Alphabet Inc. · GOOGL · FY2025 Q4 · Calendar Q1 2026

Alphabet’s AI-led growth advances, with capacity and investment risks in view

The supplied call analysis describes broadening AI use across Search, Gemini and Cloud, alongside strong Cloud growth and expansion in YouTube and Waymo. This supports a growth case, but the durability of returns depends on converting heavy infrastructure investment into monetized demand while easing capacity constraints.

Reported After market closeNASDAQCommunication Services $3411.53B market cap
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Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $2.82 Consensus $2.57
EPS surprise +9.7% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $113.83B Consensus $111.33B
Revenue surprise +2.2% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -0.5% Event window
SPY move -1.2% Same window
Abnormal move +0.7% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.6× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift -9.9% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

The current-quarter analysis emphasizes Gemini 3 adoption across consumer and enterprise products, 48% year-over-year Google Cloud growth and YouTube annual revenue of $60 billion. It also sets out a 2026 CapEx plan of $175–$185 billion. Compared with the supplied prior-quarter analysis, the strategic focus remains AI-led growth, while the current analysis adds a specific 2026 investment range and highlights compute and power constraints.

Guidance delta

The supplied analysis characterizes guidance sentiment as maintained. Management outlined 2026 CapEx of $175–$185 billion to fund AI compute and data-center expansion; the analysis also describes CapEx as increasing.

Key takeaways

  • Management cited rapid Gemini 3 adoption across Search, the Gemini app and enterprise seats.
  • Google Cloud revenue grew 48% year over year, with enterprise AI workloads identified as a driver and backlog up 55%.
  • YouTube reached $60 billion in annual revenue, with subscription growth and new ad formats noted.
  • Management plans $175–$185 billion of CapEx in 2026 for AI compute and data-center expansion.
  • The analysis cites partnerships and product distribution as ecosystem support, while noting that these do not remove execution or capacity risks.

Management priorities

  • Expand AI compute and data-center capacity, including through the announced intent to acquire Intersect.
  • Grow Gemini app premium adoption and enterprise seats, and continue AI integration in Pixel devices.
  • Roll out the Universal Commerce Protocol with retail partners.
  • Expand Waymo service to additional U.S., UK and Japan cities.
  • Develop AI-first products and models, including the Gemini roadmap described in the analysis.

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Earnings History

Estimate Beat Miss Match
GOOGL EPS earnings history estimate and actual scatter chart 10 reported fiscal quarters and 4 future estimate-only quarters. Q2 '24 estimate $1.84 Q2 '24 actual $1.89, beat Q3 '24 estimate $1.83 Q3 '24 actual $2.12, beat Q2 '25 estimate $2.15 Q2 '25 actual $2.31, beat Q3 '25 estimate $2.30 Q3 '25 actual $2.87, beat Q4 '25 estimate $2.57 Q4 '25 actual $2.82, beat Q1 '26 estimate $2.64 Q1 '26 actual $5.11, beat Q2 '26 estimate $2.87 Q2 '26 actual $9.11, beat Q3 '26 estimate $3.02 Q3 '26 actual $2.12, miss Q4 '26 estimate $3.21 Q1 '27 estimate $3.36 Q2 '27 estimate $3.57 Q3 '27 estimate $3.77
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Analyst Consensus ?

ConsensusBuy82 ratings
Bullish7085.4%
Neutral1113.4%
Bearish11.2%

Analyst 52W Price Targets

$279.84Current
$59Low
$293.65Average
$485High

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Firm-level rating actions

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FirmRatingPrior ratingActionDate
Wells Fargo Overweight OverweightMaintainOct 30, 2026
Citigroup Buy BuyMaintainOct 30, 2026
Wedbush Outperform OutperformMaintainOct 29, 2026
UBS Neutral NeutralMaintainOct 29, 2026
Truist Securities Buy BuyMaintainOct 29, 2026
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Named analyst price targets

Upside is calculated against the persisted current price $279.84. FMP does not supply a rating on these named-analyst rows.

FirmAnalyst52W targetPrice when postedUpsideDate
Truist FinancialAnalyst unavailable$410$286.33 +46.5%Oct 29, 2026
BernsteinMark Shmulik$325$285.02 +16.1%Oct 29, 2026
WedbushAnalyst unavailable$387$284.51 +38.3%Oct 29, 2026
KeyBancAnalyst unavailable$385$324.89 +37.6%Oct 29, 2026
Cantor FitzgeraldDeepak Mathivanan$350$324.89 +25.1%Oct 29, 2026
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Company context

Snapshot as of publication

Alphabet Inc. provides a diverse range of products and digital platforms to consumers across multiple global regions, including North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's operations are organized into three primary divisions: Google Services, Google Cloud, and "Other Bets." The Google Services segment delivers core offerings such as its advertising solutions, the Android operating system, the Chrome browser, and various hardware. It also features popular applications like Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.…

Historical context

All GOOGL earnings
+1.3%FY2026 Q3 · Calendar Q4 2026-7.1%FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026+10.0%FY2026 Q1 · Calendar Q2 2026

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