Q3 Press release

Alphabet Announces Third Quarter 2021 Results

MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - October 26, 2021 - Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter ended September 30, 2021.

Sundar Pichai, CEO of Alphabet and Google, said: "Five years ago, I laid out our vision to become an AI-first company. This quarter's results show how our investments there are enabling us to build more helpful products for people and our partners. Ongoing improvements to Search, and the new Pixel 6, are great examples. And as the digital transformation and shift to hybrid work continue, our Cloud services are helping organizations collaborate and stay secure."

Ruth Porat, CFO of Alphabet and Google, said: "Our consistent investments to support long-term growth are reflected in strong financial performance, with revenues of $65.1 billion in the quarter. We continued to deliver across our business by providing helpful and valuable experiences for both consumers and our partners."

Q3 2021 financial highlights

The following table summarizes our consolidated financial results for the quarters ended September 30, 2020 and 2021 (in millions, except for per share information and percentages; unaudited).

	Quarter Ended September 30,
		2020		2021
Revenues	$	46,173	$	65,118
Increase in revenues year over year		14 %		41 %
Increase in constant currency revenues year over year(1)		15 %		39 %
Operating income	$	11,213	$	21,031
Operating margin		24 %		32 %
Other income (expense), net	$	2,146	$	2,033
Net income	$	11,247	$	18,936
Diluted EPS	$	16.40	$	27.99

1. Non-GAAPmeasure. See the table captioned "Reconciliation from GAAP revenues to non-GAAP constant currency revenues" for more details.

Q3 2021 supplemental information (in millions, except for number of employees; unaudited)

Revenues, Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC) and number of employees
	Quarter Ended September 30,
		2020			2021
Google Search & other	$	26,338	$	37,926
YouTube ads		5,037			7,205
Google Network		5,720			7,999
Google advertising		37,095			53,130
Google other		5,478			6,754
Google Services total		42,573			59,884
Google Cloud		3,444			4,990
Other Bets		178			182
Hedging gains (losses)		(22)			62
Total revenues	$	46,173	$	65,118
Total TAC	$	8,166	$	11,498
Number of employees		132,121			150,028
Segment Operating Results
	Quarter Ended September 30,
		2020			2021
Operating income (loss):
Google Services	$	14,453	$	23,973
Google Cloud		(1,208)			(644)
Other Bets		(1,103)			(1,288)
Corporate costs, unallocated		(929)			(1,010)
Total income from operations	$	11,213	$	21,031

Change in the useful lives of our server and network equipment (unaudited)

In January 2021, we completed an assessment of the useful lives of our servers and network equipment and adjusted the estimated useful life of our servers from three years to four years and the estimated useful life of certain network equipment from three years to five years. This change in accounting estimate was effective beginning in fiscal year 2021, and the effect for the three and nine months ended September 30, 2021, respectively, was a reduction in depreciation expense of $591 million and $2.1 billion and an increase in net income of $460 million and $1.7 billion, or $0.69 and $2.50 per basic share and $0.68 and $2.46 per diluted share.

Share Repurchases (unaudited)

During the three months ended September 30, 2021, we repurchased and subsequently retired 4.6 million aggregate shares for $12.6 billion, consisting of 0.5 million shares or $1.5 billion of Class A stock and 4.1 million shares or $11.1 billion of Class C stock.

Webcast and conference call information

A live audio webcast of our third quarter 2021 earnings release call will be available on YouTube at https://youtu.be/ mw05JQ0HYAs. The call begins today at 1:30 PM (PT) / 4:30 PM (ET). This press release, including the reconciliations of certain non-GAAP measures to their nearest comparable GAAP measures, is also available at http://abc.xyz/investor.

We also provide announcements regarding our financial performance, including SEC filings, investor events, press and earnings releases, and blogs, on our investor relations website (http://abc.xyz/investor).

We also share Google news and product updates on Google's Keyword blog at https://www.blog.google/, which may be of interest or material to our investors.

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Forward-looking statements

This press release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted, and reported results should not be considered as an indication of future performance. The potential risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ from the results predicted include, among others, those risks and uncertainties included under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in our Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2020 and our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended June 30, 2021, which are on file with the SEC and are available on our investor relations website at http://abc.xyz/investor and on the SEC website at www.sec.gov. Additional information will also be set forth in our Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2021. All information provided in this release and in the attachments is as of October 26, 2021. Undue reliance should not be placed on the forward-looking statements in this press release, which are based on information available to us on the date hereof. We undertake no duty to update this information unless required by law.

About non-GAAP financial measures

To supplement our consolidated financial statements, which are prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP, we use the following non-GAAP financial measures: free cash flow; constant currency revenues; and percentage change in constant currency revenues. The presentation of this financial information is not intended to be considered in isolation or as a substitute for, or superior to, the financial information prepared and presented in accordance with GAAP.

We use these non-GAAP financial measures for financial and operational decision-making and as a means to evaluate period-to-period comparisons. We believe that these non-GAAP financial measures provide meaningful supplemental information regarding our performance and liquidity by excluding certain items that may not be indicative of our recurring core business operating results, such as our revenues excluding the effect of foreign exchange rate movements and hedging activities. We believe that both management and investors benefit from referring to these non-GAAP financial measures in assessing our performance and when planning, forecasting, and analyzing future periods. These non-GAAP financial measures also facilitate management's internal comparisons to our historical performance and liquidity as well as comparisons to our competitors' operating results. We believe these non-GAAP financial measures are useful to investors both because (1) they allow for greater transparency with respect to key metrics used by management in its financial and operational decision-making and (2) they are used by our institutional investors and the analyst community to help them analyze the health of our business.

There are a number of limitations related to the use of non-GAAP financial measures. We compensate for these limitations by providing specific information regarding the GAAP amounts excluded from these non-GAAP financial measures and evaluating these non-GAAP financial measures together with their relevant financial measures in accordance with GAAP.

For more information on these non-GAAP financial measures, please see the tables captioned "Reconciliation from net cash provided by operating activities to free cash flow" and "Reconciliation from GAAP revenues to non-GAAP constant currency revenues" included at the end of this release.

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CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

(In millions, except share amounts which are reflected in thousands and par value per share amounts)

		As of			As of
				September
	December 31,
			30,
		2020			2021
					(unaudited)
Assets
Current assets:
Cash and cash equivalents	$	26,465	$	23,719
Marketable securities		110,229			118,284
Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities		136,694			142,003
Accounts receivable, net		30,930			34,047
Income taxes receivable, net		454			753
Inventory		728			1,278
Other current assets		5,490			6,029
Total current assets		174,296			184,110
Non-marketable investments		20,703			26,101
Deferred income taxes		1,084			1,195
Property and equipment, net		84,749			94,631
Operating lease assets		12,211			12,918
Intangible assets, net		1,445			1,549
Goodwill		21,175			22,623
Other non-current assets		3,953			4,276
Total assets	$	319,616		$	347,403
Liabilities and Stockholders' Equity
Current liabilities:
Accounts payable	$	5,589	$	4,616
Accrued compensation and benefits		11,086			12,170
Accrued expenses and other current liabilities		28,631			30,113
Accrued revenue share		7,500			7,745
Deferred revenue		2,543			2,968
Income taxes payable, net		1,485			4,170
Total current liabilities		56,834			61,782
Long-term debt		13,932			14,288
Deferred revenue, non-current		481			510
Income taxes payable, non-current		8,849			8,984
Deferred income taxes		3,561			3,551
Operating lease liabilities		11,146			11,471
Other long-term liabilities		2,269			2,250
Total liabilities		97,072			102,836
Contingencies
Stockholders' equity:
Convertible preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, 100,000 shares authorized; no		0			0
shares issued and outstanding
Class A and Class B common stock, and Class C capital stock and additional paid-in
capital, $0.001 par value per share: 15,000,000 shares authorized (Class A 9,000,000,
Class B 3,000,000, Class C 3,000,000); 675,222 (Class A 300,730, Class B 45,843, Class
C 328,649) and 664,682 (Class A 300,801, Class B 45,261, Class C 318,620) shares		58,510			61,193
issued and outstanding
Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss)		633			(408)
Retained earnings		163,401			183,782
Total stockholders' equity		222,544			244,567
Total liabilities and stockholders' equity	$	319,616		$	347,403

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CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME

(In millions, except share amounts which are reflected in thousands and per share amounts)

		Quarter Ended September 30,		Year To Date September 30,
		2020			2021			2020			2021
		(unaudited)				(unaudited)
Revenues	$	46,173	$	65,118	$	125,629	$	182,312
Costs and expenses:
Cost of revenues		21,117			27,621			58,652			77,951
Research and development		6,856			7,694			20,551			22,854
Sales and marketing		4,231			5,516			12,632			15,308
General and administrative		2,756			3,256			8,221			9,370
Total costs and expenses		34,960			44,087			100,056			125,483
Income from operations		11,213			21,031			25,573			56,829
Other income (expense), net		2,146			2,033			3,820			9,503
Income before income taxes		13,359			23,064			29,393			66,332
Provision for income taxes		2,112			4,128			4,351			10,941
Net income	$	11,247	$	18,936	$	25,042	$	55,391
Basic earnings per share of Class A and B common	$	16.55	$	28.44	$	36.69	$	82.76
stock and Class C capital stock
Diluted earnings per share of Class A and B common	$	16.40	$	27.99	$	36.38	$	81.53
stock and Class C capital stock
Number of shares used in basic earnings per share		679,449			665,758			682,561			669,312
calculation
Number of shares used in diluted earnings per share		685,851			676,519			688,381			679,401
calculation

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