Google parent's shares fall back as revenue disappoints

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Alphabet's first numbers of 2019 disappoint investors as revenue growth misses Wall St estimates despite cloud and search wins.

Shares in Google parent firm Alphabet fell back from record highs in after-hours deals after its latest revenue figures fell short of estimates.

Analysts cited revenue and operating margin statistics covering the tech firm's first quarter for the stock decline of more than 6% in the hour after the results were divulged. The company said total revenue was up 17% - the slowest rate for three years - at $36.34bn in the first three months of the year compared to the same period in 2018.

The market was forecasting a total of $37.3bn, according to financial technology specialists Refinitiv and experts said any miss was likely to be punished when shares - up more than 23% in the year to date - were trading at record highs.Alphabet shares are more than 23 per cent higher in the year to date, giving the firm a record market value of almost 890bn dollars

Alphabet had a market value of almost $890bn when trading on the regular market concluded - up 1.5% on the day in anticipation of a strong set of numbers following the likes of Facebook and

 

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