The Covid boom times are coming to an end for tech companies.
After reporting eye-popping growth throughout 2020 as more people turned to technology to work and play during pandemic lockdowns, companies from Apple to Roku are now warning the party is just about over.
In general, tech companies beat earnings expectations for the second quarter, but investors still punished shares following weaker than expected guidance for the current quarter. Google’s parent company Alphabet was the most notable exception, however.
To be clear, the biggest tech companies still expect to show nice growth in the third quarter, but warned they have lapped the hyper growth they saw last year. And it all appears to be a result of people turning away from tech and getting back out into the real world as the economy opens up and more folks get vaccinated.
As tech earnings season comes to a close, here’s what we learned about the pandemic boom coming to an end throughout the sector.
www.cnbc.com/2021/08/05/techs-pandemic-boom-is-coming-to-an-end.html