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Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast

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Google CEO Sundar Pichai gestures to the crowd during Google's annual I/O developers conference in Mountain View, California on May 20, 2025.

Alphabet reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and earnings, but the company said it would raise its capital investments by $10 billion in 2025.

Shares of the company were up slightly in after hours trading.

Here's how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:

Revenue: $96.43 billion vs. $94 billion estimated

$96.43 billion vs. $94 billion estimated Earnings per share: $2.31 vs. $2.18 estimated

Wall Street is also watching several other numbers in the report:

YouTube advertising revenue : $9.8 billion vs. $9.56 billion, according to StreetAccount

: $9.8 billion vs. $9.56 billion, according to StreetAccount Google Cloud revenue: $13.62 billion vs. $13.11 billion, according to StreetAccount

$13.62 billion vs. $13.11 billion, according to StreetAccount Traffic acquisition costs (TAC): $14.71 billion vs. $14.18 billion, according to StreetAccount

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