Street View: Alphabet allays AI worries, search gains to drive upside
** Alphabet GOOGL.O beat second-quarter revenue and profit estimates on Tuesday, driven by a rise in digital advertising sales and healthy demand for its cloud computing services, but flagged that capital expenses would remain high for the year.
** Shares down 3.10% to $176.15 in pre market
AI DEPRECIATION EXPENSE AND COMPETITION CONCERNS IN FOCUS
** Wedbush ("outperform," PT: $205) says the progress made by co with AI search results in the last two quarters should alleviate investor concerns of generative AI's risks to Search
** BofA Global Research ("buy," PO: $206) says the growing Q3 depreciation expenses and the cautious commentary could be near-term overhangs but expect Search to remain strong driven by AI
** RBC Capital Markets ("outperform," PT: $204) says co is an AI winner rather than a loser with improving operating leverage and rising capital return
** J.P. Morgan ("overweight," PT: $208) sees strong Q2 search results and positive commentary on AI Overviews as allaying near-term fears of market share and competition; however adds it will take time to work through long-term issues
Reporting by Gokul Pisharody in Bengaluru
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