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_Published 2014-10-17. Google missed Wall Street expectations with its Thursday earnings report. The company reported $16.5 billion in revenue with earnings per share of $6.35. Analysts had been looking for $16.6 billion on $6.53 a share._


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## Transcript

Google missed Wall Street expectations with it's Thursday earnings report. The company reported $ 16. 5 billion in revenue, with earnings per share at $ 6. 35. Analysts had been looking for $ 16. 6 billion on $ 6. 53 a share. Paid clicks, a key measure of ad volume, rose 17 % against expectations of 22 % growth. That was the slowest growth rate in three years. In other words, says Giga Om. The revenue might still be growing, but it's less quickly than Wall Street would like. At the same time, though, the consumer move to mobile raises the question whether Google will be able to adapt over the long term, and keep growing its revenue while maintaining its profit margins.

They're kind of going through the same sort of transformation that Facebook went through a couple of years ago, as they try and. Make the shift from, you know, being largely a desktop product to, you know, an increasingly or even largely a mobile product. There's also no question Google is spending more of the money it brings in. Operating expenses are up. And it dropped $ 2. 65 billion. 14 % of quarterly revenue. On research and development for projects like driverless cars and delivery drones. If that means Google misses expectations on the quarter says TechCrunch. So be it. Building out new revenue streams, and investing in future products that won't monetize for some time isn't cheap.

Google shares were off following the news, dipping as much as five percent in afterhours trading. On Friday before markets opened though they were down less than one percent

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