Alphabet's revenue for the first quarter fell short of expectations, causing the tech giant's shares to lose -5% during after-hours trading Monday.
Google’s parent company reported revenue of $36.34 billion for the quarter, compared to the $37.3 billion expected by analysts polled by FactSet.
Decelerating growth in advertising was a headwind to the company's revenue. Paid clicks on Google properties grew +39% year-over-year for the quarter, which was much slower than the fourth quarter’s + 66% and third quarter’s + 62%.
However, total revenue was still +17% higher compared to the year-ago quarter, as mentioned by Ruth Porat, Chief Financial Officer of both Alphabet and Google. The growth came in at +19% on a constant currency basis. Porat emphasized mobile search, YouTube, and Cloud as major drivers of growth. The company’s hardware and cloud businesses (included in Google’s “other revenues” segment), saw a +25% year-over-year growth to $5.45 billion. Porat indicated that Youtube clicks continued to grow, albeit at a slower pace compared to the same quarter in the preceding year.
Alphabet’s earnings of $11.90 per share managed to beat analysts’ estimates of $10.60 per share.
But net income of $6.66 billion for the period fell sharply from the year-ago quarter’s profit of $9.4 billion.
The European Commission had slapped a $1.7 billion fine on Alphabet as a settlement for alleged anti-competition practices in the online ad business. Excluding the fine, the company’s operating income rose +26% to $8.31 billion.
Sergey Savastiouk, Ph.D. has a degree in Applied Mathematics from Moscow University and has extensive experience as an entrepreneur, investor, manager, and mathematician. His professional expertise is in applied mathematics, mathematical modeling, system and pattern analysis, and software and hardware system integration. He has served as the CEO of several hi-tech start-up companies and nonprofit organizations, which has given him proven capabilities in business strategy for high-tech start-up companies, market assessment, company formation, team building, product development, marketing, and sales. He has published numerous articles in journals and magazines on related fields. As a retail investor, he spent 15 years developing his proprietary trading and quantitative algorithms (now Tickeron’s A.I.), which brought him significant returns in trading the stock market. His current work and goal in founding Tickeron is to bring professional, sophisticated stock market analysis capabilities to retail investors via an easy-to-use interface.
GOOGL saw its Momentum Indicator move above the 0 level on September 14, 2026. This is an indication that the stock could be shifting in to a new upward move. Traders may want to consider buying the stock or buying call options. Tickeron's A.I.dvisor looked at 78 similar instances where the indicator turned positive. In 59 of the 78 cases, the stock moved higher in the following days. The odds of a move higher are at 76%.
The Stochastic Oscillator is in the oversold zone. Keep an eye out for a move up in the foreseeable future.
The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) for GOOGL just turned positive on September 14, 2026. Looking at past instances where GOOGL's MACD turned positive, the stock continued to rise in 33 of 49 cases over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 67%.
The 10-day moving average for GOOGL crossed bullishly above the 50-day moving average on September 23, 2026. This indicates that the trend has shifted higher and could be considered a buy signal. In 10 of 16 past instances when the 10-day crossed above the 50-day, the stock continued to move higher over the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 62%.
Following a +1.80% 3-day Advance, the price is estimated to grow further. Considering data from situations where GOOGL advanced for three days, in 230 of 341 cases, the price rose further within the following month. The odds of a continued upward trend are 67%.
GOOGL may jump back above the lower band and head toward the middle band. Traders may consider buying the stock or exploring call options.
GOOGL moved below its 50-day moving average on September 23, 2026 date and that indicates a change from an upward trend to a downward trend.
Following a 3-day decline, the stock is projected to fall further. Considering past instances where GOOGL declined for three days, the price rose further in 50 of 62 cases within the following month. The odds of a continued downward trend are 62%.
The Aroon Indicator for GOOGL entered a downward trend on September 16, 2026. This could indicate a strong downward move is ahead for the stock. Traders may want to consider selling the stock or buying put options.
The Tickeron Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for this company is 15 (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating low risk on high returns. The average Profit vs. Risk Rating rating for the industry is 94, placing this stock better than average.
The Tickeron SMR rating for this company is 20 (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating very strong sales and a profitable business model. SMR (Sales, Margin, Return on Equity) rating is based on comparative analysis of weighted Sales, Income Margin and Return on Equity values compared against S&P 500 index constituents. The weighted SMR value is a proprietary formula developed by Tickeron and represents an overall profitability measure for a stock.
The Tickeron Valuation Rating of 29 (best 1 - 100 worst) indicates that the company is slightly undervalued in the industry. This rating compares market capitalization estimated by our proprietary formula with the current market capitalization. This rating is based on the following metrics, as compared to industry averages: P/B Ratio (6.757) is normal, around the industry mean (1.335). P/E Ratio (17.256) is within average values for comparable stocks, (399.809). Projected Growth (PEG Ratio) (1.229) is also within normal values, averaging (16.807). Dividend Yield (0.002) settles around the average of (0.014) among similar stocks. P/S Ratio (9.416) is also within normal values, averaging (69.903).
The Tickeron Price Growth Rating for this company is 43 (best 1 - 100 worst), indicating steady price growth. GOOGL’s price grows at a higher rate over the last 12 months as compared to S&P 500 index constituents.
The Tickeron PE Growth Rating for this company is 82 (best 1 - 100 worst), pointing to worse than average earnings growth. The PE Growth rating is based on a comparative analysis of stock PE ratio increase over the last 12 months compared against S&P 500 index constituents.
The average fundamental analysis ratings, where 1 is best and 100 is worst, are as follows
a holding company with interests in software, health care, transportation and other technologies
Industry InternetSoftwareServices