Google Q1 2014 earnings deliver $15.4 billion in revenue

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Google reported its results for the first quarter of the year today, posting revenue of $15.42 billion and earnings per share of $6.27. That missed analysts' estimates of $15.52 billion in revenue and earnings of $6.42 a share. That's a miss on the top and bottom line, and the stock is trending down in after-hours trading.

 

The company's stock has been on a tremendous run. As the team over at Risk Reversal notes, Google is "one of the few mega cap stocks in the US that offers double-digit earnings growth. In fact, [Google] has grown earnings and sales at least 10 percent in every year since the stock IPO?ed back in 2004."

 

Two weeks ago the company completed a stock split that doubled the number and halved the price of individual shares from around $1,060 to $530. While the total value of outstanding shares shouldn't be affected by the split, there is often a psychological effect of lowering the price per share. It may offer new incentives as investors see an opportunity for greater retail interest in Google's stock at this lower price.

 

Google made some big moves in the last four months. It sold Motorola, giving up on its most expensive acquisition to date and conceding that perhaps it had moved too deeply into the hardware space. At the same time, it acquired Nest and dove into new projects around smartwatches and modular phones. Google took a large one time charge for its $3.2 billion purchase of Nest.

 

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