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Stocks making the biggest moves after hours: Alphabet, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta & more

Cnbc · · 777 words · By Lisa Kailai Han
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“Alphabet — Shares added almost 7% after the tech titan posted first-quarter revenue of $109.9 billion”
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Multiple independent web search results confirm Alphabet reported Q1 2026 revenue of $109.9 billion and that shares rose more than 7% in after-hours trading.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — An alphabet is a writing system that uses a standard set of symbols, called letters, to more or less represent particular sounds in a spoken language. Specifically, letters largely correspond to phone…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Alphabet Inc. is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California. It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015, and …
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alphabet_Inc.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Latin alphabet is the set of letters used by the ancient Romans to write Classical Latin, later augmented with lower-case letters to write Medieval Latin, and continued in a slightly altered form …
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“beating the $107.2 billion analysts polled by LSEG had expected”
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A web search result specifically mentions that Alphabet's total revenue of $109.9 billion was compared with an estimate of $107.2 billion according to LSEG data.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Greece faced a sovereign debt crisis in the aftermath of the 2008 financial crisis. Widely known in the country as The Crisis (Greek: Η Κρίση, romanized: I Krísi), it led to poverty, loss of income an…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greek_government-debt_crisis
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — The Russell Top 50 Index also known as the Russell Top 50 Mega Cap is a stock market index that measures the performance of the largest companies in the Russell 3000 Index. It includes approximately 5…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — SOFR Academy, Inc. is an American financial market infrastructure company focused on developing benchmark credit-spread infrastructure designed to complement risk-free reference rates in global capita…
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“Google cloud revenue surged 63% from a year earlier to $20.02 billion last quarter”
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Multiple sources confirm Google Cloud revenue grew 63% year-over-year to approximately $20 billion (specifically $20.0 billion or $20.03 billion).
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google that provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, data storage, data analytics, and machine learning, alongsid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Platform
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Cloud Shell is an Online integrated development environment provided by Google Cloud Platform (GCP). It is a Ubuntu-based virtual machine with a persistent 5 GB home directory, allowing users t…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Shell
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Cloud Storage is an online file storage web service for storing and accessing data on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google's clou…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Storage
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“analysts had penciled in $18.05 billion, per StreetAccount”
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While web search results mention StreetAccount projections for Google Cloud, the figures provided ($18.99B, $8.64B, $7.87B) do not match the $18.05 billion mentioned in the claim.
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Cloud Storage is an online file storage web service for storing and accessing data on Google Cloud Platform infrastructure. The service combines the performance and scalability of Google's clou…
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — A Google Account is a user account that is required for access, authentication and authorization to certain online Google services. It is also often used as single sign-on for third party services.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Account
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wikipedia NEUTRAL — Google Cloud is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google that provides a series of modular cloud services including computing, data storage, data analytics, and machine learning, alongsid…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Google_Cloud_Platform
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“The company also raised its 2026 capex to as much as $190 billion”
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Three independent web search results confirm Alphabet raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to a range of $180 billion to $190 billion.
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web search NEUTRAL — Meta beat, but investors focused on the higher AI capex guide: $125B–$145B for 2026. Amazon had a strong AWS quarter, up 28% to $37.6B, but free cash flow took a hit from AI infrastructure spending.
https://www.linkedin.com/posts/sgholami_alphabet-ups-2026-ca…
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web search NEUTRAL — Google parent Alphabet has raised its capital expenditure plans for the year 2026 to $180 billion-$190 billion, up from its previous guidance of $175 billion-$185 billion , to capitalise on the surgin…
https://www.moneycontrol.com/artificial-intelligence/google-…
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web search NEUTRAL — On April 30, after the market closed on Wednesday, Alphabet CFO Arnaud Ashkenazy stated during the earnings call that the company has raised its full-year capital expenditure guidance for 2026 to a ra…
https://www.bitget.com/news/detail/12560605391866
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“Microsoft reported an earnings and revenue beat in its fiscal third quarter”
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Multiple sources confirm Microsoft's fiscal third-quarter results exceeded analysts' expectations for both earnings and revenue.
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web search NEUTRAL — Microsoft shares surged as much as 6% in extended trading on Tuesday after the software maker issued fiscal third-quarter earnings that exceeded analysts’ expectations and an optimistic outlook for th…
https://insights.gcitstech.com/microsoft-earnings-beat-acros…
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web search NEUTRAL — The company's fiscal third-quarter results, released Thursday, provided little reassurance despite a 31 percent increase in earnings, exceeding analyst estimates. Microsoft shares still dipped.
https://phys.org/news/2011-04-microsoft-fiscal-3q-surge-perc…
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest Microsoft Corporation (MSFT) stock quote, history, news and other vital information to help you with your stock trading and investing.
https://finance.yahoo.com/quote/MSFT/
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“Revenue from Azure and other cloud services rose 40%”
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web search NEUTRAL — Microsoft Corporation is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Redmond, Washington. The company became influential in the rise of personal computers through software like Windo…
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web search NEUTRAL — Explore Microsoft products and services and support for your home or business. Shop Microsoft 365, Copilot, Teams, Xbox, Windows, Azure, Surface and more.
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“Amazon — Shares rose 4% after the company reported first-quarter results that were above estimates”
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Multiple sources confirm Amazon's quarterly results exceeded expectations, though the specific share price increase percentage varies across reports (one mentions 19.5% in the quarter, another mentions results exceeding estimates).
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web search NEUTRAL — Revenue for the segment rose 28% year-over-year to just under $38 billion in the first three months of the year. Overall, the group's revenue climbed 17% to $181.5 billion. Operating profit rose 30% t…
https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/articles/amazons-qu…
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web search NEUTRAL — Shares of Amazon were up 19.5% in the quarter and finished the year up 80.9%. Reported quarterly results were better than consensus estimates with 11% year-over-year revenue growth in constant currenc…
https://www.insidermonkey.com/blog/amazon-coms-amzn-quarterl…
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web search NEUTRAL — Amazon.com Announces First Quarter Results. Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) today announced financial results for its first quarter ended March 31, 2026.
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“The online retailer and cloud giant reported earnings of $2.78 per share and $181.52 billion in revenue”
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One web search result mentions overall group revenue climbed to $181.5 billion, but no evidence was found to verify the specific earnings per share of $2.78.
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“compared to expectations for $1.64 in earnings per share and $177.3 billion in revenue, according to LSEG”
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No evidence was found in the provided search results to confirm the specific LSEG expectations of $1.64 EPS and $177.3 billion revenue for Amazon.
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“capital expenditures totaled $44.2 billion, slightly higher than expectations of $43.39 billion, according to StreetAccount”
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“Meta Platforms — The Facebook parent dropped 6% after the company hiked its full-year capital expenditures guidance to a range of $125 billion to $145 billion”
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“Qualcomm — The chip manufacturer surged 13% after CEO Cristiano Amon said the company would start shipping data center chips to "a large hyperscaler" within the calendar year”
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“Second quarter profit came in at $2.65 per share on an adjusted basis, versus the LSEG consensus of $2.56 per share”
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“Carvana — The online used car marketplace popped more than 8%”
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“Carvana said that it sees a "sequential increase" in retail units sold and adjusted EBITDA in the second quarter”
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“In the first quarter, retail unit sales came in at 187,393 versus the 182,394 StreetAccount consensus estimate”
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“Ford raised its 2026 guidance , calling for adjusted earnings before interest and taxes of $8.5 billion to $10.5 billion”
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“First-quarter revenue of $39.82 billion also topped the LSEG consensus estimate of $38.82 billion”
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“KLA Corp — The maker of wafer fabrication equipment fell 10%”
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“the company called for adjusted earnings of $8.87 to $10.87 per share, compared to the LSEG consensus of $9.80 per share”
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“Revenue is expected to land at $3.575 billion at the midpoint, versus the Street's estimate of $3.536 billion”
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“Chipotle Mexican Grill — The burrito chain's stock rose more than 3% after Chipotle posted a 0.5% gain in same-store sales during the first quarter”
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“Analysts had anticipated the key metric would fall 0.7% during the period, per FactSet”
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“Sprouts Farmers Market — The gourmet grocery chain popped 5% after posting a first-quarter earnings and revenue beat versus FactSet estimates”
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“Sprouts also raised its full-year 2026 earnings guidance to a range of $5.32 to $5.48 per share, above prior estimates of between $5.28 to $5.44 per share”
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“Teladoc Health — Shares slipped 11% after the telemedicine and virtual healthcare company posted a loss of 36 cents per share, wider than the 34-cent loss analysts polled by FactSet had expected”
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“the company did post a first-quarter revenue beat”
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“O'Reilly Automotive — The auto parts retailer rallied almost 4% after reporting a first-quarter earnings and revenue beat”
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“Equinix — The data center stock fell 3%”
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“The company expects revenue this year to be between $10.144 billion and $10.244 billion, up from an earlier estimate of $10.123 billion to $10.223 billion”
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“Equinix expects adjusted funds from operations of $42.31 to $43.11 up from a prior estimate of $41.93 to $42.74 per share”
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“Analysts had expected $42.52 per share, on average”
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“C.H. Robinson Worldwide — The logistics stock added 2% after posting adjusted first-quarter earnings of $1.35 per share, exceeding the $1.23 per share analysts polled by FactSet were looking for”
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“the company's $4.01 billion revenue came in under the $4.05 billion forecast”
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“Wyndham Hotels & Resorts — The hospitality stock popped nearly 4% after Wyndham reported first-quarter adjusted earnings of 96 cents per share on revenue of $327 million”
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“Analysts surveyed by FactSet had anticipated earnings of 86 cents a share and $322 million in revenue”
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