Alphabet Inc. · GOOGL · FY2026 Q2 · Calendar Q3 2026

Alphabet Q2 2026: AI Demand Drives Growth as CapEx Rises

The quarter’s supplied analysis supports a constructive operating thesis: AI demand is translating into growth across Cloud, Search, and YouTube. The main counterweights are rising capital intensity, supply constraints, margin pressure, and uncertainty over returns on generative-AI investment.

Reported After market closeNASDAQCommunication Services $3416.42B market cap
100quality score

Earnings scorecard

Reported versus consensus
Reported EPS $9.11 Consensus $2.87
EPS surprise +217.4% Reported versus consensus
Reported revenue $119.80B Consensus $116.53B
Revenue surprise +2.8% Reported versus consensus

Market reaction

event-close to next-session close
Stock move -7.1% Event window
SPY move -1.2% Same window
Abnormal move -5.9% Stock minus SPY
Volume 2.1× Versus trailing sessions
Subsequent drift +7.2% Up to 20 sessions
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What changed

Relative to the prior-quarter analysis, the supplied materials describe faster Cloud growth, a larger Cloud backlog, higher full-year capital-expenditure guidance, and additional infrastructure offerings. The analysis also identifies supply constraints and margin effects from infrastructure costs as more prominent considerations.

Guidance delta

Management maintained its guidance stance while raising full-year capital-expenditure guidance to $195–205 billion, according to the supplied transcript analysis.

Key takeaways

  • AI adoption across Search, YouTube, and Cloud was identified as a central growth driver.
  • Cloud revenue was reported as up 82%, with AI infrastructure and Gemini Enterprise highlighted as catalysts.
  • Management cited supply constraints and higher infrastructure investment as important execution considerations.

Management priorities

  • Expand AI compute capacity and infrastructure offerings.
  • Continue developing and deploying Gemini models across consumer and enterprise products.
  • Scale YouTube advertising formats and continue investment in Waymo and Wing.

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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. Q4 '23 estimate $1.59 Q4 '23 actual $1.64, beat Q1 '24 estimate $1.51 Q1 '24 actual $1.89, beat 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 $3.25 Q1 '27 estimate $3.31 Q2 '27 estimate $3.51 Q3 '27 estimate $3.71
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Analyst Consensus ?

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

Analyst 52W Price Targets

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

Latest persisted target per named analyst; persisted current price from FN2's market snapshot as of Nov 1, 2026. Not an FN2 forecast.

Firm-level rating actions

FMP grade actions identify the grading firm, not a named analyst.

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
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  4. Financial Modeling Prep analyst price-target consensus and quote snapshot · 2026-10-31T21:30:40.351433+00:00

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