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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »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
Read More »Google Parent Alphabet Bounces Ahead of Earnings
Expectations are running high for Google parent company Alphabet Inc. (GOOG, GOOGL) as it prepares to release its earnings results for the fiscal fourth quarter. The company has had an exceptional year, having benefited from greater online activity during the COVID-19 pandemic. However, there are signs that growth is slowing while inflation persists across the economy and market as a whole. Analysts forecast that Alphabet will announce $27.14 in earnings per share to accompany $72.1… Source link
Read More »Google parent Alphabet to report Q4 earnings Tuesday, as investors look for cloud growth
Google parent Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL) will report its Q4 earnings after the closing bell on Tuesday. The search giant will likely face fewer headwinds in the online advertising space than social media platforms like Facebook (FB) and Snapchat (SNAP), which have been slammed by changes to Apple’s (AAPL) iOS privacy settings. Here’s what Wall Street is expecting of the company in the quarter, as compiled by Bloomberg, compared to its performance in the same quarter last year. Revenue ex-TAC… Source link
Read More »Google’s parent company briefly hits $2 trillion valuation
Alphabet, Google’s parent company, briefly hit a market cap of $2 trillion. The tech behemoth’s market cap is currently at a comfortable $1.98 trillion, but crept over the $2 trillion mark midday Monday, later closing out at $2,987.03 per share. Alphabet’s market cap has just about doubled from $1 trillion since January 2020. In the third quarter of 2021, Alphabet had a record quarter, earning a hefty $65.1 billion. The company reported that its revenue soared by 41 percent, while… Source link
Read More »Google ads gain fuels profit for parent company Alphabet
Check out what’s clicking on FoxBusiness.com. A continued rebound in digital ad spending at Google drove its parent company’s profit up 68% in the third quarter. Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc. said Tuesday that it earned $18.94 billion, or $27.99 per share, in the July-September period. Revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion. GET FOX BUSINESS ON THE GO BY CLICKING HERE Analysts polled by FactSet expected earnings of $23.73 per share on revenue of $63.53 billion. Shares… Source link
Read More »Jay-Z-backed Parent Company’s revenue beats on hot weed demand
(Reuters) – Californian pot producer TPCO Holding Corp, better known as Parent Company, beat estimates for quarterly revenue on Monday as demand surged for weed-infused products during the pandemic. The Jay-Z-backed company also said Clorox Co executive Troy Datcher would replace Steve Allan as its chief executive officer, without giving a reason for the change. Formed earlier this year with the merger of a blank-check firm and three Californian cannabis companies, TPCO sells edibles, vape… Source link
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