Yahoo Earnings

(Updated, with chart at left from Safa) Yahoo just announced earnings. Apparently, they were quite good – but then, that’s what the Street expected. The chart at left shows how, in general, Yahoo beat Street expectations, but the stock is not up sharply in after hours trading, mainly, I sense, because folks pretty much priced this in already.

From Yahoo’s announcement:

• Revenues were $1,330 million for the third quarter of 2005, a 47 percent increase

compared to $907 million for the same period of 2004.

o Marketing services revenue was $1,160 million for the third quarter of 2005, a 46

percent increase compared to $797 million for the same period of 2004.

o Fees revenue was $170 million for the third quarter of 2005, a 55 percent

increase compared to $110 million for the same period of 2004.

• Revenues excluding traffic acquisition costs (“TAC”) were $932 million for the third

quarter of 2005, a 42 percent increase compared to $655 million for the same period of

2004.

• Gross profit for the third quarter of 2005 was $810 million, a 41 percent increase

compared to $574 million for the same period of 2004.

• Operating income for the third quarter of 2005 was $270 million, a 57 percent increase

compared to $172 million for the same period of 2004.

• Operating income before depreciation and amortization for the third quarter of 2005 was

$385 million, a 48 percent increase compared to $260 million for the same period of

2004.

• Cash flow from operating activities for the third quarter of 2005 was $440 million, a 65

percent increase compared to $267 million for the same period of 2004.

• Free cash flow for the third quarter of 2005 was $345 million, a 71 percent increase

compared to $202 million for the same period of 2004.

• Net income for the third quarter of 2005 was $254 million or $0.17 per diluted share

(including a net impact of $16 million, or $0.01 per diluted share, related to the sales of

investments). For the same period of 2004, net income was $253 million or $0.17 per

diluted share (including a net impact of $129 million, or $0.09 per share, related to the

sale of an investment and an associated tax benefit).