's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stock price dropped 6% during after-hours trading on Oct. 24 following its third-quarter report. The tech giant's revenue rose 11% year over year to $76.7 billion, surpassing analysts' estimates by nearly $1 billion, as its EPS rose 46% to $1.55 and cleared the consensus forecast by a dime.

Those growth rates were robust, so does Alphabet's post-earnings dip represent a buying opportunity? Let's review three reasons to buy the stock -- along with three reasons to sell it -- to see if it's a contrarian buy or a falling knife.

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