I missed Microsoft’s earnings release last week (I was on a flight back from my vacation), so here’s a look back. Microsoft’s revenue for its second quarter were up 30% to $16.37 billion, and profit was up 92% to $6.48 billion.
Google Earnings As Expected, Revenue Up 57%
Google shares have been up and down in after-hours trading, but largely have hovered around the closing price of $639.62 soon after Google released its earnings report for the third quarter of 2007. Google beat analyst expectations by a slim margin.
Google Drops Upon 2Q Earnings Report
Google shares are dropping in after hours trading after the company announced its second quarter earnings report, missing estimates by 3 cents per share.
Google Earnings Conference Call Quotes
Google announced their earnings in a conference call. Financial details are in their press release here. Below are some of the more interesting quotes from Google CEO Eric Schmidt, co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin, and VP’s Jonathan Rosenberg, George Reyes and Omid Kordestani.
How I Increased Adsense Earnings by 50%
I’m not a huge Adsense earner, but at the beginning of this month I decided to more aggressively try to increase my revenues.
I’ve now seen a 50+% increase in my Adsense earnings since I began.
What does that mean in real terms? It means my earnings would now comfortably pay off the monthly mortgage repayments on a detached 4-bedroom house in the UK.
Analysts Expect Blowout GOOG Earnings
In advance of the earnings call, any bets on how high GOOG can go today on Wall Street? Analysts have high hopes, so to speak, as tipsters come rolling in with unbelievable numbers for Q4 2006.
CEO Earnings Raised in the Last Decade
The last studies and figures show that the gap between the pay of a FTSE 100 company’s chief executive and that of a regular worker has widened to its highest level this decade.
Google Crushes Earnings Estimates
Google not only nearly doubled its earnings from the third quarter of 2005, but the company beat analysts expectations by about $50 million. The news sent GOOG shares soaring in after hours trading, rising $30 per share just an hour past closing to $456.52.
Google Rocks Q2 Earnings
Google continued its redemption path after 2005’s year-end earnings miss by exceeding analyst expectations for a second straight quarter. “Exceed” is a mild term. A $2.46 billion quarter is a bit beyond “exceed.”
eBay Earnings Fall On Stock Expense
Although revenue increased by 35 percent compared to the same quarter last year, net income for eBay moved down by three percent as stock-based compensation expenses impacted the bottom line.