Before the US stock market on February 2 (Wednesday), as of press time, Google (Google. US) rose 10.11% to $3036.23. According to the results of the fourth quarter of 2021 released by Google parent company alphabet, the revenue of Google parent company alphabet in the fourth quarter was US $75.325 billion, higher than the US $71.89 billion expected by analysts, and US $56.898 billion in the same period of last year, a year-on-year increase of 32%; The net profit was US $20.642 billion, compared with us $15.227 billion in the same period of last year, with a year-on-year increase of 36%, a record high; Diluted earnings per share was $30.69, higher than the expected $27.35, compared with $22.30 in the same period last year, a year-on-year increase of 37.6%.
Alphabet also announced on Tuesday that the board of directors has approved a 1:20 split of the company’s class A, class B and class c common shares. If the share split is approved, the shareholders holding shares at the closing on July 1, 2022 will obtain 19 shares at the closing on July 15, 2022.