Google parent Alphabet is set to report earnings after the bell on Thursday, adding to the slate of Big Tech earnings this week.
For the first quarter, analysts polled by LSEG are calling for earnings of $1.51 per share on revenue of $78.59 billion.
What the Street expects to see: AI, Cloud growth, ad trends Beyond the headline figures, analysts are paying close attention to Alphabet's revenue from the Google Cloud business, YouTube ads and its traffic acquisition costs.
The company's ad revenue of $65.52 billion came in lower than analysts' estimates of $65.94 billion, however, according to StreetAccount.
With AI, Alphabet is working on both sides of the technology: the innovator and the investor.
Persons:
LSEG, that's, Brent Thill, Thill, Maria Ripps, Prabhakar Raghavan, Gemini, Anthropic
Organizations:
Big Tech, Google, Meta, Jefferies, Capital, YouTube