Alphabet (GOOG) Posts Q1 adj.-EPS of $7.50, Misses Views

BMO Capital Positive on Margin Expansion at Alphabet (GOOGL) (GOOG)

BMO Capital Outperform Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) price target of $925.00

BMO Capital analyst, Daniel Salmon, is incrementally confident in margin expansion at Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) and estimates for FY16, 17, and 18 on... More

Blame Google's (GOOG) (GOOGL) Miss On AOL - Evercore

Evercore ISI analyst, Ken Sena, sees Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) quarter as mostly in line since the revenue drivers and EBIT did not show material deterioration. No change to Buy rating or $950 PT.

For the quarter, consolidated revenues of $20.3bn (17% y/y, 23% y/y x-FX) were in line with the analysts estimate but this was driven by higher than expected Other Bets revenue of $166mm. Google Core revenue of $20.1bn (17% y/y) was 1% below estimates as Google Network revenues of $3.7bn (3%... More

Alphabet (GOOG) Mixed Q1 From Slower Network Growth & Higher TAC; PT Cut to $825 - Needham & Company

Needham & Company analyst, Kerry Rice, maintained his Buy rating on Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) but cut the PT dramatically to $825 from $910 as higher TAC pushed operating income below expectations.

Overall paid clicks grew 29% y/y, decelerating from 31% y/y in 4Q15, but above consensus of 27%. Growth in YouTube's TrueView ads is the primary growth driver of Websites' Paid Clicks, which increased 38% y/y, down from 40% y/y growth in 4Q15. Network paid clicks were up 2% y/y. Overall, CPCs continued the... More

Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) Trends Positive Despite Soft Headline Q1 - RBC's Mahaney

RBC Capital analyst Mark Mahaney reiterated an Outperform rating and $1,0000 price target on Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) following Q1 results with revenue just shy of the Street, as did EPS, tho FX and 1X cost items (investment losses) masked very consistent Revenue... More

Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL) PT Raised Trimmed to $850 at SunTrust

SunTrust Robinson Humphrey analyst Bob Peck trimmed his price target on Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) to $850.00 (from $875.00) but maintained a Buy rating following Q1 results which showed in-line revenue but core profit miss.

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Alphabet (GOOG) Q1 Firm; EPS Miss Largely Due to Other/Expense Loss; Cowen Affirms at 'Outperform'

Cowen and Company affirms Alphabet (Nasdaq: GOOG)(Nasdaq: GOOGL) at Outperform with a price target of $940 following the company's Q1 report on Thursday night.

Analyst John Blackledge summarized: Alphabet reported in-line 1Q16 revenue driven by... More

Alphabet (GOOG) (GOOGL): Buy The Dip - Susquehana

Susquehana analyst, Shyam Patil, acknowledges that the Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) print could have been better but the basic investment drivers remain intact. He cut the PT to $930 from $950 but left the Positive rating unchanged.

Headline numbers missed expectations but the key revenue number was fine. Gross advertising revenue missed expectations by 2% and EPS came in 6% below... More