Alphabet Shares Surge 6% In Premarket Amid Earnings BeatShares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:GOOG ) spike 6% in Friday's premarket session amidst earnings beat.
Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: NASDAQ:GOOG ) reported first-quarter revenue and profit that exceeded analysts’ expectations, sending shares higher in extended trading Thursday.
The tech giants reported revenue of $90.23 billion, up 12% year-over-year and above the analyst consensus from Visible Alpha.1 Net income of $34.54 billion, or $2.81 per share, compared to $23.66 billion, or $1.89 per share, a year earlier, also topping Wall Street’s estimates. Google Cloud revenue rose 28% to $12.3 billion, while Search & Other segment revenue grew 10% to $50.7 billion.
Alphabet also raised its quarterly dividend by 5% to 21 cents, and announced an additional $70 billion in stock buybacks. Alphabet's Class A shares rose close to 5% in after-hours trading. The stock was down about 16% for 2025 through Thursday’s close.
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CEO Sundar Pichai said Search growth was driven by "engagement we’re seeing with features like AI Overviews, which now has 1.5 billion users per month" after launching in May 2024.2
“We do see a tremendous opportunity ahead of us across the organization,” CFO Anat Ashkenazi said, adding that Alphabet ended the quarter with more Cloud demand than it had capacity.
Technical Outlook
As of the time of writing, shares of NASDAQ:GOOG are up 5% in Friday's premarket trading, bouncing off from the critical support zone of $146. NASDAQ:GOOG 's next top is the $200 resistant a move that will deliver a stunning 29% in gains. All present metrics are pointing to a bullish campaign, the asset is already trading below key moving averages giving NASDAQ:GOOG room to capitalize on this technical to make a comeback.
