How often does Alphabet beat earnings estimates?

Alphabet beat the analysts' EPS estimate in 59 of its 89 reports since 21 October 2004, and the revenue estimate in 59 of 89.

How does Alphabet's stock move after earnings?

Over the last 89 reports Alphabet's shares moved 5.5% on average on the trading day after, up 50 times and down 39 times. After the last report they moved -12.8%.

What time does Alphabet report earnings?

Alphabet reports after the market closes, so its shares react on the next trading day.

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Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report

EPS estimate 3.14Revenue estimate 142.56B

Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report

Wednesday 3 February

EPS estimate 3.14Revenue estimate 142.56B

Fair value263.85Plus+11%186Price 293.01422

Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report

EPS estimate 3.14Revenue estimate 142.56B

Q4 FY2026 · Earnings report

Wednesday 3 February

EPS estimate 3.14Revenue estimate 142.56B

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Alphabet earningsWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.

Alphabet reports its Q4 FY2026 results on 3 February 2027, after the market closes. Analysts expect earnings per share of 3.14 USD and revenue of 142.56B USD.

In Q3 FY2026, reported on 28 October 2026, Alphabet earned 2.12 USD a share against the 3.02 USD analysts expected (-29.8%), on revenue of 127.58B USD against 128.00B USD (-0.3%).

Last EPS surpriseWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.: -29.8%
Last revenue surprise: -0.3%
Move after the last reportWhat is the next-day move after earnings? The next-day move is how much a stock's price changed on the first trading day after an earnings report: how the market took the results.: -12.8%
Average move after earningsWhat is the next-day move after earnings? The next-day move is how much a stock's price changed on the first trading day after an earnings report: how the market took the results.: 5.5%

EPS and revenue against estimates

Next earnings · Q4 FY2026

3 Feb 2027

EPS estimate

3.14 USD

Revenue estimate

142.56B USD

Last quarter · Q3 FY2026

EPS2.12Missed -29.8%Revenue127.58BMissed -0.3%

Revenue

ReportedEstimate

EPS

ReportedEstimate

Period	Report date	EPS estimate	Reported EPS	Surprise	EPS growth	Revenue estimate	Reported revenue	Surprise	Revenue growth	Next-day move
Q3 FY2027	—	3.77	—	—	+77.80%	163.55B	—	—	+28.20%	—
Q2 FY2027	—	3.56	—	—	-60.88%	152.88B	—	—	+27.62%	—
Q1 FY2027	—	3.36	—	—	-34.29%	141.07B	—	—	+28.37%	—
Q4 FY2026	3 Feb 2027	3.14	—	—	+11.35%	142.56B	—	—	+25.24%	—
Q3 FY2026	28 Oct 2026	3.02	2.12	-29.80%	-26.13%	128.00B	127.58B	-0.33%	+24.65%	-12.8%
Q2 FY2026	22 Jul 2026	2.87	9.11	+217.42%	+294.37%	116.53B	119.80B	+2.80%	+24.23%	-7.1%
Q1 FY2026	29 Apr 2026	2.64	5.11	+93.56%	+81.85%	106.98B	109.90B	+2.73%	+21.79%	+9.9%
Q4 FY2025	4 Feb 2026	2.57	2.82	+9.73%	+31.16%	111.33B	113.83B	+2.24%	+17.99%	-0.6%
Q3 FY2025	29 Oct 2025	2.30	2.87	+24.78%	+35.38%	99.93B	102.35B	+2.42%	+15.95%	+2.3%
Q2 FY2025	23 Jul 2025	2.15	2.31	+7.44%	+22.22%	99.83B	96.43B	-3.40%	+13.79%	+1.0%
Q1 FY2025	24 Apr 2025	2.02	2.81	+39.11%	+48.68%	89.15B	90.23B	+1.21%	+12.04%	+1.8%
Q4 FY2024	4 Feb 2025	2.12	2.15	+1.42%	+31.10%	96.67B	96.47B	-0.21%	+11.77%	-7.2%
Q3 FY2024	29 Oct 2024	1.85	2.12	+14.59%	+36.77%	86.30B	88.27B	+2.28%	+15.09%	+2.9%
Q2 FY2024	23 Jul 2024	1.84	1.89	+2.72%	+31.25%	84.19B	84.74B	+0.65%	+13.59%	-5.1%
Q1 FY2024	25 Apr 2024	1.51	1.89	+25.17%	+61.54%	78.61B	80.54B	+2.45%	+15.41%	+10.2%
Q4 FY2023	30 Jan 2024	1.59	1.64	+3.14%	+56.19%	85.31B	86.31B	+1.18%	+13.49%	-7.4%
Q3 FY2023	24 Oct 2023	1.45	1.55	+6.90%	+46.23%	75.94B	76.69B	+0.99%	+11.00%	-9.6%
Q2 FY2023	25 Jul 2023	1.34	1.44	+7.46%	+19.01%	72.80B	74.60B	+2.48%	+7.06%	+5.8%
Q1 FY2023	25 Apr 2023	1.07	1.17	+9.35%	-4.88%	68.90B	69.79B	+1.28%	+2.61%	-0.3%
Q4 FY2022	2 Feb 2023	1.18	1.05	-11.02%	-31.37%	76.18B	76.05B	-0.17%	+0.96%	-2.8%
Q3 FY2022	25 Oct 2022	1.25	1.06	-15.20%	-24.29%	70.98B	69.09B	-2.66%	+6.10%	-9.2%
Q2 FY2022	26 Jul 2022	1.28	1.21	-5.47%	-11.03%	69.80B	69.69B	-0.16%	+12.61%	+7.7%
Q1 FY2022	26 Apr 2022	1.30	1.23	-5.38%	-6.11%	68.06B	68.01B	-0.07%	+22.95%	-2.3%
Q4 FY2021	1 Feb 2022	1.37	1.53	+11.68%	+36.61%	72.27B	75.33B	+4.23%	+32.39%	+7.5%
Q3 FY2021	26 Oct 2021	1.17	1.40	+19.66%	+70.73%	63.26B	65.12B	+2.94%	+41.03%	+4.9%
Q2 FY2021	27 Jul 2021	0.97	1.36	+40.21%	+166.67%	63.24B	61.88B	-2.15%	+61.58%	+3.2%
Q1 FY2021	27 Apr 2021	0.79	1.31	+65.82%	+167.35%	46.30B	55.31B	+19.48%	+34.39%	+3.0%
Q4 FY2020	2 Feb 2021	0.80	1.12	+40.00%	+45.45%	53.07B	56.90B	+7.20%	+23.49%	+7.3%
Q3 FY2020	29 Oct 2020	0.56	0.82	+46.43%	+51.85%	31.79B	46.17B	+45.26%	+14.01%	+3.9%
Q2 FY2020	30 Jul 2020	0.41	0.51	+24.39%	-28.17%	31.04B	38.30B	+23.39%	-1.66%	-3.0%
Q1 FY2020	28 Apr 2020	0.52	0.49	-5.77%	-18.33%	43.08B	41.16B	-4.45%	+13.26%	+8.7%
Q4 FY2019	3 Feb 2020	0.63	0.77	+22.22%	+20.31%	37.61B	46.08B	+22.51%	+17.31%	-2.5%
Q3 FY2019	28 Oct 2019	0.62	0.54	-12.90%	-16.92%	49.70B	40.50B	-18.52%	+20.03%	-2.2%
Q2 FY2019	25 Jul 2019	0.56	0.71	+26.79%	+20.34%	30.97B	38.94B	+25.75%	+19.25%	+8.5%
Q1 FY2019	29 Apr 2019	0.53	0.60	+13.21%	+20.00%	40.58B	36.34B	-10.46%	+16.67%	-7.5%
Q4 FY2018	4 Feb 2019	0.54	0.64	+18.52%	+33.33%	33.28B	39.28B	+18.02%	+21.51%	+0.9%
Q3 FY2018	25 Oct 2018	0.52	0.65	+25.00%	+35.42%	26.92B	33.74B	+25.34%	+21.49%	-1.9%
Q2 FY2018	23 Jul 2018	0.47	0.59	+25.53%	+136.00%	68.98B	32.66B	-52.66%	+25.56%	+3.9%
Q1 FY2018	23 Apr 2018	0.46	0.50	+8.70%	+28.21%	21.68B	31.15B	+43.64%	+25.84%	-4.6%
Q4 FY2017	1 Feb 2018	0.51	0.48	-5.88%	+2.13%	33.26B	32.32B	-2.81%	+24.01%	-5.2%
Q3 FY2017	26 Oct 2017	0.42	0.48	+14.29%	+6.67%	24.17B	27.77B	+14.89%	+23.70%	+4.2%
Q2 FY2017	24 Jul 2017	0.22	0.25	+13.64%	-40.48%	23.31B	26.01B	+11.58%	+20.98%	-3.2%
Q1 FY2017	27 Apr 2017	0.37	0.39	+5.41%	+2.63%	23.66B	24.75B	+4.60%	+22.18%	+3.7%
Q4 FY2016	26 Jan 2017	0.48	0.47	-2.08%	+9.30%	26.87B	26.06B	-3.01%	+22.20%	-1.2%
Q3 FY2016	27 Oct 2016	0.43	0.45	+4.65%	+21.62%	21.39B	22.45B	+4.98%	+20.22%	+0.0%
Q2 FY2016	28 Jul 2016	0.40	0.42	+5.00%	+20.00%	20.53B	21.50B	+4.73%	+21.28%	+3.3%
Q1 FY2016	21 Apr 2016	0.40	0.38	-5.00%	+15.15%	21.53B	20.26B	-5.90%	+17.38%	-5.4%
Q4 FY2015	1 Feb 2016	0.41	0.43	+4.88%	+26.47%	19.95B	21.33B	+6.91%	+17.82%	+1.3%
Q3 FY2015	22 Oct 2015	0.36	0.37	+2.78%	+15.63%	18.31B	18.68B	+1.98%	+13.02%	+5.6%
Q2 FY2015	16 Jul 2015	0.34	0.35	+2.94%	+16.67%	16.96B	17.73B	+4.52%	+11.11%	+16.3%
Q1 FY2015	23 Apr 2015	0.33	0.33	0.00%	+6.45%	17.34B	17.26B	-0.45%	+11.92%	+2.9%
Q4 FY2014	29 Jan 2015	0.36	0.34	-5.56%	+13.33%	18.69B	18.10B	-3.13%	+7.39%	+4.8%
Q3 FY2014	16 Oct 2014	0.32	0.32	0.00%	+18.52%	16.98B	16.52B	-2.68%	+20.13%	-2.6%
Q2 FY2014	17 Jul 2014	0.31	0.30	-3.23%	+25.00%	16.36B	15.96B	-2.50%	+21.73%	+4.2%
Q1 FY2014	16 Apr 2014	0.32	0.31	-3.13%	+6.90%	15.76B	15.42B	-2.14%	+19.06%	-3.7%
Q4 FY2013	30 Jan 2014	0.31	0.30	-3.23%	+15.38%	15.94B	16.86B	+5.77%	+27.57%	+4.0%
Q3 FY2013	17 Oct 2013	0.26	0.27	+3.85%	+17.39%	13.22B	13.75B	+4.02%	+3.38%	+13.8%
Q2 FY2013	18 Jul 2013	0.27	0.24	-11.11%	-4.00%	14.59B	13.11B	-10.17%	+11.01%	-1.5%
Q1 FY2013	18 Apr 2013	0.27	0.29	+7.41%	+16.00%	11.83B	12.95B	+9.45%	+21.66%	+4.4%
Q4 FY2012	22 Jan 2013	0.26	0.26	0.00%	+8.33%	14.17B	13.22B	-6.74%	+24.87%	+5.5%
Q3 FY2012	18 Oct 2012	0.27	0.23	-14.81%	-4.17%	15.35B	13.30B	-13.33%	+36.87%	-1.9%
Q2 FY2012	19 Jul 2012	0.25	0.25	0.00%	+13.64%	11.71B	11.81B	+0.80%	+30.81%	+3.0%
Q1 FY2012	12 Apr 2012	0.24	0.25	+4.17%	+25.00%	10.18B	10.65B	+4.55%	+24.14%	-4.1%
Q4 FY2011	19 Jan 2012	0.26	0.24	-7.69%	+9.09%	11.59B	10.58B	-8.70%	+25.39%	-8.4%
Q3 FY2011	13 Oct 2011	0.22	0.24	+9.09%	+26.32%	8.63B	9.72B	+12.63%	+33.41%	+5.9%
Q2 FY2011	14 Jul 2011	0.20	0.22	+10.00%	+37.50%	8.02B	9.03B	+12.61%	+32.35%	+12.9%
Q1 FY2011	14 Apr 2011	0.20	0.20	0.00%	+17.65%	8.60B	8.58B	-0.25%	+26.57%	-8.3%
Q4 FY2010	20 Jan 2011	0.20	0.22	+10.00%	+29.41%	7.75B	8.44B	+8.87%	+26.46%	-2.4%
Q3 FY2010	14 Oct 2010	0.17	0.19	+11.76%	+26.67%	6.26B	7.29B	+16.32%	+22.56%	+11.2%
Q2 FY2010	15 Jul 2010	0.16	0.16	0.00%	+23.08%	6.88B	6.82B	-0.91%	+23.48%	-7.0%
Q1 FY2010	15 Apr 2010	0.16	0.17	+6.25%	+30.77%	6.61B	6.78B	+2.48%	+22.98%	-7.6%
Q4 FY2009	21 Jan 2010	0.16	0.17	+6.25%	+30.77%	6.34B	6.67B	+5.19%	+17.07%	-5.7%
Q3 FY2009	15 Oct 2009	0.14	0.15	+7.14%	+25.00%	5.42B	5.95B	+9.72%	+7.28%	+3.8%
Q2 FY2009	16 Jul 2009	0.13	0.13	0.00%	+8.33%	5.22B	5.52B	+5.83%	+2.90%	-2.8%
Q1 FY2009	16 Apr 2009	0.12	0.13	+8.33%	+8.33%	5.24B	5.51B	+5.13%	+6.23%	+0.9%
Q4 FY2008	22 Jan 2009	0.12	0.13	+8.33%	+18.18%	5.54B	5.70B	+2.90%	+18.11%	+6.0%
Q3 FY2008	16 Oct 2008	0.12	0.12	0.00%	+20.00%	5.33B	5.54B	+3.95%	+30.96%	+5.5%
Q2 FY2008	17 Jul 2008	0.12	0.12	0.00%	+33.33%	5.48B	5.37B	-2.06%	+38.62%	-9.8%
Q1 FY2008	17 Apr 2008	0.11	0.12	+9.09%	+33.33%	4.82B	5.19B	+7.62%	+41.54%	+20.0%
Q4 FY2007	31 Jan 2008	0.11	0.11	0.00%	+37.50%	4.83B	4.83B	-0.01%	+50.58%	-8.6%
Q3 FY2007	18 Oct 2007	0.09	0.10	+11.11%	+42.86%	4.07B	4.23B	+3.86%	+57.32%	+0.7%
Q2 FY2007	19 Jul 2007	0.09	0.09	0.00%	+50.00%	3.92B	3.87B	-1.10%	+57.65%	-5.2%
Q1 FY2007	19 Apr 2007	0.08	0.09	+12.50%	+50.00%	3.24B	3.66B	+13.01%	+62.57%	+2.3%
Q4 FY2006	31 Jan 2007	0.07	0.08	+14.29%	+100.00%	2.92B	3.21B	+9.79%	+67.03%	-3.9%
Q3 FY2006	19 Oct 2006	0.06	0.07	+16.67%	+75.00%	2.47B	2.69B	+9.00%	+70.40%	+7.9%
Q2 FY2006	20 Jul 2006	0.06	0.06	0.00%	+100.00%	2.15B	2.46B	+14.43%	+77.39%	+0.7%
Q1 FY2006	20 Apr 2006	0.05	0.06	+20.00%	+100.00%	1.89B	2.25B	+19.27%	+79.37%	+5.3%
Q4 FY2005	31 Jan 2006	0.05	0.04	-12.59%	+100.00%	2.16B	1.92B	-11.11%	+86.05%	-7.2%
Q3 FY2005	20 Oct 2005	0.04	0.04	+11.08%	+100.00%	1.39B	1.58B	+13.37%	+95.87%	+12.1%
Q2 FY2005	21 Jul 2005	0.03	0.03	+12.23%	+311.52%	1.23B	1.38B	+13.00%	+97.73%	-3.7%
Q1 FY2005	21 Apr 2005	0.02	0.03	+40.78%	—	1.22B	1.26B	+3.22%	—	+5.7%
Q4 FY2004	1 Feb 2005	0.02	0.02	+19.47%	+678.21%	846.77M	1.03B	+21.82%	+101.47%	+7.3%
Q3 FY2004	21 Oct 2004	0.02	0.02	+24.38%	+930.93%	604.50M	805.89M	+33.31%	+104.54%	+15.2%
Q2 FY2004	30 Jun 2004	—	0.01	—	+216.96%	—	700.21M	—	+125.00%	—
Q4 FY2003	31 Mar 2004	—	0.00	—	-4.19%	—	651.62M	—	+246.61%	—
Q4 FY2003	31 Dec 2003	—	0.00	—	-46.12%	—	512.00M	—	+172.34%	—
Q3 FY2003	30 Sept 2003	—	0.00	—	-39.75%	—	394.00M	—	+200.76%	—
Q2 FY2003	30 Jun 2003	—	0.00	—	+19.17%	—	311.20M	—	+293.92%	—
Q4 FY2002	31 Mar 2003	—	0.00	—	+187.91%	—	249.00M	—	+492.86%	—
Q4 FY2002	31 Dec 2002	—	0.00	—	+424.18%	—	188.00M	—	+347.62%	—
Q3 FY2002	30 Sept 2002	—	0.00	—	—	—	131.00M	—	—	—
Q2 FY2002	30 Jun 2002	—	0.00	—	—	—	79.00M	—	—	—
Q4 FY2001	31 Mar 2002	—	0.00	—	—	—	42.00M	—	—	—

Period	EPS estimate	Reported EPS	Surprise	EPS growth	Revenue estimate	Reported revenue	Surprise	Revenue growth
FY2028	18.21	—	—	+21.08%	781.90B	—	—	+22.48%
FY2027	15.04	—	—	-23.44%	638.42B	—	—	+27.69%
FY2026	19.65	—	—	+81.75%	499.98B	—	—	+24.12%
FY2025	10.64	10.81	+1.64%	+34.29%	400.30B	402.84B	+0.63%	+15.09%
FY2024	8.02	8.05	+0.40%	+38.79%	350.48B	350.02B	-0.13%	+13.87%
FY2023	5.74	5.80	+0.96%	+27.47%	306.24B	307.39B	+0.38%	+8.68%
FY2022	4.72	4.55	-3.54%	-18.75%	283.35B	282.84B	-0.18%	+9.78%

The move is the shares' change on the trading day after the report: after a report after the close, the next day's close on the report day's; before the open, the report day's close on the day before's. Surprise is the reported figure against the analysts' average estimate.

Q4 FY2026

What the market is waiting forWhat is the market waiting for in a report? The two to four figures investors watch most in a company's next earnings report, each with the number analysts or the company expect, and after the report, whether it came in.

From the last earnings call, the company's guidance and analysts' previews, and checked against the report when it comes.

High importanceWaiting for 3 Feb

Data center spending outlook

ExpectedAnnual capital spending guidance of about $311.8 billionanalysts' consensus

The resultComes with the report on 3 Feb

The spending plan will show how much cash Alphabet expects to commit to building its artificial intelligence infrastructure.

Beat recordWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.

On average, analysts' EPS estimate was 39.1% off the result, either way, and their revenue estimate 1.8%, over the last 12 quarters.

EPS beats: 59 / 89
Revenue beats: 59 / 89
Average EPS surprise, last 12What is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.: +34.1%
Since: October 2004

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What the market is waiting forWhat is the market waiting for in a report? The two to four figures investors watch most in a company's next earnings report, each with the number analysts or the company expect, and after the report, whether it came in.

Data center spending outlook

Cloud profit margin

Beat recordWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.

Common questions about Alphabet's earnings

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EPS and revenue against estimates

Revenue

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What the market is waiting forWhat is the market waiting for in a report? The two to four figures investors watch most in a company's next earnings report, each with the number analysts or the company expect, and after the report, whether it came in.

Data center spending outlook

Beat recordWhat is an earnings surprise? An earnings surprise is how far a company's reported EPS or revenue came above or below the analysts' average estimate, in percent.

Common questions about Alphabet's earnings

When is Alphabet's next earnings date?

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