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The four giants of the "high tech" American released Thursday its fourth-quarter financial performance. Google has disappointed, others have exceeded expectations.
Profits from Google are progressing, but disappoint the markets
Google falling more than 9% Thursday evening in the exchange of after-hours trading on the Nasdaq. The Internet giant is punished for his disappointing performance in the fourth quarter of 2011. The group posted a net profit of $ 2.7 billion over the period. This represents an increase of 8% over the previous year. However, earnings per share (EPS) amounted to only $ 9.50 per share while analysts were betting on 10.49 dollars. Turnover rose 25% to 10.58 dollars. Excluding commissions paid out to partner sites, Google's revenues stand at 8.1 billion. The consensus was 8.4 billion. The decline in computer sales penalize Microsoft
Due to lower sales of computers, Microsoft has suffered a very slight
drop in profits over the last three months of 2011 - representing the
second quarter of fiscal offset. The Redmond company recorded a net
profit of 6.62 billion dollars, or 77 cents per share. This is one cent
better than the expectations of investors. Its turnover is displayed
up 5% to $ 20.9 billion. Performance, also in line with expectations.
Profits up for IBM
IBM, the world of technology services, reported a 11% increase in
quarterly profit in the fourth quarter to $ 5.5 billion. Excluding
items, it is 4.71 dollars per share against 4.62 dollars expected by the
consensus. The turnover is in turn stood at $ 29.5 billion, slightly
below the 29.7 billion expected by analysts, on average.
Record results for Intel
The world of microprocessors released a record annual net profit in
2011, up from 13% to $ 12.9 billion. In the fourth quarter, the
quarterly net income was $ 3.4 billion. Based on the number of shares
and excluding special items, it exceeded expectations for 68 cents
(against 61 expected). Turnover rose 21% to $ 13.9 billion. This is
slightly better than expected (13.7 billion).
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