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Jan 31, 2007 4:33 pm US/Eastern
Google 4Q Earnings Nearly Triple
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ―
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Google said Wednesday that it earned $1.03 billion, or $3.29 per share, during the final three months of 2006.
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Google Inc.'s fourth-quarter profit nearly tripled amid another burst of breathtaking growth that enabled the online search leader to sprint past analyst expectations — a habit that has helped propel its stock price above $500.
The Mountain View-based company said Wednesday that it earned $1.03 billion, or $3.29 per share, during the final three months of 2006. That compared with net income of $372.2 million, or $1.22 per share, at the same time in 2005.
If not for expenses for employee stock compensation and gains from tax benefits, Google said it would have earned $3.18 per share. That figure easily exceeded the average analyst estimate of $2.92 per share among analysts surveyed by Thomson Financial
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