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Key Takeaways
- Google parent Alphabet is scheduled to report its quarterly results after the closing bell Wednesday, with Wall Street analysts expecting growing revenues.
- Options pricing suggests traders expect Alphabet’s stock could move about 6% in either direction in the days after its results.
Google parent Alphabet is scheduled to report third-quarter results after the bell on Wednesday, with traders betting on a sizable move in the tech giant’s stock.
Options pricing suggests traders expect Alphabet (GOOGL) stock could move about 6% in either direction by the end of this week. A move of that size off Tuesday’s close near $268 would push shares to about $283 at the high end, in what would represent a new all-time high for the stock, or drag them down to about $252, where they were last week.
Alphabet shares posted modest gains in the range of 1% to 3% in the days after posting its results in three of the four past quarters. However, they tumbled 7% the day after the company released its fourth-quarter results in February, when the tech giant announced big spending plans for this year.
Why This Matters for Investors
As with many of its Magnificent 7 peers due to report this week, investors will be watching for Alphabet’s progress with its AI goals, and anticipation of an abnormally large move in its stock could reflect either extreme optimism or pessimism heading into the earnings.
Shares of Alphabet have added over 40% of their value in 2025, making it one of the best-performing Magnificent 7 stocks for the year so far, behind AI investor favorite Nvidia (NVDA).
Still, Wall Street analysts are overwhelmingly bullish, with 12 of the 15 analysts with current ratings compiled by Visible Alpha calling it a “buy” compared to three neutral ratings, though the stock has already blown past their mean target of $254 with its recent gains.
The tech giant is projected to report earnings per share of $2.26 for the third quarter on a 13% year-over-year jump in revenue to $99.9 billion, according to consensus estimates.
