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EarningsQ2 2026 Earnings Report

Alphabet Class C (ABEC) Q2 2026 Earnings Report

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DE:ABEC Q2 2026 EPS Results

Actual EPS€8.11
Consensus EPS€2.56
Beat/MissBeat by +€5.55
One Year Ago EPS€2.06

DE:ABEC Q2 2026 Revenue Results

Actual Revenue€106.49B
Expected Revenue€103.52B
Beat/MissBeat by +€2.97B
YoY Revenue Growth+23.98%

Earnings Announcement Details

QuarterQ2 2026
Date07/22/2026
TimeAfter Close
Conference CallWednesday, July 22, 2026
DE:ABEC Upcoming Earnings
Alphabet Class C's next earnings date is estimated for October 27, 2026, based on past reporting schedules.

Q2 2026 Earnings Call Audio

DE:ABEC Q2 2026 Earnings Call
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Q2 2026 Earnings Slide Deck

Q2 2026 Earnings Call Summary

Q2 2026
Earnings Call Date:Jul 22, 2026|
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Earnings Call Sentiment|Positive
The call conveyed strong positive momentum driven by AI adoption: robust top-line growth (24% consolidated; Cloud +82%), improving margins, large Cloud backlog ($514B), and high user and developer engagement for Gemini and AI products. Management emphasized ambitious investments (higher CapEx, TPU deployments) to capture long-term opportunities, but also warned of supply constraints, elevated near-term expenses, negative quarterly free cash flow, and some margin pressure from using third-party capacity. Overall, the positives (strong growth, profitability, AI adoption and scale) notably outweigh the near-term investment- and supply-related headwinds.
Company Guidance
Alphabet updated full‑year 2026 guidance and near‑term outlook: CapEx is increased to $195–$205 billion (from $180–$190B), with Q2 CapEx at $44.9B (≈60% servers, 40% data center/networking); management expects a slight FX headwind in Q3 versus a 1‑percentage‑point FX tailwind in Q2 and will expand use of third‑party capacity in Q3 (causing modest near‑term margin pressure). Google Cloud backlog rose to $514B (up >$50B sequentially) and the company expects to recognize just over 50% of that backlog as revenue over the next 24 months, while most revenues from TPU system sales will be realized in 2027 (only a small amount recognized in 2026). Free cash flow is expected to remain under pressure from infrastructure investment (Q2 FCF was negative $5.9B; trailing‑12‑month FCF $53.3B), and Alphabet ended the quarter with $242.5B in cash & marketable securities and $98.2B of long‑term debt; the Board also declared a $0.22/share quarterly dividend.
Strong Consolidated Revenue and Profitability
Consolidated revenues of $119.8 billion, up 24% year-over-year; operating income increased 30% to $40.8 billion and operating margin expanded to 34%.
Search and YouTube Growth
Search & other revenue grew 17% to about $63.3 billion; YouTube advertising revenue grew 13% to $11.1 billion; Google Services revenue was ~$94.5–95.0 billion, up 15% year-over-year.
Exceptional Google Cloud Momentum
Google Cloud revenue grew 82% year-over-year to $24.8 billion; Cloud operating income more than tripled to $8.8 billion and operating margin rose to 35.6% (from 20.7% a year ago); Cloud backlog increased >$50 billion sequentially to $514 billion.
AI Product Adoption and Developer Engagement
Nearly 9 million developers build monthly with Google models; model APIs processing ~22 billion tokens (up from ~16 billion last quarter); nearly 90% of Fortune 100 using Gemini Enterprise; nearly 500 cloud customers processed >1 trillion tokens each in the past year.
Gemini App and Model Distribution
Gemini app reached ~950 million monthly active users with DAUs tripling year-over-year; GM4 models downloaded >300 million times since April; Gemini family small models downloaded >900 million times total.
Product & Platform Wins for Advertisers and SMBs
0.5 million advertisers adopted AI Max; advertisers using AI-powered campaigns like AI Max/PMax see ~15% more conversions or value on search at similar ROAS; over half of SMB customers globally use AI to create or optimize creative.
Strong Cash Position and Trailing Cash Flow
Operating cash flow of $39.1 billion in Q2 and $185.7 billion trailing 12 months; cash and marketable securities of $242.5 billion (including $87.1 billion marketable equity securities).
Strategic Progress in Other Bets
Waymo launched a sixth-generation vehicle to public riders; Wing completed >1 million home deliveries; Isomorphic Labs raised >$2 billion to advance AI-driven drug discovery.

DE:ABEC Earnings History

Report Date
Fiscal Quarter
Forecast / EPS
Last Year's EPS
EPS YoY Change
Press Release
Oct 27, 2026
2026 (Q3)
2.71 / -
2.554―
2026 (Q2)
2.56 / 8.11
2.055294.37% (+6.05)
2026 (Q1)
2.39 / 4.55
2.581.85% (+2.05)
2025 (Q4)
2.34 / 2.51
1.91331.16% (+0.60)
2025 (Q3)
2.02 / 2.55
1.88635.38% (+0.67)
2025 (Q2)
1.94 / 2.06
1.68222.22% (+0.37)
2025 (Q1)
1.80 / 2.50
1.68248.68% (+0.82)
2024 (Q4)
1.89 / 1.91
1.45931.10% (+0.45)
2024 (Q3)
1.64 / 1.89
1.37936.77% (+0.51)
2024 (Q2)
1.64 / 1.68
1.28131.25% (+0.40)
The table shows recent earnings report dates and whether the forecast was beat or missed. See the change in forecast and EPS from the previous year.
Beat
Missed