Alphabet Inc.’s earnings were a bit better than Wall Street had expected. But will that beat really matter for the company’s stock? Bernstein Research analyst Mark Shmulik said in a note to clients that Alphabet by most accounts,

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL), the parent company of Google, is clearly one of the most fundamentally sound and strategically set companies in the global stock

Google parent Alphabet is set to report first-quarter results after the market closes Thursday, with analysts largely bullish on the tech giant's ability to weather economic uncertainty.