Key Points Alphabet crushed on earnings last night, and Google Cloud revenue grew 34%. Total sales growth was 16% for Alphabet, but capital expenditure is growing much faster. Alphabet's AI investments are creating revenue growth, but at a high cost. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stock surged 5% through 11:45 a.m. ET Thursday after beating earnings forecasts last night. Before its Q3 report, analysts forecast the Google parent company would earn ...