$Alphabet(GOOG)$
Part of GOOG's lower profit per share happened because the company lost -$8.7 billion on its stock investments.
Even excluding that loss (that works out to about $0.55 per share), overall EPS still came in well below what Wall Street was looking for.
While it is not a great look, the real issue, market is reacting to GOOG's cash picture

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