Here's our initial take on 's (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) fiscal 2025 second-quarter financial report.

In the first quarter of 2025, Alphabet handily beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines, with strong results across the entire business. So it's fair to say that expectations were high heading into the second quarter.

For the second quarter, Alphabet beat expectations on both the top and bottom lines. Revenue came in at $96.43 billion, which was more than $2 billion ahead of estimates, and about $500 million of that beat was due to excellent (and better than expected) growth in Google Cloud revenue. On the bottom line, Alphabet reported $2.31 in EPS, which was $0.04 more per share than analysts had been looking for.

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