Despite itself, Google good for stocks
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SAN FRANCISCO (CBS.MW) -- Forget the fact that the new definition of the verb &quot;to google&quot; is: to blow an otherwise foolproof deal; or to miscalculate with extreme hubris.
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Contrary to some published views, the Dutch auction process of Google&#39;s initial public offering (IPO) last week was a success for the internet search engine and its investors despite being undertaken in a &quot;horrendous&quot; market, a legal commentator has
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As the stock prices of companies like Google and eBay soar, happy days are here again for the Internet analyst.
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A stock doesn't have to be loved to outperform.
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When Google (GOOG:Nasdaq - news - research) went public, its leaders announced that the company was happy to pursue major projects with an uncertain financial payoff.
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Google's valuation isn't just fair -- it's downright cheap.
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Google Inc.&#39;s stumbles shouldn&#39;t be used to write off the idea of employing auctions to sell stock to the public. Certainly, the initial public offering of the Internet search
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Profits pumped 46 per cent Google still has a knack for wowing Wall Street.â¦
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The stock is oversold and even the worst-case scenario doesn't look too bad.
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A great company doesn't necessarily translate into a great stock to own.
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Since its IPO back in August, the search engine Google has seen its shares rise over 70% in a little over two months. Google shares closed Tuesday at $147.
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Investors who got in on the ground floor of Google Inc.&#39;s public stock offering might be tempted to pop some champagne corks right about now.
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SAN JOSE, California --On the cusp of its voyage into public trading, Google&#39;s initial stock price was set at $85 and its market value calculated at $23 billion--less than originally expected, but still impressive for a 6-year-old dot-com ...
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Microsoft made almost $3 billion in profit in the past quarter, but it was Google that captured investors&#39; fancy yesterday. The current and former Wall Street darlings reported their earnings after the stock
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(InfoWorld) - With U.S. markets closing for Thanksgiving, Google Inc.'s skyrocketing share price andÂ Dell Inc.'s earnings report are ending the fall trading season on a high note. Both developments, which pushed the Nasdaq Composite Index to rise 11.14 points and close at 2465.98 before the Thanksgiving break, highlight positive underlying trends but are shadowed by questions about long-term profits. Google (ticker symbol: GOOG), breaking the US$500 share-price mark Tuesday and staying above the magic number until Thanksgiving, has a market value greater than any media company and all IT companies except for Microsoft Corp. and Cisco Systems Inc. Google's lead in online search helps it grab a lion's share of online advertising revenue. Earlier this month, the Interactive Advertising Bureau (IAB) and PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP (PwC) reported that companies spent about $4.2 billion on online ads in the third quarter, as the market grew for the eighth consecutive quarter. But what happens when that growth inevitably slows? Google, expected to generate $2.8 billion in profit this year, is spending enough on R&D to defend its search turf and challenge Microsoft and other software developers in a new generation of Internet-based applications. It is hiring developers at a dizzying rate, and there's no doubt its young talent is generating a wealth of ideas. Most analysts polled by Thomson First Call expect shares to go higher still. Meanwhile, analysts applauded Dell's earnings report, issued Tuesday: Research firm Bear Stearns immediately boosted its rating from "peer perform" to "outperform" while Needham & Co. upped its rating from "hold" to "buy." Shares of Dell (DELL) jumped by $2.31, to close Wednesday at $27.13 Dell said third-quarter net income was $677 million and earnings per share were $0.30. This compares with a profit of $606 million last year, and earlier expectations of $0.24 per share, according to a survey by Thomson Financial. At first blush, the earnings look great. Dell's gross profit margin increased to 17 percent from 15.5 percent in its disastrous second quarter. Following Hewlett-Packard Co.'s tremendous report last week, when it said it quadrupled quarterly profit, this suggests that manufacturers may not have to rely on deep discounts going forward. Dell pointed to strong sales of servers based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. chips, suggesting that the hardware market is invigorated by competition with Intel Corp. But Dell is under investigation by the U.S. Securities Exchange Commission for possible accounting misstatements. It still has not submitted a confirmed, official earnings report. The quarter's figures, as well as prior-quarter numbers, may be restated. Also, while Dell may be doing well in the server market, its notebook sales are not rising as fast as the market in general, and HP notebook sales growth is outpacing Dell's. Adding insult to injury, HP has overtaken Dell in PC sales. So while the hardware market is doing better than expected earlier this year, the spoils may not be evenly divided. Â
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Google has a tremendous amount of power, and it grows daily.  Here's what the company should do to guard against its best (and worst) intentions.
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Shares of Google are on the way up again on their second day of trading, as interest in its flotation continues unabated.