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：露兹·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 $谷歌-A (GOOGL.US)$ 由于这家科技巨头公布的第四季度广告收入未达到分析师的预期，其股价周三上午下跌了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.
周二市场收盘后，该公司公布了第四季度业绩，显示广告收入达到655.2亿美元，低于彭博社调查的分析师平均估计的658.0亿美元。总收入为863.1亿美元，高于分析师预期的853.6亿美元。
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.
该公司在新闻稿中表示，第四季度的每股收益从去年同期的1.05美元增至1.64美元。这比分析师预期的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.
该公司表示，由于裁员，在截至12月31日的年度中，该公司公布了21亿美元的员工遣散费和相关费用。这家科技巨头在第四季度还收到了12亿美元的退出费用，在12个月内收到了18亿美元的退出费用，以优化其全球办公空间。