{"id":331371,"date":"2026-10-29T11:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/?p=331371"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T05:38:55","slug":"alphabet-share-price-falls-about-10-percent-after-q3-earnings-why-a-profit-miss-is-weighing-on-a-strong-cloud-quarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/univest.in\/blogs-2\/alphabet-share-price-falls-about-10-percent-after-q3-earnings-why-a-profit-miss-is-weighing-on-a-strong-cloud-quarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Alphabet Share Price Falls About 10% After Q3 Earnings: Why a Profit Miss Is Weighing on a Strong Cloud Quarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Alphabet share price fell about 9.7% in after-hours trading to $290.54 on Wednesday, 28 Oct 2026, from a regular-session close of $321.89 (up 1.6%), after Q3 earnings per share of $2.12 missed the $3.01 consensus even though revenue rose 25% to $127.6 billion and Google Cloud revenue rose 103% to $30.7 billion.<\/em><\/p>\n

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The Alphabet share price fell about 9.7% after hours to $290.54 from $321.89 because Q3 earnings per share of $2.12 missed the consensus of $3.01, which one source attributes mainly to an $8.2 billion negative other income line from an unrealised loss on its SpaceX investment. Operating income rose 30% to $40.6 billion, revenue rose 25% to $127.6 billion (about $390 million below the estimate), and Google Cloud revenue more than doubled to $30.7 billion with a backlog of $561 billion. Capex was $51.4 billion, free cash flow was negative $9.1 billion, and full-year 2026 capex guidance of $195 billion to $205 billion was unchanged. This is educational and not a recommendation.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n

A 10% fall in one of the world’s largest companies after a quarter of 25% revenue growth looks odd at first glance. This article explains what the Alphabet share price is reacting to, separates the accounting charge from the operating results, looks at the Cloud and capex numbers that matter for the longer story, and covers what the move may mean for Indian investors, with the caveat that it is an after-hours price and not a settled close.<\/p>\n

Two flags. The figures come from a single earnings summary page that itself warns it may contain errors, and I could not open the company’s own release or a second full report, so please check the key numbers against the press release. Also, the after-hours price can change when the regular session opens. It is educational and not advice.<\/p>\n

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