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Here Are the Yahoo Charts and Slides That Explain Its Blown Q1

Ouch.

by Kara Swisher
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There is no other way to say it: Yahoo really blew its first quarter, reporting earnings and revenue that were well below already lackluster expectations from Wall Street.

The issues for the company are myriad, including the declines across its display advertising business, increased traffic-acquisition costs and a basic lack of new and innovative products that ultimately drive growth. CEO Marissa Mayer is trying to move Yahoo into mobile quickly, but her three-year turnaround effort is still not working.

You can peruse the numbers yourself, but page five kind of says it all, with net margins of 2 percent and net earnings of just $21 million:

Here are the results:

YHOO_News_2015_4_21_Financial.pdf by karaswisher

YahooQ1consolidated.pdf by karaswisher

YHOO_1Q15YHOOEarningsSlides_vs_FINAL.pdf by karaswisher

This article originally appeared on Recode.net.

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