Google is expected to post a strong fourth quarter as analysts say online holiday spending likely drove an acceleration in digital advertising purchases from the search giant. The internet titan’s fourth-quarter earnings due Tuesday afternoon should reflect a continuing recovery in global ad spending that took a hit in early 2020 when people paused travel plans and other purchases in response to the coronavirus pandemic. Analysts forecast… Source link
Read More »Tesla posts record quarterly revenue, but profit misses expectations
Tesla (TSLA) reported fourth-quarter results Wednesday after market close, offering the last look at the electric car-maker’s performance at the end of a record-breaking year and early guidance for 2021. The company posted its first-ever quarter doing $10 billion or more in revenue. However, Tesla’s earnings fell short of estimates, though the company did eke out a sixth straight quarterly profit. Shares fell more than 4% in late trading after the results. Here were the main results in… Source link
Read More »Musk’s Finance Chief Quietly Tallies Profit Surge at Tesla
(Bloomberg) — Tesla Inc. is widely expected to report its sixth consecutive quarterly profit Wednesday — and potentially its first $1-billion quarter. That follows a remarkable year when Tesla’s stock split and skyrocketed, the company joined the S&P 500 Index and it sold almost half a million cars. Two years ago, the world’s leading electric carmaker was going through a rough patch. Elon Musk, Tesla’s chief executive officer, informed employees in a January 2019 open letter that the… Source link
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