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Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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Their efficiency is impressive. On an annualized basis, they are doing ~$120B. They have ~85k employees. That means they are generating ~1.5M Revenue Per Employee. That's crazy

If anyone is curious about what companies in the S&P 500 rank higher in the revenue per employee metric: https://craft.co/reports/s-p-500-revenue-per-employee-perspe...

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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My notes.... Numbers: - Alphabet 1Q EPS $13.33, Est. $9.300 - free cash flow for the first quarter of $4.34 billion. - 1Q Google Other Rev. $4.35B - 1Q Rev. Ex-TAC $24.9B, Est. $24.3B - Capital expense for Google more than triples: up from $2.4 billion to $7.7 billion year-on-year. That probably reflects spending on hardware, including the Nest division. - Porat says that CapEx was "almost completely split" between p…

> - Porat says Waymo has achieved 5 million miles of driving on city streets. Is that and the other Porat comments from the earnings call? The PDF doesn't seem to mention that.

yes, and other sources like the bloomberg terminal

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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>Effective tax rate 11% Absolutely obscene. Literally their entire Net Income increase from $5.4b to $9.4b is due to a tax cut from 20%. We will be paying for this Republican tax policy for the rest of our lives.

Maybe check Amazon's tax rate before "this Republican tax policy" went into effect prior to blaming low corporate tax rates on one party.

If you think lobbyist-driven tax policy in America is ONLY done by Republicans, you should probably expand your reading beyond CNN / WashPo. You're right that the federal government that creates the tax policy is for sale, but it's not just the Republicans.

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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post #11

Their efficiency is impressive. On an annualized basis, they are doing ~$120B. They have ~85k employees. That means they are generating ~1.5M Revenue Per Employee. That's crazy

Usually companies grow at a slower rate as they get larger.

Alphabet's growth rate is actually accelerating.

And they're not acquiring this growth, they're generating it organically.

Truly astounding.

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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post #24

>Effective tax rate 11% Absolutely obscene. Literally their entire Net Income increase from $5.4b to $9.4b is due to a tax cut from 20%. We will be paying for this Republican tax policy for the rest of our lives.

Maybe check Amazon's tax rate before "this Republican tax policy" went into effect prior to blaming low corporate tax rates on one party. If you think lobbyist-driven tax policy in America is ONLY done by Republicans, you should probably expand your reading beyond CNN / WashPo. You're right that the federal government that creates the tax policy is for sale, but it's not just the Republicans.

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Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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>Effective tax rate 11% Absolutely obscene. Literally their entire Net Income increase from $5.4b to $9.4b is due to a tax cut from 20%. We will be paying for this Republican tax policy for the rest of our lives.

>Literally their entire Net Income increase from $5.4b to $9.4b is due to a tax cut from 20%

Hyperbole. Revenue is up $6.4B YoY from $24.75B to $31.1B.

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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post #24

>Effective tax rate 11% Absolutely obscene. Literally their entire Net Income increase from $5.4b to $9.4b is due to a tax cut from 20%. We will be paying for this Republican tax policy for the rest of our lives.

Maybe check Amazon's tax rate before "this Republican tax policy" went into effect prior to blaming low corporate tax rates on one party. If you think lobbyist-driven tax policy in America is ONLY done by Republicans, you should probably expand your reading beyond CNN / WashPo. You're right that the federal government that creates the tax policy is for sale, but it's not just the Republicans.

It's not just corporate rates. Doubling the standard deduction is the most reckless thing that has ever been done to our federal tax code for individuals. The fact that I am going to pay an effective 15% this year on a $100k salary is absolutely insane.

Re: Alphabet Q1 2018 Earnings [pdf]

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post #21
post #11

Their efficiency is impressive. On an annualized basis, they are doing ~$120B. They have ~85k employees. That means they are generating ~1.5M Revenue Per Employee. That's crazy

If anyone is curious about what companies in the S&P 500 rank higher in the revenue per employee metric: https://craft.co/reports/s-p-500-revenue-per-employee-perspe...

That kinda revenue with those profit margins are the insane thing. I’m less impressed at revenue per employee generated from oil.
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