=Alphabet (GOOG) reported earnings on Thur 26 Oct 2017 (a/h)

Alphabet beats by $1.17, beats on revs

• Reports Q3 (Sep) earnings of $9.57 per share, $1.17 better than the Capital IQ Consensus of $8.40; revenues rose 23.7% year/year to $27.77 bln vs the $27.17 bln Capital IQ Consensus.
• Aggregate paid clicks rose 47% YoY and 6% sequentially.
• Paid clicks on Google properties rose 55% YoY and 7% sequentially.
• Aggregate cost per click fell 18% YoY and rose 1% sequentially.
• Operating margin improved to 28% vs 26% in prior year period.