Alphabet, Google’s parent company, and Microsoft both posted strong revenue growth in the third quarter, while Twitter swung to a loss, as the three tech companies released results late on Tuesday.
谷歌的母公司Alphabet和微软都公布了第三季度强劲的营收增长，而Twitter则转为亏损。这三家科技公司均在周二晚些时候发布了财报。
Alphabet
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Alphabet smashed Wall Street’s profit expectations in the third quarter, thanks to stronger-than-expected ad sales, though the Google parent fell short of expectations on revenue from its cloud computing division.
得益于强于预期的广告销售，Alphabet第三季度利润超出了华尔街的预期，尽管这家谷歌母公司的云计算部门的收入没有达到预期。
Revenue came in at $65.1bn, up 41 per cent year-on-year, and above analysts’ consensus estimates of $63.3bn.
Alphabet第三季度营收为651亿美元，同比增长41%，高于分析师一致预期的633亿美元。
Net income for the July-September period was up almost 70 per cent year-on-year at $18.9bn, beating estimates of $15.8bn. Earnings per share were $27.99.
今年7月至9月的净利润同比增长近70%，至189亿美元，超出了158亿美元的预期。每股盈利为27.99美元。
Alphabet earnings at a glance
Actual versus estimate
Revenue: $65.11bn vs $63.29bn
Net income: $18.94bn vs $15.77bn
Earnings per share: $27.99 vs $23.32
Source: S&P Capital IQ
Google’s advertising revenue were an apparent beneficiary of rebounding search traffic, which analysts have attributed in part to increased travel interest post-pandemic.
谷歌的广告收入明显受益于搜索流量的反弹，分析师将其部分归因于疫后出行兴趣的增加。
The company’s robust advertising business — which is somewhat shielded from Apple’s recent moves to limit data gathering, due to its own vast troves of personal data — posted revenue of $53.1bn. Within that, advertising revenue from YouTube came in at $7.2bn, up more than 40 per cent on the same period a year ago.
该公司强大的广告业务——由于其自身拥有大量的个人数据，在一定程度上避免了苹果最近限制数据收集的举措——公布收入为531亿美元。其中，YouTube的广告收入为72亿美元，同比增长逾40%。