Alphabet reported second-quarter results on Wednesday that beat on revenue and earnings.
The company increased its capital expenditures forecast for 2025 to $85 billion, up $10 billion from February, due to “strong and growing demand for our Cloud products and services.” The company’s overall revenue grew 14% year over year, higher than the 10.9% Wall Street expected. Here are the details ($GOOG Alphabet Q2 FY25): • Revenue +14% Y/Y to $96.B ($2.5B beat). • Operating margin 32% (flat Y/Y). • EPS $2.31 ($0.12 beat). ☁️ Google Cloud: • Revenue +32% Y/Y to $13.6B. • Operating margin 21% (+9pp Y/Y). ▶️ YouTube ads +13% to $9.8B. Source: CNBC, App Economy Insights
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1. Saudi Aramco: $120.7B 2. Apple: $97.0B 3. Berkshire Hathaway: $96.2B 4. Alphabet (Google): $73.8B 5. Microsoft: $72.4B 6. ICBC: $51.4B 7. JP Morgan Chase: $49.6B 8. China Construction Bank: $47.0B 9. Meta (Facebook): $39.1B 10. Agricultural Bank of China: $38.0B Source: Statista
S&P 500 earnings have recently seen multiple sharp upward revisions.
This comes after 15 consecutive weeks of downside earnings revisions fueled by tariff fears. Overall, it seems that US corporations are actually coming out on the other side of these fears stronger. This is a tailwind for the stock market. Source: Bravos research
The Q2 2025 earnings season begins this week, with analysts forecasting modest S&P 500 EPS growth of 4.8%, the lowest rate since Q4 2023.
Early reports have already painted a mixed picture, showing strong AI and travel demand ( $MU, $DAL ) but softness in consumer goods and shipping ( $NKE, $FDX). The spotlight is now on the big banks, with $JPM, $C, $WFC, and others reporting Tuesday and Wednesday. In their reports, we'll be watching for commentary on three key themes: credit quality, a potential recovery in investment banking, and the expected plateau in net interest income. Source: Wall Street Horizon
Q2 earnings season is starting this week with the banks as usual!
Source: Earnings Whispers
About 85% of SP500 companies are now in buyback blackout, taking away some of the important supportive flows ahead of Q2 earnings season.
Source: Markets & Mayhem, GS
So far very few US earnings downgrades...
Source: GS, Ronnie Stoeferle @RonStoeferle
The latest earnings reports offer some reassurance that capital spending (capex) remains strong, says Melius’s Reitzes.
Hyperscalers haven’t cut back on their investments, which is good news for AI-related stocks like Nvidia, Broadcom, and Arista Networks. Source: HolgerZ, Melius Research
