Google hat kürzlich grandiose Zahlen präsentiert und wurde
von den Analysten mit Kurszielen über 600$ versehen.
Von der Weltpresse wird Google als die Wachstumperle
par Exelence bezeichnet.
Allerdings sind wir bei 480$ bereits bei einem stolzen Kursziel
angelangt, im Gegensatz dazu bietet Google mit einem KGV von
33 weiteres Kurspotential.
Zudem habe ich in der Gerüchtküche vernommen, dass Google
ein Googlephone lancieren will.
Für neue Joker ist also gesorgt.
Wie seht ihr die Kurschancen bei Google?
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Speedy3 wrote:
ZitatGoogle hat kürzlich grandiose Zahlen präsentiert und wurdeAlles anzeigen
von den Analysten mit Kurszielen über 600$ versehen.
Von der Weltpresse wird Google als die Wachstumperle
par Exelence bezeichnet.
Allerdings sind wir bei 480$ bereits bei einem stolzen Kursziel
angelangt, im Gegensatz dazu bietet Google mit einem KGV von
33 weiteres Kurspotential.
Zudem habe ich in der Gerüchtküche vernommen, dass Google
ein Googlephone lancieren will.
Für neue Joker ist also gesorgt.Wie seht ihr die Kurschancen bei Google?
Hi Speedy
Willkommen im Auslandsforum!!!
Google ist ein sehr volatiler, aber stetig wachsender Titel. Denke, dass man dieses Jahr bei 450-460$ gute Einstiegsmöglichkeiten erhalten wird.
Letztes Jahr hatte ich die Regel bei Google nicht über 400$ einzusteigen. Hatte Google aber nie lange gehalten, sondern bald Gewinne mitgenommen. Da die Angst rumging, dass Google das Problem mit den automatischen Klicks auf Google-Werbung nicht in den Griff zu kriegen schien . Dies ist eine latente Angst, welche noch nicht vom Tisch ist und einen erheblichen Kurseinbruch zur Folge haben könnte. Google verdient nach wie vor zum grössten Teil aus Werbeeinnahmen.
Das Gerücht mit dem Googlephone hab ich auch gehört und wenn ich mich noch recht entsinne, hatte Google auch schon konkrete Schritte in diese Richtung unternommen.
Greez Hotzenplotz
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Google hat doch mal ein KGV von 70 und der Kurs stieg
trotzdem, aktuell sehen wir ein KGV von 33.Müsste ja eigentlich ein starkes Argument sein, für steigende
Kurse...
Hältst Du Kursziele Kurse von 550 bis 650$ bis Ende Jahr
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Speedy3 wrote:
ZitatHältst Du Kursziele Kurse von 550 bis 650$ bis Ende Jahr für aus der Luft gegriffen?550 seh ich durchaus als realistisch. 600 die obere Grenze. Wobei der Weg dorthin sehr volatil sein wird. Aber ich warte noch bis Juni/Juli und dann den nächsten Taucher um einzusteigen.
Greez Hotzenplotz
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@ Hotzenplotz
Google scheint mir aktuell alles andere als volatil zu sein.
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Ich denke ein Einstieg bei Google ist ohnehin noch zu früh. Man wirds in den nächsten zwei Monaten noch für 450, wenn nicht gar tiefer bekommen.
Apropos... das Google phone soll im Herbst 2007 erhältlich sein. Gebaut wirds von LG. Auch Yahoo will ein eigenes phone auf den AMrkt bringen. Beide überzeugen mich nicht so, dass diese phones was taugen.
Greez Hotzenplotz
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Gut, aber die konkrete Meldung könnte den Kurs schon
ganz schön ankicken.....
Pressemeldung:
Smartphone-Konkurrenz von Google?Google bringt ein Handy: Das Gerücht hält sich hartnäckig, jetzt gibt es konkretere Hinweise auf ein Smartphone.
Angeblich plant Google seit Längerem ein eigenes mobiles Endgerät, eine Bestätigung seitens des Unternehmens gibt es immer noch nicht. Inzwischen wurde laut Zulieferern des taiwanesischen Handy- und Smartphone-Herstellers HTC allerdings bereits mit der Produktion des Smartphones begonnen.Neben einem Veröffentlichungsdatum wurde jetzt auch über die anvisierte Stückzahl für den Einstieg in den Smartphone-Markt spekuliert. Eine Million Geräte soll Google nach Insider-Informationen zum Start bereitstellen. Außerdem soll das Google-Phone noch vor Weihnachten erhältlich sein.
Analysten rechnen Unternehmen wie Google oder auch Apple mit dem iPhone gute Chancen für einen Start auf dem Smartphone-Markt aus. Wie Stuart Carlaw, Analyst bei ABI Research, betont, haben sich in den letzten Jahren Nischen aufgetan, die Google und Apple gewinnbringend nutzen könnten.
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Hier ein Beitrag zum Google phone (schon einen Monat alt):
http://www.silicon.de/enid/wirtschaft_und_politik/26340
Die Besonderheiten des Google phone überzeugen mich angesichts der iphone Konkurrenz nicht besonders. Ein Mailclient (gmail) haben alle andern auch. Google maps und und Blogger machen nicht wirklich Spass auf einem so kleinen Display.
Google sollte sich lieber weiterhin auf Web 2.0 konzentrieren bei dem sie die Nase vorn haben. Microsoft versucht mit seiner neuen Produktstrategie "Live" erneut in diesen Markt zu drängen und Yahoo kauft ein Web 2.0 Unternehmen nach dem anderen auf (zb. del.icio.us und flickr).
Greez Hotzenplotz
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@ Hotzenplotz
Was meinst Du zu den Klagen von Viacom und Premier League
wegen Verletzung der Urheberrechte auf Youtube gegen Google?Google stellt sich auf den Standpunkt diese stelle die grundlegende
Funktionsweise des Internets in Frage. Übermittler und Provider
könnten nicht für die Internetkommunikation haftbar gemacht werden.Wie siehst Du den Standpunkt der beiden Parteien?
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Ich denke schon, dass Google für die Inhalte, die auf youtube publiziert werden in Verantwortung steht. Bei Ausschnitten von Fussballspielen, Film, Musikvideos usw. sehe ich keine Urheberrechtsverletzung. Anders ist es wenn komplette Filme und Musikvideos angeboten werden. Dies ist aber eine juristische Angelegenheit und es kommt auf die geltenden Gesetze an, welche ich nicht kenne.
Für Google denke ich aber, dass eine Strafe nicht allzugross ins Gewicht fallen würde.
Greez Hotzenplotz
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Habe heute etwas mit der Google-Start-Seite herumgespielt und habe über die vielen Innovationen gestaunt. Sieht nach einem eklatanten Vorsprung über alle anderen Dienste aus, die sich im Internet anbieten, und entsprechende Möglichkeiten für zusätzlichen Gewinn in den nächsten Jahren: Werbung; Marktplattform; etc.
Die Aktie steht am Ende einer langen Konsolidierung und sieht so perfekt aus, wie eine Aktie für einen Einstieg nur aussehen kann. Quite appetizing, really!
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Stimmt, sieht wirklich appetizing aus, ready fort the next jump http://tinyurl.com/rgznt (drag unter der chart, das kann man auch scrollen).
Es ist einfach impressive, die services und functions die GOOG anbietet. Und unbemerkt von uns user, ueberall im Netz ihre toll booth aufstellen und fuer gesammelte Info, Reklame, page links und was weiss ich noch alles abkassieren koennen.
Kommerzielle Gefahren fuer den Umsatz, die Margen, ob in Zukunft weiterhin alle Werbeklicks bezahlt werden oder auf Erfolgsbasis, erst nach einer order fulfillment, kann ich mir vorstellen aber davon verstehe ich wenig.
Ich kann mir jedoch denken, dass GOOG mit Monopol- und Datenschutz Attacken, Ruf nach Aufsplittung, a Chinese Info Wall, irgendwann mal groessere Probleme haben koennte. Wenn s gut geht gibt’s dann vielleicht viele kleine GOOG-ies fuer viel kleine Aktionaere – wie die Standard Oil, AT&T fragments. Auch nicht schlecht.
bye
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A screaming buy...
Habe nach der neusten Korrektur wieder einmal einige Dutzend Lieblings-Titel durchgeschaut, und fand googy chartmässig in einer schönen Situation, um sie zu kaufen. Wie's aussieht, ist's anderen auch aufgefallen:
http://www.smartmoney.com/Techsmart/index.cfm?story=20070727
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das ding rennt ja richtiggehend davon ... was denkt ihr ... wo gehts wieder abwärts ... bei 700$ oder schon früher ... weil ich wüsst ned was google stoppen sollt ...
ich hab mich ma bei GOOGH bedient ... die laufen trotz weit entferntem strike schon sensationell ..
noch was zum appetit machen
Marktuntersuchungen würden darauf hindeuten, dass die Zahlen zum dritten Quartal stark ausfallen sollten. Das Unternehmen sollte weiterhin Marktanteile gewinnen und sich im Vergleich zu anderen Medienunternehmen von dem konjunkturellen Abschwung in den USA abkoppeln können.
Vor diesem Hintergrund sprechen die Analysten von Merrill Lynch für die Aktie von Google weiterhin eine Kaufempfehlung aus.
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also schaut recht gut aus für google ... und nach dem rücksetzer gestern (welcher deutlich am geringsten ausgefallen ist gegenüber den anderen nasdaq titeln wie apple amazon etc) eine ideale kaufgelegenheit
die zahlen in kürze sollen recht gut sein und die banken erhöhen nun doch deutlich ihre kursziele auf über 700$ ....
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Ich hatte Google am 11.07.07 auf meine Empfehlungsliste genommen und mit 543 gekauft mit einem Kursziel von 625 aber ich bleibe wohl noch dabei denke die Aktie hat durchaus noch etwas Potenzial auch wenn ich sicherlich vor 700 geben werde.
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Google Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 18, 2007 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.
"We are very pleased with the impressive growth we experienced across our business," said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. "Our core search advertising business experienced continued momentum driven by growth in monetization and traffic, and we are creating a wider and deeper ads system through our focus on innovation, bringing more ad formats to our advertisers. Our efforts to offer more products and services in international markets as well as effectively grow our technology infrastructure and add to our deep talent base during the quarter helped to deliver growth by enabling Google to reach more users around the world."
Q3 Financial Summary
Google reported revenues of $4.23 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, an increase of 57% compared to the third quarter of 2006 and an increase of 9% compared to the second quarter of 2007. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs, or TAC. In the third quarter of 2007, TAC totaled $1.22 billion, or 29% of advertising revenues.
Google reports operating income, net income, and earnings per share (EPS) on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. The non-GAAP measures, as well as free cash flow, an alternative non-GAAP measure of liquidity, are described below and are reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measures in the accompanying financial tables.
* GAAP operating income for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.32 billion, or 31% of revenues. This compares to GAAP operating income of $1.10 billion, or 29% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP operating income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.52 billion, or 36% of revenues. This compares to non-GAAP operating income of $1.35 billion, or 35% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007.
* GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.07 billion as compared to $925 million in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP net income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.24 billion, compared to $1.12 billion in the second quarter of 2007.
* GAAP EPS for the third quarter of 2007 was $3.38 on 317 million diluted shares outstanding, compared to $2.93 for the second quarter of 2007 on 315 million diluted shares outstanding. Non-GAAP EPS in the third quarter of 2007 was $3.91, compared to $3.56 in the second quarter of 2007.
* Non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP EPS are computed net of stock-based compensation (SBC). In the third quarter of 2007, the charge related to SBC was $198 million as compared to $242 million in the second quarter of 2007. Tax benefits related to SBC have also been excluded from these non-GAAP measures. The tax benefit related to SBC was $31 million in the third quarter of 2007 and $43 million in the second quarter of 2007. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to GAAP operating income, operating margin, net income, and EPS are included at the end of this release.
Q3 Financial Highlights
Revenues - Google reported revenues of $4.23 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, representing a 57% increase over third quarter 2006 revenues of $2.69 billion and a 9% increase over second quarter 2007 revenues of $3.87 billion. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting TAC.
Google Sites Revenues - Google-owned sites generated revenues of $2.73 billion, or 65% of total revenues, in the third quarter of 2007. This represents a 68% increase over third quarter 2006 revenues of $1.63 billion and a 10% increase over second quarter 2007 revenues of $2.49 billion.
Google Network Revenues - Google's partner sites generated revenues, through AdSense programs, of $1.45 billion, or 34% of total revenues, in the third quarter of 2007. This represents a 40% increase over network revenues of $1.04 billion generated in the third quarter of 2006 and an 8% increase over second quarter 2007 revenues of $1.35 billion.
International Revenues - Revenues from outside of the United States totaled $2.03 billion, representing 48% of total revenues in the third quarter of 2007, compared to 44% in the third quarter of 2006 and 48% in the second quarter of 2007. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant from the second quarter of 2007 through the third quarter of 2007, our revenues in the third quarter of 2007 would have been $24 million lower. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant from the third quarter of 2006 through the third quarter of 2007, our revenues in the third quarter of 2007 would have been $121 million lower.
Revenues from the United Kingdom totaled $661 million, representing 16% of revenue in the third quarter of 2007, compared to 16% in the third quarter of 2006 and 15% in the second quarter of 2007.
Paid Clicks - Aggregate paid clicks, which include clicks related to ads served on Google sites and the sites of our AdSense partners, increased approximately 45% over the third quarter of 2006 and approximately 5% over the second quarter of 2007.
TAC - Traffic Acquisition Costs, the portion of revenues shared with Google's partners, increased to $1.22 billion in the third quarter of 2007. This compares to TAC of $1.15 billion in the second quarter of 2007. TAC as a percentage of advertising revenues was 29% in the third quarter, compared to 30% in the second quarter of 2007.
The majority of TAC expense is related to amounts ultimately paid to our AdSense partners, which totaled $1.12 billion in the third quarter of 2007. TAC is also related to amounts ultimately paid to certain distribution partners and others who direct traffic to our website, which totaled $105 million in the third quarter of 2007.
Other Cost of Revenues - Other cost of revenues, which is comprised primarily of data center operational expenses, credit card processing charges as well as content acquisition costs, increased to $441 million, or 10% of revenues, in the third quarter of 2007, compared to $412 million, or 11% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007.
Operating Expenses - Operating expenses, other than cost of revenues, were $1.25 billion in the third quarter of 2007, or 30% of revenues, compared to $1.21 billion in the second quarter of 2007, or 31% of revenues. The operating expenses in the third quarter of 2007 included $659 million in payroll-related and facilities expenses, compared to $625 million in the second quarter of 2007.
Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) - In the third quarter of 2007, the total charge related to SBC was $198 million as compared to $242 million in the second quarter of 2007. In the second quarter of 2007, we launched our employee transferable stock option (TSO) program and, in connection with this launch, incurred an SBC modification charge of $62 million.
We currently estimate stock-based compensation charges for grants to employees prior to October 1, 2007 to be approximately $801 million for 2007. This does not include expenses to be recognized related to employee stock awards that are granted after October 1, 2007 or non-employee stock awards that have been or may be granted. We currently anticipate that dilution related to all equity grants to employees will be at or below 2% this year.
Operating Income - GAAP operating income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.32 billion, or 31% of revenues. This compares to GAAP operating income of $1.10 billion, or 29% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP operating income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.52 billion, or 36% of revenues. This compares to non-GAAP operating income of $1.35 billion, or 35% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007.
Net Income - GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.07 billion as compared to $925 million in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP net income was $1.24 billion in the third quarter of 2007, compared to $1.12 billion in the second quarter of 2007. GAAP EPS for the third quarter of 2007 was $3.38 on 317 million diluted shares outstanding, compared to $2.93 for the second quarter of 2007, on 315 million diluted shares outstanding. Non-GAAP EPS for the third quarter of 2007 was $3.91, compared to $3.56 in the second quarter of 2007.
Income Taxes - Our effective tax rate was 27.3% for the third quarter of 2007 compared to 25.5% in the second quarter of 2007.
Cash Flow and Capital Expenditures - Net cash provided by operating activities for the third quarter of 2007 totaled $1.63 billion as compared to $1.23 billion for the second quarter of 2007. In the third quarter of 2007, capital expenditures were $553 million, the majority of which was related to IT infrastructure investments, including data centers, servers, and networking equipment. Free cash flow, an alternative non-GAAP measure of liquidity, is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. In the third quarter of 2007, free cash flow was $1.08 billion.
We expect to continue to make significant capital expenditures.
A reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities, the GAAP measure of liquidity, is included at the end of this release.
Cash - As of September 30, 2007, cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $13.1 billion.
On a worldwide basis, Google employed 15,916 full-time employees as of September 30, 2007, up from 13,786 full time employees as of June 30, 2007.
WEBCAST AND CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
A live audio webcast of Google's third quarter 2007 earnings release call will be available at http://investor.google.com/webcast.html. The call begins today at 1:30 PM (PT) / 4:30 PM (ET). This press release, the financial tables, as well as other supplemental information including the reconciliations of certain non-GAAP measures to their nearest comparable GAAP measures, are also available at that site. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 7:30 PM (ET) today through midnight Thursday, October 25, 2007 by calling 888-203-1112 in the United States or 719-457-0820 for calls from outside the United States. The required confirmation code for the replay is 2070643.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on information available to us as of the date of this press release and our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include statements relating to our expected stock-based compensation charges, the expected dilution related to equity grants to our employees, and our plans to make significant capital expenditures. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include, among others, unforeseen changes in our hiring patterns, the amount of stock-based compensation we issue to our service providers, our need to expend capital to accommodate the growth of the business, as well as those risks and uncertainties included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, which is on file with the SEC and is available on our investor relations website at investor.google.com and on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in our report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, which will be filed with the SEC in November 2007. All information provided in this release and in the attachments is as of October 18, 2007, and should not be unduly relied on because Google undertakes no duty to update this information.
ABOUT NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which statements are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP EPS and free cash flow. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned "Reconciliations of non-GAAP results of operations measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures" and "Reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow" included at the end of this release.
We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain expenses and expenditures that may not be indicative of our "recurring core business operating results," meaning our operating performance excluding not only non-cash charges, such as stock-based compensation, but also discrete cash charges that are infrequent in nature. We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to our historical performance and liquidity as well as comparisons to our competitors' operating results. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business.
Non-GAAP operating income and operating margin. We define non-GAAP operating income as operating income plus stock-based compensation. Non-GAAP operating margin is defined as non-GAAP operating income divided by revenues. Google considers these non-GAAP financial measures to be useful metrics for management and investors because they exclude the effect of stock-based compensation so that Google's management and investors can compare Google's recurring core business operating results over multiple periods. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types that companies can use under FAS 123R, Google's management believes that providing a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes stock-based compensation allows investors to make meaningful comparisons between Google's recurring core business operating results and those of other companies, as well as providing Google's management with an important tool for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating Google's own recurring core business operating results over different periods of time. There are a number of limitations related to the use of non-GAAP operating income versus operating income calculated in accordance with GAAP. First, non-GAAP operating income excludes some costs, namely, stock-based compensation, that are recurring. Stock-based compensation has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in Google's business. Second, stock-based compensation is an important part of our employees' compensation and impacts their performance. Third, the components of the costs that we exclude in our calculation of non-GAAP operating income may differ from the components that our peer companies exclude when they report their results of operations. Management compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from non-GAAP operating income and evaluating non-GAAP operating income together with operating income calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Non-GAAP net income and EPS. We define non-GAAP net income as net income plus stock-based compensation, less the related tax effects. We define non-GAAP EPS as non-GAAP net income divided by the weighted average shares, on a fully-diluted basis, outstanding as of September 30, 2007. We consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be a useful metric for management and investors for the same reasons that Google uses non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin. However, in order to provide a complete picture of our recurring core business operating results, we exclude from non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS the tax effects associated with stock-based compensation. Without excluding these tax effects, investors would only see the gross effect that excluding these expenses had on our operating results. The same limitations described above regarding Google's use of non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin apply to our use of non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS. Management compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS and evaluating non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS together with net income and EPS calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Free cash flow. We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures. We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business that, after the acquisition of property and equipment, including information technology infrastructure and land and buildings, can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in our business, making strategic acquisitions and strengthening the balance sheet. Analysis of free cash flow also facilitates management's comparisons of our operating results to competitors' operating results. A limitation of using free cash flow versus the GAAP measure of net cash provided by operating activities as a means for evaluating Google is that free cash flow does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance from operations for the period since it excludes cash used for capital expenditures during the period. Our management compensates for this limitation by providing information about our capital expenditures on the face of the cash flow statement and under Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Form 10-Q. Google has computed free cash flow using the same consistent method from quarter to quarter and year to year.
The accompanying tables have more details on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliations between these financial measures.
Investor Contact:
Maria Shim
650-253-7663
marias@google.com Media Contact:
Jon Murchinson
650-253-4437
jonm@google.com
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Google Announces Third Quarter 2007 Results
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 18, 2007 - Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2007.
"We are very pleased with the impressive growth we experienced across our business," said Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google. "Our core search advertising business experienced continued momentum driven by growth in monetization and traffic, and we are creating a wider and deeper ads system through our focus on innovation, bringing more ad formats to our advertisers. Our efforts to offer more products and services in international markets as well as effectively grow our technology infrastructure and add to our deep talent base during the quarter helped to deliver growth by enabling Google to reach more users around the world."
Q3 Financial Summary
Google reported revenues of $4.23 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, an increase of 57% compared to the third quarter of 2006 and an increase of 9% compared to the second quarter of 2007. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting traffic acquisition costs, or TAC. In the third quarter of 2007, TAC totaled $1.22 billion, or 29% of advertising revenues.
Google reports operating income, net income, and earnings per share (EPS) on a GAAP and non-GAAP basis. The non-GAAP measures, as well as free cash flow, an alternative non-GAAP measure of liquidity, are described below and are reconciled to the corresponding GAAP measures in the accompanying financial tables.
* GAAP operating income for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.32 billion, or 31% of revenues. This compares to GAAP operating income of $1.10 billion, or 29% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP operating income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.52 billion, or 36% of revenues. This compares to non-GAAP operating income of $1.35 billion, or 35% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007.
* GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.07 billion as compared to $925 million in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP net income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.24 billion, compared to $1.12 billion in the second quarter of 2007.
* GAAP EPS for the third quarter of 2007 was $3.38 on 317 million diluted shares outstanding, compared to $2.93 for the second quarter of 2007 on 315 million diluted shares outstanding. Non-GAAP EPS in the third quarter of 2007 was $3.91, compared to $3.56 in the second quarter of 2007.
* Non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, and non-GAAP EPS are computed net of stock-based compensation (SBC). In the third quarter of 2007, the charge related to SBC was $198 million as compared to $242 million in the second quarter of 2007. Tax benefits related to SBC have also been excluded from these non-GAAP measures. The tax benefit related to SBC was $31 million in the third quarter of 2007 and $43 million in the second quarter of 2007. Reconciliations of non-GAAP measures to GAAP operating income, operating margin, net income, and EPS are included at the end of this release.
Q3 Financial Highlights
Revenues - Google reported revenues of $4.23 billion for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, representing a 57% increase over third quarter 2006 revenues of $2.69 billion and a 9% increase over second quarter 2007 revenues of $3.87 billion. Google reports its revenues, consistent with GAAP, on a gross basis without deducting TAC.
Google Sites Revenues - Google-owned sites generated revenues of $2.73 billion, or 65% of total revenues, in the third quarter of 2007. This represents a 68% increase over third quarter 2006 revenues of $1.63 billion and a 10% increase over second quarter 2007 revenues of $2.49 billion.
Google Network Revenues - Google's partner sites generated revenues, through AdSense programs, of $1.45 billion, or 34% of total revenues, in the third quarter of 2007. This represents a 40% increase over network revenues of $1.04 billion generated in the third quarter of 2006 and an 8% increase over second quarter 2007 revenues of $1.35 billion.
International Revenues - Revenues from outside of the United States totaled $2.03 billion, representing 48% of total revenues in the third quarter of 2007, compared to 44% in the third quarter of 2006 and 48% in the second quarter of 2007. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant from the second quarter of 2007 through the third quarter of 2007, our revenues in the third quarter of 2007 would have been $24 million lower. Had foreign exchange rates remained constant from the third quarter of 2006 through the third quarter of 2007, our revenues in the third quarter of 2007 would have been $121 million lower.
Revenues from the United Kingdom totaled $661 million, representing 16% of revenue in the third quarter of 2007, compared to 16% in the third quarter of 2006 and 15% in the second quarter of 2007.
Paid Clicks - Aggregate paid clicks, which include clicks related to ads served on Google sites and the sites of our AdSense partners, increased approximately 45% over the third quarter of 2006 and approximately 5% over the second quarter of 2007.
TAC - Traffic Acquisition Costs, the portion of revenues shared with Google's partners, increased to $1.22 billion in the third quarter of 2007. This compares to TAC of $1.15 billion in the second quarter of 2007. TAC as a percentage of advertising revenues was 29% in the third quarter, compared to 30% in the second quarter of 2007.
The majority of TAC expense is related to amounts ultimately paid to our AdSense partners, which totaled $1.12 billion in the third quarter of 2007. TAC is also related to amounts ultimately paid to certain distribution partners and others who direct traffic to our website, which totaled $105 million in the third quarter of 2007.
Other Cost of Revenues - Other cost of revenues, which is comprised primarily of data center operational expenses, credit card processing charges as well as content acquisition costs, increased to $441 million, or 10% of revenues, in the third quarter of 2007, compared to $412 million, or 11% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007.
Operating Expenses - Operating expenses, other than cost of revenues, were $1.25 billion in the third quarter of 2007, or 30% of revenues, compared to $1.21 billion in the second quarter of 2007, or 31% of revenues. The operating expenses in the third quarter of 2007 included $659 million in payroll-related and facilities expenses, compared to $625 million in the second quarter of 2007.
Stock-Based Compensation (SBC) - In the third quarter of 2007, the total charge related to SBC was $198 million as compared to $242 million in the second quarter of 2007. In the second quarter of 2007, we launched our employee transferable stock option (TSO) program and, in connection with this launch, incurred an SBC modification charge of $62 million.
We currently estimate stock-based compensation charges for grants to employees prior to October 1, 2007 to be approximately $801 million for 2007. This does not include expenses to be recognized related to employee stock awards that are granted after October 1, 2007 or non-employee stock awards that have been or may be granted. We currently anticipate that dilution related to all equity grants to employees will be at or below 2% this year.
Operating Income - GAAP operating income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.32 billion, or 31% of revenues. This compares to GAAP operating income of $1.10 billion, or 29% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP operating income in the third quarter of 2007 was $1.52 billion, or 36% of revenues. This compares to non-GAAP operating income of $1.35 billion, or 35% of revenues, in the second quarter of 2007.
Net Income - GAAP net income for the third quarter of 2007 was $1.07 billion as compared to $925 million in the second quarter of 2007. Non-GAAP net income was $1.24 billion in the third quarter of 2007, compared to $1.12 billion in the second quarter of 2007. GAAP EPS for the third quarter of 2007 was $3.38 on 317 million diluted shares outstanding, compared to $2.93 for the second quarter of 2007, on 315 million diluted shares outstanding. Non-GAAP EPS for the third quarter of 2007 was $3.91, compared to $3.56 in the second quarter of 2007.
Income Taxes - Our effective tax rate was 27.3% for the third quarter of 2007 compared to 25.5% in the second quarter of 2007.
Cash Flow and Capital Expenditures - Net cash provided by operating activities for the third quarter of 2007 totaled $1.63 billion as compared to $1.23 billion for the second quarter of 2007. In the third quarter of 2007, capital expenditures were $553 million, the majority of which was related to IT infrastructure investments, including data centers, servers, and networking equipment. Free cash flow, an alternative non-GAAP measure of liquidity, is defined as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures. In the third quarter of 2007, free cash flow was $1.08 billion.
We expect to continue to make significant capital expenditures.
A reconciliation of free cash flow to net cash provided by operating activities, the GAAP measure of liquidity, is included at the end of this release.
Cash - As of September 30, 2007, cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities were $13.1 billion.
On a worldwide basis, Google employed 15,916 full-time employees as of September 30, 2007, up from 13,786 full time employees as of June 30, 2007.
WEBCAST AND CONFERENCE CALL INFORMATION
A live audio webcast of Google's third quarter 2007 earnings release call will be available at http://investor.google.com/webcast.html. The call begins today at 1:30 PM (PT) / 4:30 PM (ET). This press release, the financial tables, as well as other supplemental information including the reconciliations of certain non-GAAP measures to their nearest comparable GAAP measures, are also available at that site. A replay of the call will be available beginning at 7:30 PM (ET) today through midnight Thursday, October 25, 2007 by calling 888-203-1112 in the United States or 719-457-0820 for calls from outside the United States. The required confirmation code for the replay is 2070643.
FORWARD LOOKING STATEMENTS
This press release contains forward-looking statements that are based on information available to us as of the date of this press release and our current expectations, forecasts and assumptions, and involve risks and uncertainties. These statements include statements relating to our expected stock-based compensation charges, the expected dilution related to equity grants to our employees, and our plans to make significant capital expenditures. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include, among others, unforeseen changes in our hiring patterns, the amount of stock-based compensation we issue to our service providers, our need to expend capital to accommodate the growth of the business, as well as those risks and uncertainties included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations," in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2007, which is on file with the SEC and is available on our investor relations website at investor.google.com and on the SEC website at http://www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in our report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2007, which will be filed with the SEC in November 2007. All information provided in this release and in the attachments is as of October 18, 2007, and should not be unduly relied on because Google undertakes no duty to update this information.
ABOUT NON-GAAP FINANCIAL MEASURES
To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which statements are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use the following non-GAAP financial measures: non-GAAP operating income, non-GAAP operating margin, non-GAAP net income, non-GAAP EPS and free cash flow. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP. For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned "Reconciliations of non-GAAP results of operations measures to the nearest comparable GAAP measures" and "Reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow" included at the end of this release.
We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. Our management believes that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain expenses and expenditures that may not be indicative of our "recurring core business operating results," meaning our operating performance excluding not only non-cash charges, such as stock-based compensation, but also discrete cash charges that are infrequent in nature. We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting and analyzing future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to our historical performance and liquidity as well as comparisons to our competitors' operating results. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business.
Non-GAAP operating income and operating margin. We define non-GAAP operating income as operating income plus stock-based compensation. Non-GAAP operating margin is defined as non-GAAP operating income divided by revenues. Google considers these non-GAAP financial measures to be useful metrics for management and investors because they exclude the effect of stock-based compensation so that Google's management and investors can compare Google's recurring core business operating results over multiple periods. Because of varying available valuation methodologies, subjective assumptions and the variety of award types that companies can use under FAS 123R, Google's management believes that providing a non-GAAP financial measure that excludes stock-based compensation allows investors to make meaningful comparisons between Google's recurring core business operating results and those of other companies, as well as providing Google's management with an important tool for financial and operational decision making and for evaluating Google's own recurring core business operating results over different periods of time. There are a number of limitations related to the use of non-GAAP operating income versus operating income calculated in accordance with GAAP. First, non-GAAP operating income excludes some costs, namely, stock-based compensation, that are recurring. Stock-based compensation has been and will continue to be for the foreseeable future a significant recurring expense in Google's business. Second, stock-based compensation is an important part of our employees' compensation and impacts their performance. Third, the components of the costs that we exclude in our calculation of non-GAAP operating income may differ from the components that our peer companies exclude when they report their results of operations. Management compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from non-GAAP operating income and evaluating non-GAAP operating income together with operating income calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Non-GAAP net income and EPS. We define non-GAAP net income as net income plus stock-based compensation, less the related tax effects. We define non-GAAP EPS as non-GAAP net income divided by the weighted average shares, on a fully-diluted basis, outstanding as of September 30, 2007. We consider these non-GAAP financial measures to be a useful metric for management and investors for the same reasons that Google uses non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin. However, in order to provide a complete picture of our recurring core business operating results, we exclude from non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS the tax effects associated with stock-based compensation. Without excluding these tax effects, investors would only see the gross effect that excluding these expenses had on our operating results. The same limitations described above regarding Google's use of non-GAAP operating income and non-GAAP operating margin apply to our use of non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS. Management compensates for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS and evaluating non-GAAP net income and non-GAAP EPS together with net income and EPS calculated in accordance with GAAP.
Free cash flow. We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities minus capital expenditures. We consider free cash flow to be a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business that, after the acquisition of property and equipment, including information technology infrastructure and land and buildings, can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in our business, making strategic acquisitions and strengthening the balance sheet. Analysis of free cash flow also facilitates management's comparisons of our operating results to competitors' operating results. A limitation of using free cash flow versus the GAAP measure of net cash provided by operating activities as a means for evaluating Google is that free cash flow does not represent the total increase or decrease in the cash balance from operations for the period since it excludes cash used for capital expenditures during the period. Our management compensates for this limitation by providing information about our capital expenditures on the face of the cash flow statement and under Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations in our Form 10-Q. Google has computed free cash flow using the same consistent method from quarter to quarter and year to year.
The accompanying tables have more details on the GAAP financial measures that are most directly comparable to non-GAAP financial measures and the related reconciliations between these financial measures.
Investor Contact:
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650-253-7663
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Condensed Consolidated Balance Sheets
(in thousands)
December 31,
2006 *
September 30,
2007
(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents $ 3,544,671 $ 5,106,404
Marketable securities 7,699,243 7,980,941
Accounts receivable, net of allowance 1,322,340 1,887,860
Deferred income taxes, net 29,713 87,963
Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets 443,880 670,593
Total current assets 13,039,847 15,733,761
Prepaid revenue share, expenses and other assets, non-current 114,455 170,069
Deferred income taxes, net, non-current - 37,219
Non-marketable equity securities 1,031,850 1,048,138
Property and equipment, net 2,395,239 3,588,814
Intangible assets, net 346,841 485,252
Goodwill 1,545,119 2,277,397
Total assets $ 18,473,351
$ 23,340,650
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable $ 211,169 $ 231,883
Accrued compensation and benefits 351,671 496,073
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities 266,247 400,889
Accrued revenue share 370,364 507,693
Deferred revenue 105,136 146,129
Total current liabilities 1,304,587 1,782,667
Deferred revenue, long-term 20,006 23,676
Deferred income taxes, net 40,421 -
Income taxes payable, long-term - 406,555
Other long-term liabilities 68,497 90,981
Stockholders' equity:
Common stock 309 312
Additional paid-in capital 11,882,906 12,831,437
Accumulated other comprehensive income 23,311 81,544
Retained earnings 5,133,314 8,123,478
Total stockholders' equity 17,039,840 21,036,771
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity $ 18,473,351
$ 23,340,650*Derived from audited financial statements.
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