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title: "Alphabet Shares Sink as Google Records First Quarterly Profit Miss in Over 3 Years"
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# Alphabet Shares Sink as Google Records First Quarterly Profit Miss in Over 3 Years

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**Published:** 2026-10-28T20:23:52.000Z
**Category:** Industry
**Topics:** google, llm

## Summary

Alphabet reported third quarter revenue of $127\.58B and earnings per share of $2\.12, missing Wall Street projections, marking its first quarterly profit miss in over three years and causing shares to decline nearly 8% in after\-hours trading\. The results were impacted by a $8\.7B net unrealized loss on equity securities and an operating income of $40\.58B, while Google Cloud revenue surged 103% year\-over\-year to $30\.71B\. CEO Sundar Pichai cited extraordinary demand for AI infrastructure as the driver for the cloud's performance, and Alphabet's total annual revenue run rate has now reached half a trillion dollars\.

## Sources

- [Story source](<https://marketbrief.now/earnings/alphabet-shares-sink-as-google-records-first-quarterly-profit-miss-in-ov-c20c3705>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/DeItaone/status/2115535292950094116>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/bespokeinvest/status/2115535285446377799>)
- [Story source](<https://x.com/sundarpichai/status/2115535455156642066>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/zerohedge/status/2115536420261822531>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/ftr_investors/status/2115535734857695694>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/negligible_cap/status/2115535715253825638>)
- [Supporting source](<https://x.com/MelvinInvests/status/2115538142035943731>)