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$GOOGL | Alphabet Q4'24 Earnings Highlights: 🔹 EPS: $2.15 (Est. $2.13) 🟢 🔹 Revenue: $96.47B (Est. $96.62B) 🔴 🔹 Operating Income: $30.97B (Est. $30.72B) 🟢 🔹 Sees 2025 Capex About $75B, Est.. $57.9B Segment Revenue: 🔹 Google Cloud: $11.96B (Est. $12.19B) 🔴; UP +30% YoY 🔹 Google Advertising: $72.46B (Est. $71.73B) 🟢 🔹 Google Search & Other: $54.03B 🔹 YouTube Ads: $10.47B (Est. $10.22B) 🟢 🔹 Google Network: $7.95B (DOWN YoY) 🔴 🔹 Google Services: $84.09B (Est. $83.46B) 🟢 🔹 Google Subscriptions, Platforms & Devices: $11.63B; UP +8% YoY 🔹 Other Bets: $400M (Est. $573M) 🔴 Key Financial Metrics: 🔹 Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC): $14.85B (Est. $15.01B) 🟢 🔹 Total Operating Expenses: $30.97B 🔹 Free Cash Flow: $26.01B; UP +20% YoY Strategic Updates & Guidance: 🔸 Alphabet expects to invest approximately $75B in capital expenditures in 2025, significantly higher than the $57B in 2024. 🔸 CEO Sundar Pichai highlighted AI innovations, including Gemini models, Google Cloud AI growth, and AI-driven search enhancements. 🔸 Cloud & YouTube exited 2024 with a combined annual revenue run rate of $110B. 🔸 Google continues to see robust AI-driven demand across search, cloud, and YouTube monetization efforts. Dividend Announcement: 🔹 Alphabet declared its first-ever dividend of $0.20 per share. CEO Sundar Pichai's Commentary: 🔸 “Q4 was a strong quarter driven by our leadership in AI and momentum across our core businesses. We are moving faster than ever in AI development, driving efficiencies, and expanding our Cloud & YouTube ecosystem. Our investments will accelerate growth opportunities in 2025.”