[Techtaffy Newsdesk]
Google announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2012. Before we jump into the numbers, a quick look at some of the vital stats. To begin with, Google is sitting on a $45.7 billion pile of cash. On a worldwide basis, the company has 53,546 full-time employees (36,118 in Google business and 17,428 in Motorola), about a thousand odd less than it did last quarter. This was more or less expected, as the search giant had roughly doubled its headcount from a year ago.
Google reported consolidated revenues of $14.10 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2012, an increase of 45% compared to the third quarter of 2011, but still shy of analyst expectations. In further bad news, this proved to be the fourth consecutive quarter of losses for Google’s cost-per-click advertising business, which shrank 15%. To make matters further complicated, Google managed to release its earnings prematurely, while the markets were open. The gaffe caused widespread confusion and knee-jerk reactions, some $20 billion was wiped off its valuations as Google shares prices dropped over 9% . Nasdaq intervened and halted trading.
Financial highlights:
Revenues and other information – Google’s revenues for the quarter ended September 30, 2012 was $14.10 billion, an increase of 45% compared to the third quarter of 2011.
Google Revenues (advertising and other) – Google revenues were $11.53 billion, or 82% of consolidated revenues, in the third quarter of 2012, representing a 19% increase over third quarter 2011 revenues of $9.72 billion.
Google Sites Revenues – Google-owned sites generated revenues of $7.73 billion, or 67% of total Google revenues, in the third quarter of 2012. This represents a 15% increase over third quarter 2011 Google sites revenues of $6.74 billion.
Google Network Revenues – Google’s partner sites generated revenues of $3.13 billion, or 27% of total Google revenues, in the third quarter of 2012. This represents a 21% increase from third quarter 2011 Google network revenues of $2.60 billion.
Google International Revenues – Google revenues from outside of the United States totaled $6.11 billion, representing 53% of total Google revenues in the third quarter of 2012, compared to 54% in the second quarter of 2012 and 55% in the third quarter of 2011.
Google revenues from the United Kingdom totaled $1.22 billion, representing 11% of Google revenues in the third quarter of 2012, compared to 11% in the third quarter of 2011.Paid Clicks – Aggregate paid clicks, which include clicks related to ads served on Google sites and the sites of its Network members, increased approximately 33% over the third quarter of 2011 and increased approximately 6% over the second quarter of 2012.
Cost-Per-Click – Average cost-per-click, which includes clicks related to ads served on Google sites and the sites of its Network members, decreased approximately 15% over the third quarter of 2011 and decreased approximately 3% over the second quarter of 2012.
TAC – Traffic acquisition costs, the portion of revenues shared with Google’s partners, increased to $2.77 billion in the third quarter of 2012, compared to $2.21 billion in the third quarter of 2011. TAC as a percentage of advertising revenues was 26% in the third quarter of 2012, compared to 24% in the third quarter of 2011.
Motorola Revenues (hardware and other) – Motorola revenues were $2.58 billion ($1.78 billion from the mobile segment and $797 million from the home segment), or 18% of consolidated revenues in the third quarter of 2012.
Other Cost of Revenues – Other cost of revenues, which is comprised primarily of data center operational expenses, amortization of intangible assets, content acquisition costs, credit card processing charges, and manufacturing and inventory-related costs, increased to $3.78 billion, or 27% of revenues, in the third quarter of 2012, compared to $1.17 billion, or 12% of revenues, in the third quarter of 2011.
Operating Expenses – Operating expenses, other than cost of revenues, were $4.81 billion in the third quarter of 2012, or 34% of revenues, compared to $3.28 billion in the third quarter of 2011, or 34% of revenues.
Amortization Expenses – Amortization expenses of acquisition related intangible assets were $317 million for the third quarter of 2012, compared to $126 million in the third quarter of 2011. Of the $317 million, $182 million was as a result of the acquisition of Motorola, of which $109 million was allocated to Google and $73 million was allocated to Motorola.
Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) – In the third quarter of 2012, the total charge related to SBC was $762 million, of which $47 million was restructuring-related, compared to $571 million in the third quarter of 2011.
Operating Income – On a consolidated basis, operating income in the third quarter of 2012 was $2.74 billion, or 19% of revenues. Interest and Other Income, Net – Interest and other income, net, was $63 million in the third quarter of 2012, compared to $302 million in the third quarter of 2011.
Income Taxes – Our effective tax rate was 22% for the third quarter of 2012.
Net Income – Net income in the third quarter of 2012 was $2.18 billion, compared to $2.73 billion in the third quarter of 2011. EPS in the third quarter of 2012 was $6.53 on 333 million diluted shares outstanding, compared to $8.33 in the third quarter of 2011 on 327 million diluted shares outstanding.
Cash Flow and Capital Expenditures – Net cash provided by operating activities in the third quarter of 2012 totaled $4.0 billion, compared to $3.95 billion in the third quarter of 2011. In the third quarter of 2012, capital expenditures were $872 million, the majority of which was for production equipment and facilities-related purchases.
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