Company: GOOGL
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form Type: 10-Q
Source: 0001652044-25-000062
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Company: Alphabet Inc.
Filing Date: 2025-07-24
Form: 10-Q
Item: Part I, Item 8
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4 to the six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily driven by an increase in advertising and promotional activities of $361 million, partially offset by a decrease in employee compensation expenses of $314 million.

General and Administrative

The following table presents general and administrative expenses (in millions, except percentages):Three Months EndedSix Months Ended June 30,June 30, 2024202520242025General and administrative expenses$3,158 $5,209 $6,184 $8,748 General and administrative expenses as a percentage of revenues4 %5 %4 %5 %

General and administrative expenses increased $2.1 billion and $2.6 billion from the three and six months ended June 30, 2024 to the three and six months ended June 30, 2025, primarily driven by an increase in expenses related to legal and other matters of $2.3 billion and $2.6 billion, respectively, largely due to a settlement in principle of certain legal matters.

Segment Profitability

We report our segment results as Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets. Additionally, certain costs are not allocated to our segments because they represent Alphabet-level activities. For further details on our segments, Note 15 of the Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements included in Item 1 of this Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q.

The following table presents segment operating income (loss) (in millions):

Three Months EndedSix Months Ended June 30,June 30,2024202520242025Operating income (loss):Google Services$29,674 $33,063 $57,571 $65,745 Google Cloud1,172 2,826 2,072 5,003 Other Bets(1,134)(1,246)(2,154)(2,472)Alphabet-level activities(1)(2,287)(3,372)(4,592)(6,399)Total income from operations$27,425 $31,271 $52,897 $61,877 

(1)In addition to the costs included in Alphabet-level activities, hedging gains (losses) related to revenue were $102 million and $(112) million for the three months ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively, and $174 million and $148 million for the six months ended June 30, 2024 and 2025, respectively. Alphabet