Google Cloud sales increase 45 % -Alphabet 4th quarterly settlement

Stephanie Condon (ZDNET.COM) Translation schools: editorial department

2022-02-02 12:08

　Google's parent company ALPHABET announced on February 1, US time, which exceeded expectations (October -December).The extensive advertising revenue, the active online activity of consumers, and the continuous increase in Google Cloud contributed to the well -increasing financial results.

　Google's advertising business increased 33 % year -on -year to $ 61.24 billion.Google's advertising business supports the expansion of the cloud business.Google Cloud's sales increased 45 % year -on -year to $ 5.54 billion.

　ALPHABET's total sales increase by 32 % year -on -year to $ 75.33 billion, net income is $ 20.64 billion, and the profit per share after sparse is 30..It was $ 69.

　Analysts are $ 72.13 billion in sales and 27 per share.I expected $ 32.

　According to Alphabet and Google's CEO Sundar Pichai, "We invest a lot in artificial intelligence (AI) technology, and our most important products and companies and companies are surprisingly useful for people and companies.He continues to bring a good experience. ""In the fourth quarter, we maintained solid growth in the advertising business, supported many companies' growth and pioneering new customers. Despite the supply chain restrictions, the Pixel smartphone is a record.Achieving a quarterly sales, the cloud business is still growing steadily. "(Pichai)

　Google services, including the advertising business, were $ 69.4 billion.Google Search and other ads (excluding YouTube ads) have increased $ 43.3 billion, and YouTube ads increased to $ 8.63 billion.

　Google service operating profit was $ 25.99 billion.Google Cloud has recorded $ 890 million business losses.It has improved from $ 1.24 billion in the same period of the previous year.

　Pichai said at a meeting on the 1st that the total number of contracts for "Google Cloud Platform" (GCP) increased by more than 80 %, and the number of contracts exceeding $ 1 billion had increased by more than 65 %.

　Alphabet's "Other Bets" category had $ 1811 million and operating losses $ 1.45 billion.

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