Stockresearch18 ｜ Alphabet Quarter 4 2023 Results: 谷歌母公司2023年第4季業績
Alphabet reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for the fourth quarter, but ad revenue trailed analysts’ projections.
谷歌母公司2023年第4季盈利業績勝預期,但廣告收入比預期少 1千萬美元
Due to workforce reductions last year, the company recorded severance and related charges of $2.1 billion for 2023.
Key Financial figures:
Earnings per share: $1.64 vs. $1.59 expected by LSEG.Revenue: $86.31 billion vs. $85.33 billion expected by LSEGGoogle Cloud:$9.19 billion vs. $8.94 billion expected, according to the Account.YouTube Ads: $9.2 billion vs. $9.21 billion expected, according to the Account.Traffic acquisition costs: $13.9 billion vs. $14.1 billion, according to the Account.Prospects:1.Google Cloud remains a growth engine, with 26% expansion in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago. The company is also drawing profit from the cloud business.2. In December 2023, Google launched the large language model called Gemini, which it considers its largest and most capable AI model to date. The company is planning to license Gemini to customers through Google Cloud for them to use in their own applications.
