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Alphabet Inc. is preparing to expose some secrets that could help Google’s parent company pass Apple Inc. in market capitalization.

Alphabet GOOGL, +1.74% GOOG, +1.64% is expected to report fourth-quarter earnings after the market’s close on Monday. The company will finally break out non-Google reporting segments under the recently-formed Alphabet structure after initially announcing the restructuring in August. It will have two reporting segments: Google and “other bets.”

Investors will have their eyes on how the core Google’s business is growing in terms of revenue, profitability and margins, but the first look at Alphabet’s “moonshots” will also drive interest. The company’s stock will also be closely followed during and after the earnings release, as Alphabet’s market capitalization zeroes in on that of market leader Apple Inc. AAPL, +3.45%

Here’s what to expect:

Earnings: Analysts expect Alphabet to report earnings per share of $8.09, versus $6.88 in the year-earlier period. Estimize, a software platform that uses crowdsourcing to track earnings estimates from hedge fund executives, brokerages and buy-side analysts, has Alphabet earning even more, at $8.17 a share. Alphabet has surpassed the Estimize consensus estimate in its last two quarters.
 
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