Four major US IT companies, also known as GAFA, have settled their financial results for three months from July to last month, and Google's holding company set a new record high, while three companies increased their profits, while Amazon was the final Profit was halved from the same period of the previous year, and the light and dark were divided.
On the 28th, the financial results of four major American IT companies for three months from July to last month were completed.
In terms of final profit, Google's holding company Alphabet was about 2.14 trillion yen, an increase of 68% compared to the same period of the previous year, a record high profit, and Apple was also about 2.33 trillion yen. It increased by 62%, which was the highest profit ever for the three-month settlement of accounts until September.
Facebook also increased by 17% to about 1.4 trillion yen.
On the other hand, in Amazon, the growth of online shopping, whose demand expanded rapidly due to the corona virus, slowed down, and costs such as labor costs increased, and it was about 350 billion yen, which was half that of the same period of the previous year, and the light and darkness became brighter. The result was divided.
However, the companies that secured the increase in profits this time also indicate that growth may slow down in the future.
Of these, Apple said that supply will be restricted due to the global shortage of semiconductors, and Facebook will also introduce online advertising revenue by introducing a privacy policy that asks the user of the application whether to allow tracking of usage history. May decrease.
* Calculated at 113.5 yen.