Six notes:
1. Alphabet’s $36.3 billion in revenues falls short of the $37.3 billion analysts expected, according to CNBC.
2. Paid clicks on Google properties increased 39 percent from the same time period last year, a drop from the 66 percent increase in the fourth quarter of 2018 and 62 percent increase in the third quarter of 2018, CNBC reports.
3. Alphabet recorded a $1.7 billion European Commission fine in the quarter as a settlement for violating European competition law by reducing competition in the online advertisement sector.
4. Excluding the fine, Alphabet posted $8.3 billion in operating income, with a 23 percent operating margin. Including the fine, Alphabet posted $6.6 billion in operating income, with an 18 percent operating margin.
In the same period in 2018, Alphabet posted $7.6 billion in operating income, with a 25 percent operating margin.
5. Google drove $30.7 billion in ad sales, in addition to $5.4 billion in other revenues, for a total Google segment revenue of $36.1 billion.
6. Alphabet’s other “bets,” which include its subsidiaries Verily and Waymo, among others, posted $170 million in revenues.
Alphabet disclosed that the $1.7 billion EC fine is included in the numbers reported for ad sales and other “bets,” revenues in the quarter.
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