the global supply chain. For full-year 2021, the company saw a 41 percent year-over-year jump in revenue to $257 billion. The company reported revenue of $75.3 billion in the fourth quarter of 2021, up 32 percent from the year earlier. “Q4 saw ongoing strong growth in our advertising business, which helped millions of… Source link

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Google parent Alphabet announces 20-for-1 stock split

Larry Page (L) and Sergey Brin (R), the co-founders of Google, at a press event where Google and T-Mobile announced the first Android powered cellphone, the T-Mobile G1. (Photo by James Leynse/Corbis via Getty Images) James Leynse | Corbis Historical | Getty Images Google parent Alphabet announced plans for a 20-for-1 stock split on Tuesday as part of the technology company’s quarterly earnings statement. Alphabet stock was up more than 7% following the news. The move comes a year and a half… Source link

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