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Facebook and Alphabet Pummeled After Snap Warns on Ads

The Alphabet Inc. Google search page is displayed on a laptop computer in an arranged photograph taken in the Brooklyn Borough of New York, U.S., on Friday, July 24, 2020. Alphabet Inc. is scheduled to release earnings figures on July 30. Photographer: Gabby Jones/Bloomberg

A collapse in shares of Snap Inc. dragged technology companies exposed to digital advertising lower late on Thursday after the owner of the Snapchat app warned that customers are cutting back on ad spending.

Facebook Inc. and Twitter Inc. were among the biggest decliners, with each at one point sinking more than 6% in postmarket trading. Google-parent Alphabet Inc. slid 2.8%. Snap cited customers’ supply chain problems and Apple Inc.’s data collection policies for a revenue forecast that fell short of the average analyst estimate.

This “will create some anxiety around Facebook and other social media companies,” wrote Adam Crisafulli, founder of the Vital Knowledge newsletter. Snap shares tumbled as much as 30%.

Read more: Snap Tumbles as Apple Changes, Supply Chain Weigh on Ads

The stock fell more than 6% in after-hours trading

The warning was the latest blow for Facebook, whose shares haven’t rebounded as strongly as peers after a selloff last month amid whistleblower allegations that prompted renewed scrutiny of its services. The stock had fallen 11% from a September record, based on Thursday’s closing price.

Facebook is due to report earnings on Monday, followed by Alphabet and Twitter on Tuesday.

Snap’s report also weighed on other parts of the digital advertising ecosystem. Trade Desk Inc., which owns a platform for buying and managing ads, fell more than 5%, while peer PubMatic Inc. dropped 4%.

Pinterest Inc., which rallied this week on a report that PayPal is exploring a purchase of the company, also fell in after-hours trading, declining more than 2%.

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