Google just released its Q4 earnings report today, and some investors may be a little less than pleased. The tech giant finished with less growth than originally predicted, but still managed to bring in a revenue of $18.1 billion and earnings per share of $6.88. The net income was $4.76 billion, which is also an improvement over $3.38 billion from Q4 last year. The full year brought in $66 billion for Google, up 19% from 2013; this includes the sale of Motorola to Lenovo.
Just how much did Google underperform in Q4 when compared to predictions, you may ask? Wall Street expected a revenue of $18.5 billion, so about 2% under. A worse stat was the earnings per share of $6.88 instead of the predicted $7.13—under by 3.5%.
While there could be many explanations to the results (Google frequently underperforms when compared to estimates), we won't know anything more conclusive until Google releases more info about the specifics.
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