Alphabet (GOOG) reported earnings on Thur 21 Apr 2016 (a/h)

** charts after earnings **

 

• 1 week later

Alphabet misses by $0.46, reports revs in-line :

• Reports Q1 (Mar) earnings of $7.50 per share, $0.46 worse than the Capital IQ Consensus of $7.96; revenues rose 17.4% year/year to $20.26 bln vs the $20.38 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Revenue Segments
  • Google Websites +20% y/y
  • Google Network Members' Websites 3%
  • Advertising Revenues +16% y/y
  • Google other revenues +24% y/y
  • Q1 Other Bets Revenue $166 mln; Operating Loss ($802) mln
• Paid Clicks and Cost Per Clicks
  • Aggregate paid clicks- Q1 +29%;Q4 +31%; Q3 +23%.
    
    • Paid Clicks on Google websites- Q1 +38%; Q4 +40%; Q3 +35%.
    • Paid clicks on member sites- Q1 +2%; Q4 +2%; Q3 -5%.
  • Aggregate cost per click- Q1 -9%; Q4 -13%; Q3 -11%
    • CPC on Google sites- Q1 -12%; Q4 -16%; Q3 -16%.
    • CPC on member sites- Q1 -8%; Q4 -8%; Q3 -4%.
• Q1 Free Cash Flow $5.23 bln
• Q1 Effective Tax Rate 18%