curious to see where yahoo will go, i myself went long here...
Yahoo posts drop in profit, hurt by display ads
Tuesday July 17, 4:38 pm ET
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Internet media company Yahoo Inc. (NasdaqGS:YHOO - News) on Tuesday reported a dip in quarterly profit in line with previously lowered expectations, weighed down by weak brand advertising and recent management turmoil.
Net income for the second quarter fell to $161 million, or 11 cents per diluted share, from the year-earlier quarter's $164 million, or 11 cents per diluted share. Earnings excluding one-time items were $238 million, or 17 cents per share, compared with $241 million, or 16 cents per share, a year ago.
Gross revenue rose 8 percent to $1.70 billion. Excluding the cost of payments to advertising partners, revenue rose 11 percent to $1.24 billion.
Wall Street was looking for a net profit, on average, of 11 cents a share, according to Reuters Estimates. The consensus for profit excluding one-time items was also 11 cents a share.
Yahoo, which has produced disappointing results in five of the last six quarters and watched its share price drop 38 percent since the start of 2006, recently said revenue for the second quarter would fall at the low end of its prior outlook.