Alphabet Announces Second Quarter 2018 Results [pdf]

Post by tim333 » Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 11:01 PM UTC

panarky wrote: post #44

MarkMc wrote: post #7

26% revenue growth for such a large company is astounding. Google's growth machine seems to have lasted much longer than people expected.

26% is a crazy high growth rate for a company with 89,000 employees. Even more amazing is that it's actually accelerating: Q2 2018 vs. 2017 +26% Q2 2017 vs. 2016 +21% Q2 2016 vs. 2015 +21% Q2 2015 vs. 2014 +11% Q2 2014 vs. 2013 +21% Q2 2013 vs. 2012 +11% I don't think I've ever seen this with another big company. Truly astounding.

Post by megaremote » Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 11:08 PM UTC

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samfisher83 wrote: post #27

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It hurt, but they still made 3 bil. If they have to pay 5 billion once a year to ensure they have a monopoly I don't that that is a bad trade for them.

You're right. Only one entity can take their monopoly away: the U.S. Department of Justice. The fine is just a fine.

Post by Bucephalus355 » Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 11:16 PM UTC

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Facebook, Amazon, Netflix, Google. It's a shorthand for high growth tech stocks. It is also sometimes abbreviated FAANG to include Apple, and sometimes it will include Microsoft. It's best, IMO, to think of it as the BIG10 NCAA division, the name only represents a subset of its membership.

Big 6 wouldn't be a bad name for this group, most people would probably know who you're talking about. Unless people are going for some sort of double-entendre with the name FANG.

Post by jacques_chester » Mon, Jul 23, 2018, 11:39 PM UTC

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Revenue: sales recorded. This might or might not represent cash coming through the door in this quarter, but it represents that there is an agreement for cash and goods/services to change hands. Operating income: Money left over after you subtract the costs of operating the business and making the sale. In a manufacturing firm, for example, you would subtract the cost of the materials in the goods sold. For Google th…

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Post by relaunched » Tue, Jul 24, 2018, 12:01 AM UTC

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I assume over the long haul they will be the low cost producer. They need to learn to sell and support in a higher touch manner to bring in the large corporates.

This is why Azure is outpacing AWS/GCE.