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Globe and Mail
2 hours ago
- Business
- Globe and Mail
Buy, Sell or Hold Alphabet Stock? Key Tips Ahead of Q2 Earnings
Alphabet GOOGL is set to report second-quarter 2025 results on July 23. For second-quarter 2025, the Zacks Consensus Estimate for earnings is pegged at $2.13 per share, up by a penny over the past 30 days and indicates 12.7% year-over-year growth. The consensus mark for second-quarter revenues is pegged at $79.22 billion, indicating growth of 11.02% from the year-ago quarter's reported figure. Alphabet has an impressive earnings surprise history. GOOGL's earnings outpaced the Zacks Consensus Estimate in the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 14.64%. (Find the latest EPS estimates and surprises on Zacks Earnings Calendar.) Alphabet Inc. Price and EPS Surprise Alphabet Inc. price-eps-surprise | Alphabet Inc. Quote Let's see how things have shaped up for the upcoming announcement: Growing AI Usage in Search to Aid GOOGL's Q2 Results Alphabet's to-be-reported quarterly results are expected to benefit from solid momentum in Search and Cloud businesses. The integration of Generative AI (Gen AI) technology into the search engine has been benefiting Google Search. AI-powered Circle to Search is now available on more than 300 million Android devices, with people using it to shop, translate text, and learn more about the world around them. Circle to Search is driving additional Search and is gaining popularity among younger users. The addition of AI mode expands AI Overview's advanced reasoning, thinking and multimodal capabilities. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for second-quarter 2025 Search and other revenues is pegged at $52.36 billion, indicating 8% growth over the figure reported in the year-ago quarter. GOOGL Cloud Gaining Market Share Alphabet has been rapidly growing in the booming cloud computing market. Google Cloud has solidified its position as the third-largest provider in the highly competitive cloud infrastructure market against Amazon 's AMZN cloud arm, Amazon Web Services (AWS), and Microsoft' s MSFT Azure. The solid adoption of the Google Cloud Platform and Google Workspace is expected to have driven growth in the Google Cloud segment. According to Synergy Research Group data, Google Cloud, along with Microsoft, is gaining market share, while AWS continues to lead with a 29% market share in the first quarter of 2025. Alphabet and Microsoft had 22% and 12% market share, respectively. The consensus mark for second-quarter 2025 Google Cloud revenues is pegged at $13.04 billion, indicating 26% growth over the figure reported in the year-ago quarter. However, GOOGL is suffering from a lack of capacity, and until new capacity comes online in 2025, cloud revenues are expected to see increased variability. This is expected to have hurt Alphabet's Google Cloud revenues in the to-be-reported quarter. GOOGL Shares Lag Sector, Industry Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Alphabet's shares have declined 3.1% year to date, underperforming the Zacks Internet Services industry and the Zacks Computer & Technology sector. Over the same timeframe, the sector has returned 9.5% while the industry has dropped 0.9%. GOOGL Stock's Performance GOOGL shares are overvalued, as suggested by Value Score C. Currently, GOOGL is trading at a premium, with a forward 12-month Price/Sales of 6.43X compared with the industry's 5.49X. Price/Sales Ratio (F12M) Technically, GOOGL shares are displaying a bullish trend as they trade above the 50-day and 200-day moving averages. GOOGL Trades Above 50-day & 200-day SMAs Cloud Growth to Drive GOOGL Prospects Alphabet is benefiting from an expanding clientele and rich partner base. Google Cloud is benefiting from its partnership with NVIDIA NVDA. Google Cloud was the first cloud provider to offer NVIDIA's B200 and GB200 Blackwell GPUs and will be offering its next-generation Vera Rubin GPUs. Google Cloud is becoming a preferred choice for enterprises planning to deploy AI agents thanks to the Agent Development Kit and a low-code tool offering Agent Designer. The addition of Wiz to Google Cloud will boost competitive prowess against the likes of Amazon and Microsoft in the cloud computing space. Google Cloud's expanding clientele is expected to boost Alphabet's top line. Google Cloud is now expanding its footprint based on the latest deals with Ecobank in Africa and BBVA. BBVA's deal with Google Cloud will enable Alphabet to deploy Google Workspace with Gemini across the global operations of the bank. Meanwhile, the Ecobank collaboration aims at transforming financial services with advanced analytics and AI and driving digital empowerment across Africa. This offers a significant growth opportunity for Google Cloud in one of the most underpenetrated regions of the globe. GOOGL Stock: Buy, Sell or Hold Ahead of Q2? Alphabet's growing Gen AI capabilities present a potential catalyst for future growth. Its dominant position in the Search market is a strong growth driver. However, a stretched valuation, stiff competition in the cloud space and growing regulatory headwinds make GOOGL shares risky for investors ahead of second-quarter 2025 results. Alphabet currently has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold), suggesting that it may be wise to wait for a more favorable entry point in the stock. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here. 5 Stocks Set to Double Each was handpicked by a Zacks expert as the favorite stock to gain +100% or more in the months ahead. They include Stock #1: A Disruptive Force with Notable Growth and Resilience Stock #2: Bullish Signs Signaling to Buy the Dip Stock #3: One of the Most Compelling Investments in the Market Stock #4: Leader In a Red-Hot Industry Poised for Growth Stock #5: Modern Omni-Channel Platform Coiled to Spring Most of the stocks in this report are flying under Wall Street radar, which provides a great opportunity to get in on the ground floor. While not all picks can be winners, previous recommendations have soared +171%, +209% and +232%. Download Atomic Opportunity: Nuclear Energy's Comeback free today. Want the latest recommendations from Zacks Investment Research? Today, you can download 7 Best Stocks for the Next 30 Days. Click to get this free report Inc. (AMZN): Free Stock Analysis Report Microsoft Corporation (MSFT): Free Stock Analysis Report NVIDIA Corporation (NVDA): Free Stock Analysis Report Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL): Free Stock Analysis Report
Phone Arena
10 hours ago
- Phone Arena
"View Details" in Google Messages app now gives you much more detail
Google has been working on improving both the looks and the functionality of the Google Messages app. The latest addition is a redesigned "View Details" page. We first told you about this in February when a new beta version of the Messages app was released with a new UI that included "View Details." Previously, long-pressing on a message, tapping the three-dot menu icon, and selecting "View Details" would bring up a toast message containing some information about that message. The information that "View Details" provided included the type of messaging platform that particular message was sent over (for example, Rich Communication Service, Text Message, or Multimedia Message. The info included the phone number it was sent from and the phone number it was sent to, and the date and time the message was sent. The revision to "View Details" is actually a new UI that shows the content of the message in the top half of the screen, including any emoji reactions. The bottom half of the UI includes deeper contact information including profile pictures and display names if available. For group chats, you'll be able to find out exactly who received the message or read it. If you're examining the details of a reply, the original message will be included, keeping you from having to go back through a complex text just to read something you missed that was in the original message. A collapsible contacts list will keep the screen from getting too cluttered when trying to get details on a message with a dozen or more participants. At left, the old version of View Details. At center and right is the new UI for View Details in Google Messages. | Image credit-Android Authority The new look for "View Details" is appearing in the beta version of the Google Messages app (version To see which version of Google Messages your phone is running, go to Settings > Apps > See all xxx apps . Scroll down to Messages and tap it to see the Messages App info page. At the bottom of that page will be the version number of the Messages app on your phone.
Phone Arena
10 hours ago
- Health
- Phone Arena
Google wants to take your breath away with this one new Pixel Watch 4 health feature
If you're still not very excited about Google's next big smartwatch after the latest rumor calling for a major repairability upgrade over last year's Pixel Watch 3, perhaps an even newer report from the same source will manage to get you hyped up. This one anticipates an expansion and improvement of a key health monitoring tool present on Google-made timepieces since the first generation back in 2022, suggesting the Pixel Watch 4 will do an even better job than its forerunners to keep an eye on the wellbeing of its owners and ensure you'll seek professional medical help whenever needed. Do you feel like you live a very stressful life and often have trouble catching your breath even when you're not working out or doing anything particularly physically challenging? According to the (almost) always reliable folks over at Android Headlines, Google's 2025 Apple Watch alternative might be able to help you find out if that's all in your head or you're actually having difficulties breathing when that really shouldn't be the case. This new feature could be just as important as the Pixel Watch 3's loss of pulse detection tool. | Image Credit -- Google As you can imagine, we don't know many details on how the Pixel Watch 4 's Breathing Emergencies functionality will work, but based on that name alone, it's safe to assume the device will alert you when it detects a possible issue with your oxygen intake. That will obviously be made possible by a blood oxygen sensor that's become rather commonplace on (high-end) smartwatches in recent years, although I'm not aware of any company actually having implemented this exact type of feature before. Clearly, Google is working hard on making its smartwatches capable of keeping people alive and healthy in as many different ways as possible, with the Pixel Watch 3 also supporting a host of other super-helpful technologies like fall detection, Safety Check, Emergency Sharing, and of course, ECG (all of which are virtually guaranteed to find a place on the Pixel Watch 4 as well). Could Google beat Apple to the punch as far as satellite connectivity integration on smartwatches is concerned? Today's Pixel Watch 4 report certainly seems to suggest so, but in the absence of any information whatsoever on how that "Emergency Satellite Communications" feature will work, it might be wise not to get too excited just yet. The decidedly familiar-looking Pixel Watch 4 could hide plenty of neat new tricks up its sleeve. That's because satellite adoption has been rather slow and bumpy even for the world's best smartphones, so if the Pixel Watch 4 does come with this built-in tool, it may not function as impressively as it sounds, greatly depending on your location, carrier of choice, and perhaps even the handset you choose to sync to your smartwatch. No, the Pixel Watch 4 will probably not look vastly different from its predecessor at first glance, but under the hood, Google might just bring enough tweaks and enhancements to the table to make a world of difference in terms of your real-life user experience. Oh, and best of all, the prices are expected to go unchanged from 2024, once again starting at a fairly reasonable $350.
Android Authority
12 hours ago
- Android Authority
Google may be removing its iconic 'G' logo from Messages (APK teardown)
Adamya Sharma / Android Authority TL;DR The Google Messages app could be getting a branding tweak that removes the famous 'G' logo. It seems that the company plans to use the full 'Google' wordmark in the app's header going forward. The new Google Messages branding seems to be consistent with other Google apps, such as Photos, Calendar, Drive, and more. Google is constantly making subtle changes to the look and feel of its core apps, and we've discovered that Google Messages may be in line for a minor but notable branding tweak. While digging around in the latest Google Messages beta version, we found that the app is experimenting with a branding update in its header that aligns with branding seen across many other Google apps. Authority Insights story on Android Authority. Discover You're reading anstory on Android Authority. Discover Authority Insights for more exclusive reports, app teardowns, leaks, and in-depth tech coverage you won't find anywhere else. An APK teardown helps predict features that may arrive on a service in the future based on work-in-progress code. However, it is possible that such predicted features may not make it to a public release. Currently, Google Messages displays the familiar standalone 'G' icon in the top-left corner of the app's screen. However, using certain tricks of the trade, we uncovered that the 'G' logo is being swapped out for the full 'Google' wordmark, a more direct and brand-forward approach. Our teardown also shows how this updated branding will appear across different devices, including Samsung phones running One UI. Although Google could have updated the existing 'G' logo to its newer multi-colored gradient version, it's not surprising that the company has made this change. Many of its core apps, like Google Calendar, Drive, and Photos, already display the 'Google' branding in the app header, typically in plain white text. In this case, Messages seems to be following that trend, but with a twist. The wordmark appears in Google's full-color logo, making it stand out a bit more. We don't know when or if Google will switch to this new branding in Messages anytime soon, but it might be part of an upcoming UI refresh. We'll keep tracking it to see if it reaches stable builds. Got a tip? Talk to us! Email our staff at Email our staff at news@ . You can stay anonymous or get credit for the info, it's your choice.
Reuters
20 hours ago
- Business
- Reuters
Healthcare firm Heartflow's IPO filing discloses wider loss
July 17 (Reuters) - Heartflow's quarterly loss widened over the year-ago period, the healthcare company disclosed in its paperwork for a U.S. initial public offering on Thursday, at a time when it looks to tap into renewed investor appetite for new listings. The U.S. IPO market is recovering from months of sluggish activity triggered by trade policy uncertainty under President Donald Trump. Both Omada (OMDA.O), opens new tab, a virtual healthcare provider, and cancer diagnostic firm Caris Life Sciences (CAI.O), opens new tab saw strong investor reception when they debuted last month. Mountain View, California-based Heartflow posted a loss of $32.3 million for the three months ended March 31, compared with a loss of $20.9 million a year earlier, the IPO filing showed. Its revenue was $37.2 million for the quarter, compared with $26.8 million a year ago. Proceeds from the IPO will be used to pay down debt, fund sales and marketing, research and product development activities and other general corporate purposes, the company said. Heartflow develops an artificial intelligence-powered heart imaging tool, which creates personalized 3D models of the organ, helping doctors detect blockages, minimize unnecessary testing and optimize treatment. The company will list on the Nasdaq under the symbol "HTFL". J.P. Morgan, Morgan Stanley and Piper Sandler are among the underwriters for the offering.
