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title: Alphabet slipped 1% after-hours in spite of a beat on both top and bottom lines in the second quarter.
description: "Alphabet earned $1.89 per share on $84.74 billion in revenue. Consensus estimates had called for earnings of $1.84 per share on $84.19 billion in revenue. However, revenue at its Youtube advertising segment missed forecasts.\n\n$GOOG Alphabet Q2 FY24 by App Economy Insights:\n• Revenue +14% Y/Y to $84.7B ($0.5B beat).\n• Operating margin 32% (+3pp Y/Y).\n• EPS $1.89 ($0.04 beat).\n☁️ Google Cloud:\n• Revenue +29% Y/Y to $10.3B.\n• Operating margin 11% (+6pp Y/Y).\n▶️ YouTube ads +13% to $8.7B."
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# [Alphabet slipped 1% after-hours in spite of a beat on both top and bottom lines in the second quarter.](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/breaking-the-odds-of-president-biden-winning-the-2024-democratic-nomination-are-down-by-24-in-2-hours-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-0-1719-ccb70a29)

 Written by [Charles-Henry Monchau, CFA, CMT, CAIA](https://blog.syzgroup.com/syz-the-moment/author/charles-henry-monchau) | Jul 24, 2024, 8:08:19 AM

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