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谷歌母公司Alphabet公布一季度财报:净利同比增73%

新浪科技 ·  Apr 24, 2018 05:13

Sina Technology News in the early morning of April 24, Beijing time, Alphabet (Google(Parent company) today released its financial report for the first quarter of fiscal year 2018 ending March 31. According to the report, Alphabet's total revenue for the first quarter was US$31.146 billion, up 26% from US$24.750 billion in the same period last year. Excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, the year-on-year increase was 23%; according to US GAAP, Alphabet's net profit for the first quarter was US$9.401 billion, up 73% from US$5.426 billion in the same period last year.

Main performance:

——Alphabet's total revenue for the first quarter was US$31.146 billion, up 26% from US$24.750 billion in the same period last year. Excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, the year-on-year increase was 23%. Alphabet calculates total revenue according to US GAAP without deducting traffic acquisition costs (TAC). Alphabet's first-quarter traffic acquisition expenses, that is, revenue shared with partners was US$6.288 billion, accounting for 24% of advertising revenue;

——According to US GAAP, Alphabet's operating profit for the first quarter was US$7.01 billion, accounting for 22% of revenue. According to US GAAP, Alphabet's operating profit for the same period last year was US$6.568 billion, accounting for 27% of revenue;

——According to US GAAP, Alphabet's net profit for the first quarter was US$9.401 billion, an increase of 73% over US$5.426 billion in the same period last year;

——According to US GAAP, Alphabet's first quarter diluted earnings per share were $13.33, compared to $7.73 per diluted share for the same period last year. Alphabet's total number of diluted shares traded abroad in the first quarter was 705 million shares, compared to 702 million shares in the same period last year.

Alphabet CFO Ruth Porat (Ruth Porat) said, “The company's strong revenue growth reflects our global momentum. First-quarter revenue increased 26% year over year. Excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, the impact of exchange rate changes was 23% year over year, reaching $31.1 billion. We have a range of clear and exciting future opportunities, and our emphasis on growth allows us to invest in these opportunities with confidence.”

Financial analysis:

Alphabet's total revenue for the first quarter was US$31.146 billion, up 26% from US$24.75 billion in the same period last year. Excluding the impact of exchange rate changes, the year-on-year increase was 23%.

Alphabet's first-quarter website revenue, that is, revenue generated by Google's own website, was US$21.998 billion, up from US$17.403 billion in the same period last year.

Alphabet's first-quarter online revenue, that is, revenue generated by Google partner websites through the AdSense program, was US$4.644 billion, up from US$4.08 billion in the same period last year.

Alphabet's first-quarter advertising revenue (comprised of website revenue and online revenue) was US$26.642 billion, up from US$21,411 billion in the same period last year.

Alphabet's other revenue for the first quarter was US$4.354 billion, up from US$3.207 billion in the same period last year.

Alphabet's first-quarter “Other Bets” business revenue was US$150 million, up from US$132 million in the same period last year.

If the exchange rate remains the same as the same period last year (excluding benefits associated with foreign exchange risk management plans), Alphabet's first-quarter revenue grew 23% year over year.

By region, Alphabet's first-quarter revenue from the EMEA (Europe, Middle East, and Africa) region was US$10.474 billion, up 29% year on year and 2% month on month; without US GAAP (excluding the effects of exchange rate changes), Alphabet's revenue from the EMEA region in the first quarter increased 21% year on year, down 1% month on month.

Alphabet's revenue from the Asia Pacific region for the first quarter was US$4.804 billion, up 33% year on year, up 2% month on month; without US GAAP (excluding the effects of exchange rate changes), Alphabet's revenue from the Asia Pacific region in the first quarter increased 30% year on year, up 1% month on month.

Alphabet's first-quarter revenue from the US was US$14.144 billion, up 20% year on year and down 8% month on month.

Alphabet's first-quarter revenue from the rest of the Americas was US$1,724 million, up 36% year over year and down 9% month on month. Not in accordance with US GAAP (excluding the effects of exchange rate changes), Alphabet's first-quarter revenue from the rest of the Americas increased 35% year over year and decreased 9% month over month.

Alphabet's total number of paid clicks in the first quarter (including clicks related to ads on Google groups and Network member websites) increased 55% over the same period last year and 11% over the previous quarter. First-quarter paid website clicks (including clicks related to ads on Alphabet's own and operated websites in various regions, and clicks from YouTube participation ads including search, TrueView, and other owned and operated websites such as Google Maps and Google Finance) increased 59% over the same period last year and 8% over the previous quarter. Online paid clicks in the first quarter (including those associated with ads on non-Google websites participating in AdSense for Search, AdSense for Content, and AdMob businesses) increased 37% compared to the same period last year and 29% compared to the previous quarter.

Alphabet's average cost per click for the first quarter (including clicks related to ads on Google groups and network member websites) fell 18% from the same period last year and 9% from the previous quarter. The average cost per click for the first quarter of the Google website group was 19% lower than the same period last year, and 7% lower than the previous quarter. Google Network's average cost per click for the first quarter was 17% lower than the same period last year, and 21% lower than the previous quarter.

Alphabet's first-quarter traffic acquisition expenditure (TAC), or revenue shared with partners, was US$6.288 billion, compared to US$4.629 billion in the same period last year. Alphabet's first-quarter traffic acquisition expenses accounted for 24% of ad revenue, compared to 22% in the same period last year.

Of Alphabet's traffic acquisition expenses in the first quarter, $3.386 billion will eventually be paid to network partners, accounting for 73% of total traffic acquisition expenses; the final traffic acquisition expenses paid to network partners in the same period last year were 2,824 billion US dollars, accounting for 70% of total traffic acquisition expenses. In addition, of Alphabet's first-quarter traffic acquisition expenses, $2,902 billion will eventually be paid to specific distribution partners and others importing traffic to the Alphabet website, accounting for 13% of total traffic acquisition expenses; in the same period last year, traffic acquisition expenses paid to specific distribution partners and others importing traffic to the Alphabet website were 1,805 billion US dollars, accounting for 10% of total traffic acquisition expenses.

Alphabet's total costs and expenses for the first quarter were US$24.145 billion, up from US$18.182 billion in the same period last year. Among them, Alphabet's first-quarter revenue costs were US$13.467 billion, up from US$9.795 billion in the same period last year; R&D expenditure was US$5.039 billion, up from US$3,942 billion in the same period last year; sales and marketing expenses were US$3.604 billion, up from US$2,644 billion in the same period last year; and general affairs and administrative expenses were US$2,035 billion, up from US$1,901 billion in the same period last year.

Alphabet's other revenue (net worth) for the first quarter was $3,542 million, compared to $251 million for the same period last year.

According to US GAAP, Alphabet's operating profit for the first quarter was US$7.01 billion, accounting for 22% of revenue. According to US GAAP, Alphabet's operating profit for the same period last year was US$6.568 billion, accounting for 27% of revenue.

Alphabet's effective tax rate for the first quarter was 11%, compared to 20% for the same period last year.

Alphabet's net profit for the first quarter was US$9.401 billion, up 73% from US$5.426 billion in the same period last year. According to US GAAP, Alphabet's first quarter diluted earnings per share were $13.33, compared to $7.73 per diluted share for the same period last year. Alphabet's total number of diluted shares traded abroad in the first quarter was 705 million shares, compared to 702 million shares in the same period last year.

As of March 31, 2018, excluding cash classified as held for sale, the total value of cash, cash equivalents, and variable current price securities held by Alphabet was US$102,885 billion, compared to US$101,871 billion as of December 31, 2017.

As of March 31, 2018, Alphabet employed a total of 85050 full-time employees worldwide, compared to 73,992 as of March 31, 2017.

Webcast and conference call information:

Investors can visit Investor.Google.com, the investor relations channel on the Alphabet website to listen to the webcast of the Alphabet conference call. The conference call will begin at 16:30 EST on April 23 (4:30 on April 24, Beijing time).

Analysts' expectations and stock price changes:

Alphabet's total revenue for the first quarter was US$31.146 billion. Excluding US$6.288 billion in traffic acquisition expenses, it was US$24.858 billion. This performance exceeded analysts' previous expectations. According to a survey by financial information provider FactSet, analysts previously expected Alphabet's average revenue for the first quarter to be 24.26 billion US dollars. Alphabet's earnings per share for the first quarter were $13.33; excluding investment income of $3.03 billion included in the “other income” program, Alphabet's earnings per share for the first quarter were $9.93. This performance also exceeded analysts' previous expectations. According to the FactSet survey, analysts had previously expected Alphabet's earnings per share for the first quarter to be $9.28. Affected by this, Alphabet rose nearly 0.5% in after-hours trading in the New York market.

On the same day, the stock price of Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOGL)NASDAQIt fell $3.51 in regular trading to close at $1073.81, or 0.33%. In the after-hours trading that followed until 17:00 EST (5:00 Beijing time on the 24th), Alphabet's stock price rose $5.19 to $1,079, or 0.48%. In the past 52 weeks, Alphabet's highest price was $1198.00 and the lowest price was $879.28. (Tang Feng)

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