Google beats on revenue, projects significant AI spending increase
- Alphabet beat Wall Street’s expectations for earnings and revenue.
- The company reported Capex spend in the range of $175 billion to $185 billion — nearly double its 2025 spend.
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Alphabet beat on the top and bottom lines in its fourth-quarter earnings report on Wednesday, and said it expects to significantly increase spending on artificial intelligence in 2026.
The stock slipped in extended trading.Here’s how the company did, compared with estimates from analysts polled by LSEG:
- Earnings per share: $2.82 vs. $2.63 estimated
- Revenue: $113.83 billion vs. $111.43 billion estimated
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Wall Street was also watching several other numbers in the report:
- Google Cloud: $17.66 billion vs. $16.18 billion, according to StreetAccount
- YouTube advertising: $11.38 billion vs. $11.84 billion, according to StreetAccount
- Traffic acquisition costs: $16.59 billion vs. $16.20 billion, according to StreetAccount
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The company said it expects 2026 capital expenditures to be in the range of $175 billion to $185 billion — nearly double its 2025 spend. The company said in October that it expected “a significant increase” to capex in 2026.
The company saw revenue increase almost 18% year over year. Net income came in at $34.46 billion, up almost 30% compared to the year prior.
Advertising revenue came in at $82.28 billion, up 13.5% from a year ago.
Google Cloud beat Wall Street’s expectations, recording a 47% increase in revenue from a year ago. Google’s Cloud unit houses most of the company’s AI services and products.
Revenue for YouTube ads increased almost 9% to $11.38 billion, but it fell short of analysts’ expectations of $11.84 billion.
Other Bets, which includes the company’s life sciences unit Verily and self-driving car unit Waymo, reported revenue of $370 million during the quarter, down 7.5% from a year ago. Alphabet reported Other Bets’ loss of $3.61 billion, a year-over-year increase of more than 200%.
Waymo took a $2.1 billion employee compensation charge for the quarter, as it raised a new funding round at a $16 billion valuation.
Google parent beats on revenue, projects significant AI spending increase
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