8-K
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
UNITED STATES
SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
Washington, D.C. 20549
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FORM 8-K
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CURRENT REPORT
Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d) of
The Securities Exchange Act of 1934
Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported)
January 30, 2024
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ALPHABET INC.
(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)
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| Delaware | 001-37580 | 61-1767919 |
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| (State or other jurisdiction of incorporation) | (Commission File Number) | (IRS Employer Identification No.) |
1600 Amphitheatre Parkway
Mountain View, CA 94043
(Address of principal executive offices, including zip code)
(650) 253-0000
(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)
Not Applicable
(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)
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| Title of each class | Trading Symbol(s) | Name of each exchange on which registered | |||
| Class A Common Stock, $0.001 par value | GOOGL | Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | |||
| (Nasdaq Global Select Market) | |||||
| Class C Capital Stock, $0.001 par value | GOOG | Nasdaq Stock Market LLC | |||
| (Nasdaq Global Select Market) |
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Item 2.02. Results of Operations and Financial Condition.
On January 30, 2024, Alphabet Inc. (“Alphabet” or the “Company”) is issuing a press release and holding a conference call regarding its financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023. A copy of the press release is furnished as Exhibit 99.1 to this Current Report on Form 8-K.
This information shall not be deemed “filed” for purposes of Section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or incorporated by reference in any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, or the Exchange Act, except as shall be expressly set forth by specific reference in such a filing.
Alphabet is making reference to non-GAAP financial information in both the press release and the conference call. A reconciliation of these non-GAAP financial measures to the comparable GAAP financial measures is contained in the attached press release.
Item 9.01. Financial Statements and Exhibits.
(d)Exhibits
| Exhibit No. | Description |
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| 99.1 | Press release of Alphabet Inc. dated January 30, 2024 |
| 104 | Cover Page Interactive Data File (formatted as inline XBRL) |
SIGNATURE
Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.
| ALPHABET INC. | |
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| Date: January 30, 2024 | /s/ RUTH M. PORAT |
| Ruth M. Porat | |
| President and Chief Investment Officer; Chief Financial Officer |
Document
Exhibit 99.1
Alphabet Announces Fourth Quarter and Fiscal Year 2023 Results
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. – January 30, 2024 – Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG, GOOGL) today announced financial results for the quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2023.
Sundar Pichai, CEO, said: “We are pleased with the ongoing strength in Search and the growing contribution from YouTube and Cloud. Each of these is already benefiting from our AI investments and innovation. As we enter the Gemini era, the best is yet to come.”
Ruth Porat, President and Chief Investment Officer; CFO said: “We ended 2023 with very strong fourth quarter financial results, with Q4 consolidated revenues of $86 billion, up 13% year over year. We remain committed to our work to durably re-engineer our cost base as we invest to support our growth opportunities.”
Q4 2023 Financial Highlights
The following table summarizes our consolidated financial results for the quarters and years ended December 31, 2022 and 2023 (in millions, except for per share information and percentages).
| Quarter Ended December 31, | Year Ended<br>December 31, | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||||||
| Revenues | $ | 76,048 | $ | 86,310 | $ | 282,836 | $ | 307,394 | ||||
| Change in revenues year over year | 1 | % | 13 | % | 10 | % | 9 | % | ||||
| Change in constant currency revenues year over year(1) | 7 | % | 13 | % | 14 | % | 10 | % | ||||
| Operating income | $ | 18,160 | $ | 23,697 | $ | 74,842 | $ | 84,293 | ||||
| Operating margin | 24 | % | 27 | % | 26 | % | 27 | % | ||||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | (1,013) | $ | 715 | $ | (3,514) | $ | 1,424 | ||||
| Net income | $ | 13,624 | $ | 20,687 | $ | 59,972 | $ | 73,795 | ||||
| Diluted EPS | $ | 1.05 | $ | 1.64 | $ | 4.56 | $ | 5.80 |
(1) Non-GAAP measure. See the table captioned “Reconciliation from GAAP revenues to non-GAAP constant currency revenues and GAAP percentage change in revenues to non-GAAP percentage change in constant currency revenues” for more details.
Q4 2023 Supplemental Information (in millions, except for number of employees; unaudited)
Revenues, Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC), and Number of Employees
| Quarter Ended December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Google Search & other | $ | 42,604 | $ | 48,020 |
| YouTube ads | 7,963 | 9,200 | ||
| Google Network | 8,475 | 8,297 | ||
| Google advertising | 59,042 | 65,517 | ||
| Google subscriptions, platforms, and devices(1) | 8,796 | 10,794 | ||
| Google Services total | 67,838 | 76,311 | ||
| Google Cloud | 7,315 | 9,192 | ||
| Other Bets | 226 | 657 | ||
| Hedging gains (losses) | 669 | 150 | ||
| Total revenues | $ | 76,048 | $ | 86,310 |
| Total TAC | $ | 12,925 | $ | 13,986 |
| Number of employees | 190,234 | 182,502 |
(1) Formerly “Google other.”
Segment Operating Results
| Quarter Ended December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Operating income (loss): | ||||
| Google Services | $ | 20,222 | $ | 26,730 |
| Google Cloud | (186) | 864 | ||
| Other Bets | (1,237) | (863) | ||
| Alphabet-level activities(1) | (639) | (3,034) | ||
| Total income from operations | $ | 18,160 | $ | 23,697 |
(1)Formerly “corporate costs, unallocated.” In addition to the costs included in Alphabet-level activities, hedging gains (losses) related to revenue were $669 million and $150 million for the three months ended December 31, 2022 and 2023, respectively. For the quarter ended December 31, 2023, Alphabet-level activities included charges related to the reduction in force and our office space optimization efforts totaling $1.2 billion and $62 million in accelerated rent and accelerated depreciation.
Additional Information Relating to the Quarter Ended December 31, 2023 (unaudited)
Reductions in Our Workforce and Office Space
In January 2023, we announced a reduction of our workforce, and as a result we recorded employee severance and related charges of $2.1 billion for the twelve months ended December 31, 2023. In addition, we are taking actions to optimize our global office space. As a result, exit charges recorded during the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023, were $1.2 billion and $1.8 billion, respectively. In addition to these exit charges, for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023, we incurred $62 million and $269 million, respectively, in accelerated rent and accelerated depreciation.
Severance and office space exit charges are included within our consolidated statements of income as follows (in millions):
| Quarter Ended December 31, 2023 | Year Ended December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Severance and Related | Office Space | Total | Severance and Related | Office Space | Total | |||||||
| Cost of revenues | $ | 2 | $ | 235 | $ | 237 | $ | 479 | $ | 481 | $ | 960 |
| Research and development | 1 | 602 | 603 | 848 | 870 | 1,718 | ||||||
| Sales and marketing | 3 | 198 | 201 | 497 | 257 | 754 | ||||||
| General and administrative | 1 | 161 | 162 | 264 | 237 | 501 | ||||||
| Total charges | $ | 7 | $ | 1,196 | $ | 1,203 | $ | 2,088 | $ | 1,845 | $ | 3,933 |
For segment reporting, the substantial majority of these charges are included within Alphabet-level activities in our segment results.
Change in Useful Lives of Our Server and Network Equipment
In January 2023, we completed an assessment of the useful lives of our servers and network equipment and adjusted the estimated useful life of our servers from four years to six years and the estimated useful life of certain network equipment from five years to six years. This change in accounting estimate was effective beginning in fiscal year 2023, and the effect was a reduction in depreciation expense of $983 million and $3.9 billion and an increase in net income of $765 million and $3.0 billion, or $0.06 and $0.24 per basic and $0.06 and $0.24 per diluted share for the three and twelve months ended December 31, 2023, respectively.
Webcast and Conference Call Information
A live audio webcast of our fourth quarter 2023 earnings release call will be available on YouTube at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b4alwdVvn4Q. 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.
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, 2022 and our most recent Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q for the quarter ended September 30, 2023, 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 Annual Report on Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 2023, and may be set forth in other reports and filings we make with the SEC. All information provided in this release and in the attachments is as of January 30, 2024. 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, which are recognized at the consolidated level. 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 GAAP net cash provided by operating activities to non-GAAP free cash flow” and “Reconciliation from GAAP revenues to non-GAAP constant currency revenues and GAAP percentage change in revenues to non-GAAP percentage change in constant currency revenues” included at the end of this release.
Contact
| Investor relations | Media |
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| investor-relations@abc.xyz | press@abc.xyz |
Alphabet Inc.
CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS
(In millions, except par value per share amounts)
| As of December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | |||
| (unaudited) | ||||
| Assets | ||||
| Current assets: | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents | $ | 21,879 | $ | 24,048 |
| Marketable securities | 91,883 | 86,868 | ||
| Total cash, cash equivalents, and marketable securities | 113,762 | 110,916 | ||
| Accounts receivable, net | 40,258 | 47,964 | ||
| Other current assets | 10,775 | 12,650 | ||
| Total current assets | 164,795 | 171,530 | ||
| Non-marketable securities | 30,492 | 31,008 | ||
| Deferred income taxes | 5,261 | 12,169 | ||
| Property and equipment, net | 112,668 | 134,345 | ||
| Operating lease assets | 14,381 | 14,091 | ||
| Goodwill | 28,960 | 29,198 | ||
| Other non-current assets | 8,707 | 10,051 | ||
| Total assets | $ | 365,264 | $ | 402,392 |
| Liabilities and Stockholders’ Equity | ||||
| Current liabilities: | ||||
| Accounts payable | $ | 5,128 | $ | 7,493 |
| Accrued compensation and benefits | 14,028 | 15,140 | ||
| Accrued expenses and other current liabilities | 37,866 | 46,168 | ||
| Accrued revenue share | 8,370 | 8,876 | ||
| Deferred revenue | 3,908 | 4,137 | ||
| Total current liabilities | 69,300 | 81,814 | ||
| Long-term debt | 14,701 | 13,253 | ||
| Deferred revenue, non-current | 599 | 911 | ||
| Income taxes payable, non-current | 9,258 | 8,474 | ||
| Deferred income taxes | 514 | 485 | ||
| Operating lease liabilities | 12,501 | 12,460 | ||
| Other long-term liabilities | 2,247 | 1,616 | ||
| Total liabilities | 109,120 | 119,013 | ||
| Commitments and contingencies | ||||
| Stockholders’ equity: | ||||
| Preferred stock, $0.001 par value per share, 100 shares authorized; no shares issued and outstanding | 0 | 0 | ||
| Class A, Class B, and Class C stock and additional paid-in capital, $0.001 par value per share: 300,000 shares authorized (Class A 180,000, Class B 60,000, Class C 60,000); 12,849 (Class A 5,964, Class B 883, Class C 6,002) and 12,460 (Class A 5,899, Class B 870, Class C 5,691) shares issued and outstanding | 68,184 | 76,534 | ||
| Accumulated other comprehensive income (loss) | (7,603) | (4,402) | ||
| Retained earnings | 195,563 | 211,247 | ||
| Total stockholders’ equity | 256,144 | 283,379 | ||
| Total liabilities and stockholders’ equity | $ | 365,264 | $ | 402,392 |
Alphabet Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF INCOME
(In millions, except per share amounts)
| Quarter Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
| Revenues | $ | 76,048 | $ | 86,310 | $ | 282,836 | $ | 307,394 |
| Costs and expenses: | ||||||||
| Cost of revenues | 35,342 | 37,575 | 126,203 | 133,332 | ||||
| Research and development | 10,267 | 12,113 | 39,500 | 45,427 | ||||
| Sales and marketing | 7,183 | 7,719 | 26,567 | 27,917 | ||||
| General and administrative | 5,096 | 5,206 | 15,724 | 16,425 | ||||
| Total costs and expenses | 57,888 | 62,613 | 207,994 | 223,101 | ||||
| Income from operations | 18,160 | 23,697 | 74,842 | 84,293 | ||||
| Other income (expense), net | (1,013) | 715 | (3,514) | 1,424 | ||||
| Income before income taxes | 17,147 | 24,412 | 71,328 | 85,717 | ||||
| Provision for income taxes | 3,523 | 3,725 | 11,356 | 11,922 | ||||
| Net income | $ | 13,624 | $ | 20,687 | $ | 59,972 | $ | 73,795 |
| Basic earnings per share of Class A, Class B, and Class C stock | $ | 1.06 | $ | 1.66 | $ | 4.59 | $ | 5.84 |
| Diluted earnings per share of Class A, Class B, and Class C stock | $ | 1.05 | $ | 1.64 | $ | 4.56 | $ | 5.80 |
| Number of shares used in basic earnings per share calculation | 12,897 | 12,488 | 13,063 | 12,630 | ||||
| Number of shares used in diluted earnings per share calculation | 12,947 | 12,602 | 13,159 | 12,722 |
Alphabet Inc.
CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF CASH FLOWS
(In millions)
| Quarter Ended December 31, | Year Ended December 31, | |||||||
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| 2022 | 2023 | 2022 | 2023 | |||||
| (unaudited) | (unaudited) | |||||||
| Operating activities | ||||||||
| Net income | $ | 13,624 | $ | 20,687 | $ | 59,972 | $ | 73,795 |
| Adjustments: | ||||||||
| Depreciation of property and equipment | 3,602 | 3,316 | 13,475 | 11,946 | ||||
| Stock-based compensation expense | 5,100 | 5,659 | 19,362 | 22,460 | ||||
| Deferred income taxes | (1,924) | (1,670) | (8,081) | (7,763) | ||||
| (Gain) loss on debt and equity securities, net | 1,663 | (471) | 5,519 | 823 | ||||
| Other | 1,260 | 1,665 | 3,483 | 4,330 | ||||
| Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions: | ||||||||
| Accounts receivable, net | (4,615) | (6,518) | (2,317) | (7,833) | ||||
| Income taxes, net | 1,446 | (9,869) | 584 | 523 | ||||
| Other assets | (778) | 740 | (5,046) | (2,143) | ||||
| Accounts payable | (28) | 427 | 707 | 664 | ||||
| Accrued expenses and other liabilities | 3,424 | 4,317 | 3,915 | 3,937 | ||||
| Accrued revenue share | 577 | 797 | (445) | 482 | ||||
| Deferred revenue | 263 | (165) | 367 | 525 | ||||
| Net cash provided by operating activities | 23,614 | 18,915 | 91,495 | 101,746 | ||||
| Investing activities | ||||||||
| Purchases of property and equipment | (7,595) | (11,019) | (31,485) | (32,251) | ||||
| Purchases of marketable securities | (11,621) | (28,436) | (78,874) | (77,858) | ||||
| Maturities and sales of marketable securities | 13,735 | 34,030 | 97,822 | 86,672 | ||||
| Purchases of non-marketable securities | (903) | (851) | (2,531) | (3,027) | ||||
| Maturities and sales of non-marketable securities | 19 | 204 | 150 | 947 | ||||
| Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and purchases of intangible assets | (84) | (29) | (6,969) | (495) | ||||
| Other investing activities | 222 | (66) | 1,589 | (1,051) | ||||
| Net cash used in investing activities | (6,227) | (6,167) | (20,298) | (27,063) | ||||
| Financing activities | ||||||||
| Net payments related to stock-based award activities | (2,079) | (2,680) | (9,300) | (9,837) | ||||
| Repurchases of stock | (15,407) | (16,191) | (59,296) | (61,504) | ||||
| Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of costs | 8,550 | 1,492 | 52,872 | 10,790 | ||||
| Repayments of debt | (8,718) | (1,929) | (54,068) | (11,550) | ||||
| Proceeds from sale of interest in consolidated entities, net | 25 | 0 | 35 | 8 | ||||
| Net cash used in financing activities | (17,629) | (19,308) | (69,757) | (72,093) | ||||
| Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents | 137 | (94) | (506) | (421) | ||||
| Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents | (105) | (6,654) | 934 | 2,169 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of period | 21,984 | 30,702 | 20,945 | 21,879 | ||||
| Cash and cash equivalents at end of period | $ | 21,879 | $ | 24,048 | $ | 21,879 | $ | 24,048 |
Segment Results
The following table presents our segment revenues and operating income (loss) (in millions; unaudited):
| Quarter Ended December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Revenues: | ||||
| Google Services | $ | 67,838 | $ | 76,311 |
| Google Cloud | 7,315 | 9,192 | ||
| Other Bets | 226 | 657 | ||
| Hedging gains (losses) | 669 | 150 | ||
| Total revenues | $ | 76,048 | $ | 86,310 |
| Operating income (loss): | ||||
| Google Services | $ | 20,222 | $ | 26,730 |
| Google Cloud | (186) | 864 | ||
| Other Bets | (1,237) | (863) | ||
| Alphabet-level activities | (639) | (3,034) | ||
| Total income from operations | $ | 18,160 | $ | 23,697 |
We report our segment results as Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets:
•Google Services includes products and services such as ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. Google Services generates revenues primarily from advertising; fees received for consumer subscription-based products such as YouTube TV, YouTube Music and Premium, and NFL Sunday Ticket; the sale of apps and in-app purchases and devices.
•Google Cloud includes infrastructure and platform services, collaboration tools, and other services for enterprise customers. Google Cloud generates revenues primarily from consumption-based fees and subscriptions received for Google Cloud Platform services, Google Workspace communication and collaboration tools, and other enterprise services.
•Other Bets is a combination of multiple operating segments that are not individually material. Revenues from Other Bets are generated primarily from the sale of healthcare-related services and internet services.
Certain costs are not allocated to our segments because they represent Alphabet-level activities. These costs primarily include AI-focused shared R&D activities, including development costs of our general AI models; corporate initiatives such as our philanthropic activities; corporate shared costs such as certain finance, human resource, and legal costs, including certain fines and settlements. Charges associated with reductions in our workforce and office space during 2023 were not allocated to our segments. Additionally, hedging gains (losses) related to revenue are not allocated to our segments.
Other Income (Expense), Net
The following table presents our other income (expense), net (in millions; unaudited):
| Quarter Ended December 31, | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2023 | |||
| Interest income | $ | 659 | $ | 1,110 |
| Interest expense | (90) | (69) | ||
| Foreign currency exchange gain (loss), net | (185) | (449) | ||
| Gain (loss) on debt securities, net | (176) | (115) | ||
| Gain (loss) on equity securities, net(1) | (1,487) | 586 | ||
| Performance fees | 193 | (45) | ||
| Income (loss) and impairment from equity method investments, net | (31) | (256) | ||
| Other | 104 | (47) | ||
| Other income (expense), net | $ | (1,013) | $ | 715 |
(1)Includes all gains and losses, unrealized and realized, on equity securities. For Q4 2023, the net effect of the gain on equity securities of $586 million and the $45 million of performance fees related to certain investments increased the provision for
income tax, net income, and diluted EPS by $114 million, $427 million, and $0.03, respectively. Fluctuations in the value of our investments may be affected by market dynamics and other factors and could significantly contribute to the volatility of OI&E in future periods.
Reconciliation from GAAP Net Cash Provided by Operating Activities to Non-GAAP Free Cash Flow (in millions; unaudited):
We provide non-GAAP free cash flow because it is a liquidity measure that provides useful information to management and investors about the amount of cash generated by the business that can be used for strategic opportunities, including investing in our business and acquisitions, and to strengthen our balance sheet.
| Quarter Ended December 31, 2023 | ||
|---|---|---|
| Net cash provided by operating activities | $ | 18,915 |
| Less: purchases of property and equipment | (11,019) | |
| Free cash flow | $ | 7,896 |
Free cash flow: We define free cash flow as net cash provided by operating activities less capital expenditures.
Reconciliation from GAAP Revenues to Non-GAAP Constant Currency Revenues and GAAP Percentage Change in Revenues to Non-GAAP Percentage Change in Constant Currency Revenues (in millions, except percentages; unaudited):
We provide non-GAAP constant currency revenues (“constant currency revenues”) and non-GAAP percentage change in constant currency revenues (“percentage change in constant currency revenues”), because they facilitate the comparison of current results to historic performance by excluding the effect of foreign exchange rate movements (“FX Effect”) as well as hedging activities, which are recognized at the consolidated level, as they are not indicative of our core operating results.
Non-GAAP constant currency revenues is defined as revenues excluding the effect of foreign exchange rate movements and hedging activities and is calculated by translating current period revenues using prior period exchange rates and excluding any hedging effect recognized in the current period. We calculate the percentage change in constant currency revenues by comparing constant currency revenues to the prior year comparable period revenues, excluding any hedging effect recognized in the prior period.
Revenues by Geography
Comparison from the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022 to the Quarter Ended December 31, 2023
| Quarter Ended December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Change from Prior Period | ||||||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended December 31, | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | As Reported | Less Hedging Effect | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 36,982 | $ | 41,995 | $ | 0 | $ | 41,995 | 14 | % | 0 | % | 14 | % | ||
| EMEA | 21,762 | 25,010 | 1,105 | 23,905 | 15 | % | 5 | % | 10 | % | ||||||
| APAC | 11,979 | 13,979 | (90) | 14,069 | 17 | % | 0 | % | 17 | % | ||||||
| Other Americas | 4,656 | 5,176 | (75) | 5,251 | 11 | % | (2) | % | 13 | % | ||||||
| Revenues, excluding hedging effect | 75,379 | 86,160 | 940 | 85,220 | 14 | % | 1 | % | 13 | % | ||||||
| Hedging gains (losses) | 669 | 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenues(1) | $ | 76,048 | $ | 86,310 | $ | 85,220 | 13 | % | (1) | % | 1 | % | 13 | % |
(1)Total constant currency revenues of $85.2 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 increased $9.8 billion compared to $75.4 billion in revenues, excluding hedging effect for the quarter ended December 31, 2022.
Comparison from the Quarter Ended September 30, 2023 to the Quarter Ended December 31, 2023
| Quarter Ended December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Change from Prior Period | ||||||||||||||||
| Quarter Ended | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | As Reported | Less Hedging Effect | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | ||||||||||
| September 30, 2023 | December 31, 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 36,354 | $ | 41,995 | $ | 0 | $ | 41,995 | 16 | % | 0 | % | 16 | % | ||
| EMEA | 22,661 | 25,010 | (508) | 25,518 | 10 | % | (3) | % | 13 | % | ||||||
| APAC | 13,126 | 13,979 | (196) | 14,175 | 6 | % | (2) | % | 8 | % | ||||||
| Other Americas | 4,553 | 5,176 | (151) | 5,327 | 14 | % | (3) | % | 17 | % | ||||||
| Revenues, excluding hedging effect | 76,694 | 86,160 | (855) | 87,015 | 12 | % | (1) | % | 13 | % | ||||||
| Hedging gains (losses) | (1) | 150 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenues(1) | $ | 76,693 | $ | 86,310 | $ | 87,015 | 13 | % | 1 | % | (1) | % | 13 | % |
(1)Total constant currency revenues of $87.0 billion for the quarter ended December 31, 2023 increased $10.3 billion compared to $76.7 billion in revenues, excluding hedging effect for the quarter ended September 30, 2023.
Comparison from the Year Ended December 31, 2022 to the Year Ended December 31, 2023
| Year Ended December 31, 2023 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Change from Prior Period | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | As Reported | Less Hedging Effect | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | ||||||||||
| 2022 | 2023 | |||||||||||||||
| United States | $ | 134,814 | $ | 146,286 | $ | 0 | $ | 146,286 | 9 | % | 0 | % | 9 | % | ||
| EMEA | 82,062 | 91,038 | 460 | 90,578 | 11 | % | 1 | % | 10 | % | ||||||
| APAC | 47,024 | 51,514 | (1,759) | 53,273 | 10 | % | (3) | % | 13 | % | ||||||
| Other Americas | 16,976 | 18,320 | (654) | 18,974 | 8 | % | (4) | % | 12 | % | ||||||
| Revenues, excluding hedging effect | 280,876 | 307,158 | (1,953) | 309,111 | 9 | % | (1) | % | 10 | % | ||||||
| Hedging gains (losses) | 1,960 | 236 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenues(1) | $ | 282,836 | $ | 307,394 | $ | 309,111 | 9 | % | 0 | % | (1) | % | 10 | % |
(1)Total constant currency revenues of $309.1 billion for the year ended December 31, 2023 increased $28.2 billion compared to $280.9 billion in revenues, excluding hedging effect for the year ended December 31, 2022.
Total Revenues — Prior Year Comparative Periods
Comparison from the Quarter Ended December 31, 2021 to the Quarter Ended December 31, 2022
| Quarter Ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarter Ended December 31, | % Change from Prior Period | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | As Reported | Less Hedging Effect | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | |||||||||||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||
| Revenues excluding hedging effect | $ | 75,122 | $ | 75,379 | $ | (4,733) | $ | 80,112 | 0 | % | (7) | % | 7 | % | ||||||||
| Hedging gains (losses) | 203 | 669 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 75,325 | $ | 76,048 | $ | 80,112 | 1 | % | 1 | % | (7) | % | 7 | % |
Comparison from the Year Ended December 31, 2021 to the Year Ended December 31, 2022
| Year Ended December 31, 2022 | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| % Change from Prior Period | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Ended December 31, | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | As Reported | Less Hedging Effect | Less FX Effect | Constant Currency Revenues | ||||||||||
| 2021 | 2022 | |||||||||||||||
| Revenues excluding hedging effect | $ | 257,488 | $ | 280,876 | $ | (13,324) | $ | 294,200 | 9 | % | (5) | % | 14 | % | ||
| Hedging gains (losses) | 149 | 1,960 | ||||||||||||||
| Total revenues | $ | 257,637 | $ | 282,836 | $ | 294,200 | 10 | % | 1 | % | (5) | % | 14 | % |
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