Alphabet Earnings Marred by Taxman, While Revenue Jumps
- New cloud computing and YouTube video ads drive growth
- Google CEO Pichai sees ‘great year’ for cloud business
Alphabet Profit Misses Analyst Estimates
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Alphabet Inc. reported better-than-expected revenue thanks to a fast-growing cloud-computing business and booming YouTube video advertising, but the taxman spoiled the party.
Fourth-quarter revenue, after payments for online traffic from distribution partners, was $21.2 billion, up 23 percent from a year earlier, the company said in a statement Thursday. Profit before certain items was $9.36 a share. Analysts on average expected sales of $20.6 billion and profit per-share of $9.63, according to data compiled by Bloomberg.