Alphabet revenue unexpectedly rises in the first quarter
@Tom_Brady:
Google parent Alphabet reported revenue and earnings for the first quarter that topped estimates. The stock jumped over 4% in extended trading before paring its gains. Let's see what happened.Let's look at Google's earnings reportThe company's revenue for the period reached $69.787 billion, an increase of 2.61% year-over-year, beating analysts' expectations of $68.9 billion; earnings per share reached $1.17, exceeding analysts' expectations of $1.07.Google reported core advertising revenue of $54.548 billion, down 0.2% year-over-year, in the third quarter since the company went public;Revenue from YouTube ads: $6.69 billion, exceeding analyst estimates of $6.6 billion;Revenue from Google Cloud: $7.45 billion, beating analyst estimates of $7.49 billion;The Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC) we