Alphabet beats earnings expectations, raises spending forecast

You've got Alphabet shares surging in the after hours, up about 1.3%. Now, let me get you those top and bottom line numbers. For Q2 revenue, it's coming in at 96.4% billion.That is a beat. The analyst uh consensus was $93.9% billion. On the bottom line, second quarter EPS was $2.31%.That's also a beat. The market was looking for $218. Uh we've also got another key figure, which is cloud revenue.that landed above analyst expectations coming in at 13.62% billion versus the $ 13.1% billion analyst consensus. I ...