The company sees next quarter’s non-GAAP earnings at $0.39 to $0.41 EPS on revenues at $2.1 to $2.2 billion for the next quarter. Estimates are $0.40 EPS and $2.16 billion in revenues.
For 2010 it sees earnings at $1.63 to $1.68 non-GAAP EPS on revenues of $8.8 to $9.1 billion in revenues. Estimates are $1.60 EPS and $9.03 billion in revenues.
We can spend a lot of time breaking down more internal numbers here from the marketplaces unit and then from other operations, but there is not really a reason to do so. The revenues outside of the Skype were up 19% and the company boasts 81 million active registered users at year-end. Despite a near-125% rally from the 2009 lows, this report is being taken as a ‘good enough’ report by traders.
Shares closed down 4.4% at $22.23 in regular trading and the stock is getting half of its losses back in after-hours trading so far. Shares are up 2.1% at $22.68 in the after-hours reaction so far.
JON C. OGG