AlphabetThe Google and YouTube parent company reported a stronger growth than expected the first quarter on Thursday after the bell. The shares increased more than 5% in trade off hours.
This is how the company did, compared to the estimates of the analysts surveyed by LSE:
- Revenue: $ 90.23 billion compared to $ 89.12 billion, estimated
- Profit per action: $ 2.81 compared to $ 2.01, estimated
Wall Street is also seeing several other numbers in the report:
- YouTube advertising income: $ 8.93 billion versus $ 8.97 billion, compliance with the street account
- Google cloud income: $ 12.26 billion versus $ 12.27 billion, according to the street account
- Traffic acquisition costs (CT): $ 13.75 billion versus $ 13.66 billion, according to the street account
Alphabet’s search and advertising units still show strong growth even though the IA competition is heated, according to their first quarter profit report.
The general income of the company grew 12% year after year, higher than 10% of Wall Street expected.
Google’s YouTube advertising revenues were less than analysts’ expectations at $ 8.93 billion. General advertising raised $ 66.89 billion, 8.5% more than the previous year.
The “Search and others” segment “reported $ 50.7 billion, 9.8% more than $ 46,16 billion a year before. Alphabet said the AI descriptions, its AI tool is placed at the top of the Google search results page, it now has 1.5 billion users per month, compared to the one billion in October.
Philipp Schindler, Google Business Chief, said the company “is not immune to the macro environment,” adding that the decision of President Donald Trump to end the minimis the commercial escape next month “causes a light business based on facy in 2025,”
The Minimis commercial exemption allows shipments worth less than $ 800 to enter the US tax free. The exemption is scheduled to close on May 2.
“I would say that we have a lot of experience in management in uncertain times, and we focus on helping our clients by providing deep information about the changing behavior of the consumer that is relevant to their business,” said Schindler.
Finance, retail trade, medical care and trips were among the main industries that announce with Google, helping income growth, Schindler said.
Alphabet’s net income increased 46% to $ 34.54 billion, or $ 2.81 per share, of $ 23.66 billion, or $ 1.89 per share, a year earlier. The company said it included $ 8 billion in profits not made in its non -marketable capital values related to Alphabet’s investment in a private company.
The company reported revenues of $ 12.26 billion for its cloud computing business, which was slightly below the executions of analysts of $ 12.27 billion, according to the street account. But the cloud unit saw that its income increased by 28% year after year, and its margins reached 17.8%, compared to 9.4% a year ago.
Alphabet made his longer acquisition in March when he agreed to buy Wiz for $ 32 billion in cash, almost $ 10 billion more than he offered for the startup in 2024, and said he hopes that the agreement will close next year, subject to regulatory supplies. With the acquisition, Google will seek to strengthen the security offers of its cloud division.
“We believe that this will help stimulate more cloud computing, something that our clients want,” said Alphabet Sunday CEO about the acquisition in a call with analysts on Thursday.
The company said that its “other bets” segment, which includes are the Waymo Autonomous Cars Unit and the Life Science Unit, brought $ 450 million, 9% less than $ 495 million the previous year. The unit lost $ 1.23 billion, compared to $ 1.02 billion the previous year.
Alphabet said Waymo is providing more than 250,000 totally autonomous trips per week in the regions of San Francisco, Los Angeles, Phoenix and Austin. That is 200,000 in February, before the service was opened in Austin and in the largest bay area of San Francisco.
“Waymo continues to progress in the construction of its impressive technological achievements to climb quickly and develop a sustainable business model,” said Alphabet Anat Ashkenazi CFO on Thursday’s call.
Ashkenazi Also Said The Company Still Expects To Invest Approximately $ 75 Billion In Capital Expenditures This Year But Stipulated “The Investment Level May Fluctuelate from Quarter to Quarter Due to the Timing of Deliveries in the Timing of Deliveries in the Timing of Deliveries in The Timing of Deliver Timing of Deliveries in The Timing of Deliveries in The Timing of Deliveries “”
Alphabet also said that his Board authorized him to repair $ 70 billion in shares, as he did a year ago.
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