Alphabet’s investment gains added $99 billion and lifted quarterly profit 298%
signulll · x · 2026-07-23
Alphabet’s $99 billion investment gain nearly tripled Q2 profit
The post argues that Alphabet’s biggest profit catalyst in the quarter was not core operations but “other income”: a $97.98 billion contribution that helped lift second-quarter profit to $112.11 billion, up 298% year over year.
The main driver was a $99.03 billion gain on equity securities, versus just $1.29 billion in the same quarter of 2025. The figure includes both realized and unrealized gains and losses, and the image notes that Alphabet is sitting on investments in Anthropic and SpaceX.
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