Twitter首次報(bào)告盈利

First ever Twitter profit hints at ad challenge for Google and Facebook
Twitter首次報(bào)告盈利

Twitter reported its first profit yesterday, sending its shares to their highest levels in two years and suggesting advertisers are beginning to spread their online spending beyond Facebook and Google.

Twitter昨日首次報(bào)告盈利，推動(dòng)其股價(jià)升至兩年來(lái)最高點(diǎn)，并顯示廣告商正開(kāi)始將其在線支出從Facebook和谷歌(Google)擴(kuò)大到其他公司。

Its $91m in net income in the fourth quarter comes after a similar upbeat pre-Christmas performance by Snapchat’s parent, which posted strong revenue growth on Wednesday following unexpected increases in users and advertising.

該公司在第四季度實(shí)現(xiàn)凈利潤(rùn)9100萬(wàn)美元，此前Snapchat母公司也公布了樂(lè)觀的圣誕前業(yè)績(jī)，周三報(bào)告收入強(qiáng)勁增長(zhǎng)，用戶量和廣告收入意外增加。

For years, Wall Street has been sceptical that smaller internet companies such as Twitter and Snap could ever challenge the dominance of Google and Facebook, which together account for more than three quarters of global spending on digital advertising.

多年來(lái)華爾街一直懷疑，Twitter和Snap等較小互聯(lián)網(wǎng)公司能否挑戰(zhàn)谷歌和Facebook的霸主地位，這兩個(gè)互聯(lián)網(wǎng)巨擘加起來(lái)占全球數(shù)字廣告支出的四分之三以上。

This week’s turnrounds at Twitter and Snap follow signs of strain in their larger rivals’ dominance. Alphabet’s shares weakened last week after it spooked Wall Street with a big jump in the cost of distributing Google’s advertising and services on mobile platforms. Facebook also came under pressure as it reported its first drop in North American usage and a decline in time spent on its apps at the end of last year.

在本周Twitter和Snap報(bào)告業(yè)績(jī)出現(xiàn)起色之前，有跡象表明，它們的較大競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手的霸主地位面臨壓力。Alphabet股價(jià)上周下跌，原因是移動(dòng)平臺(tái)的谷歌廣告和服務(wù)分銷成本大幅上升，驚嚇了華爾街。Facebook也面臨壓力，該公司報(bào)告去年底北美用戶數(shù)量首次出現(xiàn)下滑，用戶花在其應(yīng)用上的時(shí)間減少。

Yet the two companies’ financial might, with a combined market valuation of more than $1tn, still dwarfs their smaller rivals.

然而，這兩家公司的財(cái)務(wù)實(shí)力（合計(jì)市值超過(guò)1萬(wàn)億美元）仍然讓較小競(jìng)爭(zhēng)對(duì)手望塵莫及。

Investors have waited 12 years for Twitter to report a profit and yesterday’s announcement sent its shares up as much as 29 per cent before they pared gains in a wider Wall Street sell-off in the afternoon. Snap had risen 48 per cent on Wednesday but was a victim of profit-taking and yesterday’s market rout, ­losing 7 per cent in late trade.

投資者等待了12年才看到Twitter公布盈利，昨日的財(cái)報(bào)推動(dòng)其股價(jià)最高上漲29%，后來(lái)在午后華爾街全線下跌行情中回吐了部分漲幅。Snap股價(jià)周三飆升48%，但昨日遭遇獲利回吐和市場(chǎng)暴跌影響，在尾盤(pán)時(shí)下跌7%。

Twitter’s $91m in net income was an improvement on losses of $167m a year earlier. Even though it beat Wall Street’s sales forecasts for the first time since going public almost a year ago, Snap remains heavily loss making.

Twitter 9100萬(wàn)美元的凈利潤(rùn)較一年前1.67億美元的虧損有所改善。盡管Snap自近一年前上市以來(lái)首次超出華爾街銷售預(yù)期，但該公司仍面臨巨額虧損。

譯者/梁艷裳