Alphabet Quarter 4 2023 Results: 谷歌母公司2023年第4季業績

Alphabet reported better-than-expected revenue and profit for the fourth quarter, but ad revenue trailed analysts' projections.

谷歌母公司2023年第4季盈利業績勝預期,但廣告收入比預期少 1千萬美元。

Due to workforce reductions last year, the company recorded severance and related charges of $2.1 billion for 2023.

因去年公司削減人手裁員, 產生了一次性解僱補償金:$21億元

Key Financial figures 主要財務數據:

• Earnings per share 每股盈利: USD$1.64 vs. USD$1.59 expected by LSEG.
• Revenue 收入: $86.31 billion vs. $85.33 billion expected by LSEG
• Google Cloud 谷歌雲 :$9.19 billion vs. $8.94 billion expected, according to the Account.
• YouTube Ads 廣告: $9.2 billion vs. $9.21 billion expected, according to the Account.
• Traffic acquisition costs 流量取得成本: $13.9 billion vs. $14.1 billion, according to the Account.
• Prospects前景:
• 1.Google Cloud remains a growth engine, with 26% expansion in the fourth quarter compared to a year ago. The company is also drawing profit from the cloud business.
• 谷歌雲保持成為增長引擎,比去年第4季業務擴張了26%, 而公司也在谷歌雲業務中取得盈利。
• 2. In December 2023, Google launched the large language model called Gemini, which it considers its largest and most capable AI model to date. The company is planning to license Gemini to customers through Google Cloud for them to use in their own applications. 
• 在2023年12月, 谷歌公司推出了Gemini 大型言語模型兼容於大型人工智能(AI)。谷歌公司計劃推展Gemini 服務到谷歌雲的使用者應用這個新AI 功能。