Google Beats on the Top Line

Seth Jayson, The Motley Fool
Updated

Google (NAS: GOOG) reported earnings on July 19. Here are the numbers you need to know.

The 10-second takeaway
 For the quarter ended June 30 (Q2), Google beat expectations on revenues and met expectations on earnings per share.

Compared to the prior-year quarter, revenue improved significantly and GAAP earnings per share improved.


Margins dropped across the board.

Revenue details
 Google reported revenue of $12.21 billion. The 33 analysts polled by S&P Capital IQ looked for sales of $11.11 billion on the same basis. GAAP reported sales were 35% higher than the prior-year quarter's $9.03 billion.

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Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Dollar amounts in millions. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

EPS details
 EPS came in at $10.12. The 37 earnings estimates compiled by S&P Capital IQ predicted $10.10 per share. GAAP EPS of $8.42 for Q2 were 9.6% higher than the prior-year quarter's $7.68 per share.

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Source: S&P Capital IQ. Quarterly periods. Non-GAAP figures may vary to maintain comparability with estimates.

Margin details
 For the quarter, gross margin was 59.0%, 590 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Operating margin was 26.2%, 570 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter. Net margin was 22.8%, 500 basis points worse than the prior-year quarter.

Looking ahead
 Next quarter's average estimate for revenue is $12.12 billion. On the bottom line, the average EPS estimate is $10.81.

Next year's average estimate for revenue is $47.01 billion. The average EPS estimate is $43.08.

Investor sentiment
 The stock has a four-star rating (out of five) at Motley Fool CAPS, with 15,280 members out of 17,745 rating the stock outperform, and 2,466 members rating it underperform. Among 3,679 CAPS All-Star picks (recommendations by the highest-ranked CAPS members), 3,273 give Google a green thumbs-up, and 406 give it a red thumbs-down.

Of Wall Street recommendations tracked by S&P Capital IQ, the average opinion on Google is outperform, with an average price target of $741.11.

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