Meta, Alphabet and Intel shares fall after Alphabet advertising revenue misses expectations and Intel supply-chain problems
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Meta, Alphabet and Intel shares fell, with share prices dropping below the purchase prices of some subscribers to additional offerings.
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Meta, Alphabet and Intel issue additional shares, causing subscribing investors to "suffer heavy losses"
PANews October 30 reported that shares of several large companies in the artificial intelligence infrastructure boom fell sharply, placing investors who had previously participated in their large-scale stock offerings in a more difficult position. On Friday, shares of Intel, Alphabet and Meta Platforms declined. A recent round of earnings that fell short of expectations pushed these companies' share prices below the prices paid by investors who participated in their stock offerings in recent months. The sell-off began on Wednesday after Alphabet released earnings, with advertising revenue from search and other channels coming in below expectations; Intel then disclosed problems in its data-center components supply chain, further heightening market concerns. Both companies underscored market doubts over whether massive investment in artificial intelligence can be sustained. The market is already struggling to absorb large-scale AI related stock offerings and is also assessing whether massive investment can translate into long-term share-price gains. The decline in share prices will further increase corporate...
PANews said that Meta, Alphabet and Intel shares fell on Friday.
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Alphabet's previously released earnings report showed that advertising revenue from its search and other channels was below expectations.
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Intel disclosed problems in its data-center components supply chain.
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The report stated that share prices had fallen below the purchase prices of some investors who recently participated in these companies' stock offerings.
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The report noted that the market is assessing whether massive artificial intelligence investment can translate into long-term share-price gains.
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After a company issues additional shares, if its share price declines, the market value of shares held by investors who purchased at the offering price may be lower than their purchase cost. The report links this decline to advertising revenue below expectations, supply-chain problems and market concerns over returns on artificial intelligence investment.
Why it matters to readers
This indicates that earnings performance, supply-chain conditions and the market's assessment of returns on artificial intelligence investment may affect the share prices of the relevant large technology companies and the unrealized performance of subscribers to additional offerings.
An additional offering is when a company issues more shares to raise funds; if the share price subsequently falls below the subscription price, subscribers may incur unrealized losses, but this does not mean losses have already been realized.
Risks and unknowns
The original text is truncated at "corporate..." and does not provide the complete report.
The original text does not specify the size, timing or subscription price of each company's additional offering, or the investors' specific losses.
The original text does not explain the specific reason for Meta's share-price decline.
The market concerns and direction of impact described in the report do not represent a certain future share-price trend.
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