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Shares of Google parent Alphabet jump as advertising growth lifts revenue to over $90B
GOOGAlphabet(GOOG) New York Post·2025-04-24 20:58

Core Insights - Alphabet, Google's parent company, announced a 70billionsharebuybackandexceededquarterlyrevenueexpectations,drivenbygrowthinitsdigitaladvertisingsector[1][4].Group1:FinancialPerformanceTotalrevenueforthefirstquarterreached70 billion share buyback and exceeded quarterly revenue expectations, driven by growth in its digital advertising sector [1][4]. Group 1: Financial Performance - Total revenue for the first quarter reached 90.23 billion, surpassing analysts' average estimate of 89.12billion[5].RevenuefromGooglesprimaryadvertisingbusiness,whichconstitutesapproximately7589.12 billion [5]. - Revenue from Google's primary advertising business, which constitutes approximately 75% of total revenue, increased by 8.5% to 66.89 billion, although this was a deceleration from the previous quarter's 10.6% growth [3][6]. - Google Cloud's revenue grew by 28% to 12.26billion,downfroma30.112.26 billion, down from a 30.1% increase in the prior quarter, with analysts expecting 12.27 billion [3]. Group 2: Market Context - Despite concerns over President Trump's trade policy potentially leading to an economic downturn and affecting advertising spending, the digital ad market remained resilient in the first quarter [2].