Yahoo Profits Up But Revenue Falls Short Of Expectations & Stock Sinks

2010 July 20
by Michael H. Berkens

Yahoo Inc reported earnings after the market closed today for the second quarter ending June 30, 2010 (2Q).

Yahoo said its revenue in 2Q rose to $1.60 billion, a 2% increase from the 2Q of 2009

Yahoo’s net revenue, however was $1.13 billion, below the average analyst expectation of $1.16 billion.

Yahoo’s search business declined 8%year-over-year.  Analysts had been expecting search to be in the range of flat to down no more than 5%.

Yahoo said net income in the second quarter rose to $213.3 million, or 15 cents a share, from $141.4 million, or 10 cents a share in the year-earlier period.

Display advertising on Owned and Operated sites grew at  19% in 2Q 2010, compared to 2Q 2009.

Marketing services revenue from Affiliate sites were $557 million, a 7% increase.

Yahoo forecast a revenue range between $1.57 billion and $1.65 billion for the third quarter.

Yahoo said they expected traffic acquisition costs in the third quarter to range between 29% and 29.5% percent of revenue.

Shares of Yahoo stock are down over 7% or $1.00 a share on the news.

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