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

Three Reasons To Buy Alphabet (GOOGL) (GOOG) on Weakness - Jefferies

April 22, 2016 9:01 AM EDT

Jefferies analyst, Brian Pitz cut his PT on Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) to $925 from $950 but kept the Buy rating despite missing consensus EPS for 3 reasons:

1) Online video is the biggest online ad growth... More

Alphabet (GOOG) Weakness Seen as Opportunity to Add to Positions - Deutsche Bank

April 22, 2016 8:28 AM EDT

Deutsche Bank maintained a Buy rating on Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) and raised its price target to $1,100.00 (from $1,080.00). Analyst Ross Sandler described its Q1 results as a "messy print" but he believes the overalls story and underlying trends remain solid. In his view, investors... More

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

April 22, 2016 8:09 AM EDT

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

April 22, 2016 7:57 AM EDT

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

April 22, 2016 7:16 AM EDT

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

April 22, 2016 6:57 AM EDT

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.

Peck... More

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

April 22, 2016 6:47 AM EDT

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

April 22, 2016 6:42 AM EDT

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

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

April 21, 2016 4:03 PM EDT

(Updated - April 21, 2016 4:04 PM EDT)

Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) reported Q1 EPS of $7.50, $0.46 worse than the analyst estimate of $7.96. Revenue for the quarter came in at $20.26 billion versus the consensus estimate of $20.38 billion.

Q1 2016 Google segment summaryRevenues and monetization

Google segment revenues by source (in millions; unaudited):

Three Months Ended
March 31, 2015Three Months Ended
March 31,... More