Alphabet beats on revenue, with cloud booming 63% and topping $20 billion

Alphabet reported first-quarter earnings after the bell Wednesday.

* **Earnings per share:** $5.11
* **Revenue:** $109.9 billion vs $107.2 billion expected by analysts polled by LSEG

It is unclear if EPS was comparable to the $2.63 expected by analysts polled by LSEG.

Wall Street was also watching several other numbers in the report:

* **Google Cloud:** $20.02 billion vs. $18.05 billion estimated, according to StreetAccount
* **YouTube advertising:** $9.88 vs. $9.99 billion estimated, according to StreetAccount
* **Traffic acquisition costs:** $15.22 vs. $15.3 billion estimated, according to StreetAccount

Source: [https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/alphabet-googl-q1-2026-earnings.html](https://www.cnbc.com/2026/04/29/alphabet-googl-q1-2026-earnings.html)