Shares of Google Parent Alphabet Fall 5% as Q4 Ad Revenue Misses Estimates
Shares of Google Parent Alphabet Fall 5% as Q4 Ad Revenue Misses Estimates
by Luzi Ann Santos
作者：露茲·安·桑托斯
Google parent $Alphabet-A (GOOGL.US)$ saw its shares tumble 5.9% Wednesday morning as the tech giant reported fourth quarter ad revenue that missed analysts' estimates.
谷歌父母 $谷歌-A (GOOGL.US)$ 由於這家科技巨頭公佈的第四季度廣告收入未達到分析師的預期，其股價週三上午下跌了5.9％。
After the market closed on Tuesday, the company released fourth quarter results that showed ad revenue reached $65.52 billion, lower than the $65.80 billion average estimate from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. Total revenue was $86.31 billion, above the $85.36 billion expected by analysts.
週二市場收盤後，該公司公佈了第四季度業績，顯示廣告收入達到655.2億美元，低於彭博社調查的分析師平均估計的658.0億美元。總收入爲863.1億美元，高於分析師預期的853.6億美元。
Earnings rose to $1.64 a share in the fourth quarter from $1.05 a year earlier, the company said in a press release. That's better than the $1.59 that analysts were expecting.
該公司在新聞稿中表示，第四季度的每股收益從去年同期的1.05美元增至1.64美元。這比分析師預期的1.59美元要好。
The company said it posted a $2.1 billion employee severance and related charges in the year ended Dec. 31, as it slashed its workforce. The tech giant also had exit charges of $1.2 billion in the fourth quarter and $1.8 billion in the 12-month period as it sought to optimize its global office space.
該公司表示，由於裁員，在截至12月31日的年度中，該公司公佈了21億美元的員工遣散費和相關費用。這家科技巨頭在第四季度還收到了12億美元的退出費用，在12個月內收到了18億美元的退出費用，以優化其全球辦公空間。