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Google Corporate Earnings Driven by Paid Clicks to $50 Billion in Cash
April 18, 2013 4:37 pm
Last Updated: April 19, 2013 6:21 am
Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) is out with its corporate earnings report for the first quarter of 2013. The Internet search giant’s results were up 16% to $11.58 in earnings per share (EPS) and the sales were up 31% to $13.97 billion in revenue. Thomson Reuters had consensus estimates of $10.69 EPS and $14.04 billion in revenue. As a reminder, Google does not offer forward earnings guidance.Source: courtesy of Google Inc.
Perhaps our largest single concern in Google is not the erosion of desktop ads into mobile, but the paid clicks and the revenue mix changing so much now that Android and smartphone and tablet devices are becoming larger and larger for the company. The company showed that paid clicks rose by 20% while the prices paid per click was down 4%.
Cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $50.1 billion. Google’s headcount only grew by 30 people and was listed as 53,891 full-time employees (38,739 in Google and 9,982 in Motorola Mobile and 5,170 in Motorola Home) on March 31, 2013 versus 53,861 full-time employees as of December 31, 2012.
Here are the Google unit and operating metrics along with any adjustments:
Google shares closed down 2% at $765.91, against a 52-week range of $556.52 to $844.00, and we have shares trading up marginally after the report.
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