Google Earnings on Oct 28: Will the Fed Decision Move GOOGL Stock?
By: WEEX|10/26/2026 09:30:00
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- Earnings Date: Google (GOOGL) reports Q3 2026 earnings on Oct 28, just hours after the Fed's interest rate decision.
- Market Expectations: Analysts forecast revenue of $127.4B–$127.8B and EPS of $2.94–$3.04.
- Key Factors: AI spending, Google Cloud growth, free cash flow, and Fed policy signals could drive GOOGL stock volatility.
- Bitcoin Impact: The Fed's rate outlook and Big Tech earnings could influence Bitcoin and broader crypto market sentiment.
- WEEX Stocks × Earnings Predictions: Predict whether GOOGL will rise or fall after earnings for a share of the 1,000 USDT prize pool. The event runs from Oct 6 to Nov 6, featuring GOOGL, INTC, SNDK, AAPL and more.
Alphabet reports Q3 2026 results after the close on Wednesday, Oct. 28, about two hours after the Federal Reserve announces its rate decision. Futures pricing points to a hold at 3.75%–4.00%, which shifts attention to what the Fed signals about December. For GOOGL, the Q2 reaction showed that capital spending and free cash flow can outweigh a strong cloud number in the next trading session.
What Time Is Google (GOOGL) Q3 2026 Earnings on Oct 28?
Alphabet releases Q3 2026 results after the market close on Wednesday, Oct. 28, and holds its conference call at 1:30 p.m. PT / 4:30 p.m. ET, according to the company's investor relations announcement. The Fed publishes its policy statement at 2:00 p.m. ET the same afternoon, so both events arrive inside one evening session.
| Event | ET (Oct. 28) | UTC+8 (Oct. 29) |
| Fed policy statement | 2:00 下午 | 2:00 |
| Fed press conference | 2:30 下午 | 2:30 |
| Alphabet results release | about 4:00 PM | about 04:00 |
| Alphabet earnings call | 4:30 下午 | 4:30 |
| First full trading session opens | 9:30 AM, Oct. 29 | 21:30, Oct. 29 |
For readers in Asia, the whole sequence happens before sunrise on Thursday. The first regular session that can price both the Fed and the results opens at 21:30 UTC+8 on Oct. 29.
Fed Meeting on Oct 28: Will Interest Rates Change?
This week's meeting runs Oct. 27–28, with the decision due at 2:00 p.m. ET on Oct. 28. The next scheduled meeting is Dec. 8–9, and it includes a fresh Summary of Economic Projections, according to the Federal Reserve's meeting calendar. Daylight saving time ends on Nov. 1, so the December statement lands at 03:00 UTC+8 on Dec. 10, an hour later than this week's.
As of Oct. 26, CME FedWatch priced a 90.6% probability that the target range stays at 3.75%–4.00% this week and a 79.7% probability of a hike in December. The Fed raised rates by 25 basis points in September, and September CPI came in at 3.7%, above the 3.6% forecast.
That backdrop matters for how this week is read. A large share of market commentary in 2025 and early 2026 was about the timing of cuts. The debate now is about when the next hike comes. A hold on Wednesday is close to fully priced, so the market reaction will depend on how firmly the statement and press conference point toward December. A firmer signal tends to lift yields, and higher yields reduce the present value of earnings that are expected far in the future, which is exactly where large-cap AI spenders carry much of their valuation.
Google Q3 2026 Earnings Forecast: Revenue, EPS and AI Spending
Consensus estimates compiled by MarketBeat and Investing.com put Q3 revenue at about $127.4 billion to $127.8 billion and EPS at about $2.94 to $3.04, against $102.35 billion and $2.87 a year earlier. That is roughly 25% revenue growth with low single-digit EPS growth. The gap between the two is largely the cost of the data-center build-out showing up in depreciation and operating expenses.
Alphabet does not issue quarterly revenue or EPS guidance, so the consensus is the only benchmark the results will be measured against.
Four lines in the release deserve attention before the headline EPS:
- Capital expenditure and free cash flow. After Q2, Alphabet raised its 2026 capex guidance to $195 billion to $205 billion, and free cash flow turned negative for the quarter. Visible Alpha consensus cited by S&P Global shows Q3 capex forecasts were revised up 11.3% after that report. In a June 1 filing, the company also announced an $80 billion equity raise to fund AI compute, including a $10 billion private placement from Berkshire Hathaway.
- Google Cloud revenue and operating income. Cloud revenue grew 82% to $24.8 billion in Q2, per Alphabet's Q2 2026 results filed with the SEC. Cloud backlog stood at roughly $514 billion. A slowdown from 82% would be expected as comparisons get harder; the question is how much.
- Search and YouTube. Alphabet has warned that Search growth comparisons get tougher in Q3 because it laps the acceleration that began in Q3 2025.
- EPS quality. Q2 reported EPS of $9.11 included $98.0 billion of other income, mostly unrealized gains on equity securities, according to the same SEC filing. Similar gains or losses can distort Q3 EPS, so operating income gives a cleaner read of the business.
Why Did GOOGL, TSLA and SPCX Stocks Fall After Earnings?
Many traders treat an earnings beat as a reason for the stock to rise. Three recent reports from this group each beat on revenue or volume, and each stock fell after the release.
| Company | Report | Headline result | What the market focused on | Stock reaction |
| TSLA | Q3, Oct. 21 | Deliveries of 486,532 vs. 461,974 consensus | Profit still declining despite a margin rebound | Up about 1.7% in early after-hours trading, per Quiver Quantitative; next close $374.58, down 3.08% from $386.47, per TradingKey |
| SPCX | Q2, Aug. 4 | Revenue up 92% to $7.8 billion | Quarterly capex of $18.4 billion, with similar spending guided for the next two quarters | Closed about 14% lower the next day at about $108, its lowest close since the IPO, per Yahoo Finance |
| GOOGL | Q2, July 22 | Cloud revenue up 82% | Higher 2026 capex guidance and negative free cash flow | Closed 7.13% lower the next day at $317.69, per Yahoo Finance |
The common thread is spending. SpaceX's first report as a public company beat revenue estimates, but its CFO told analysts to expect similar capex levels for the next two quarters, and the stock sold off overnight. Alphabet's cloud growth accelerated to 82% in Q2 from 63% in Q1, and the stock still dropped once investors saw the new capex range and the first negative free cash flow quarter. Tesla shipped more cars than expected, yet profit kept falling, and an early after-hours gain turned into a 3.08% decline by the next close.
The pattern has exceptions. In Q1 2026, Alphabet's 63% cloud growth outweighed another capex increase, and the stock rose about 10% after the report. What separated Q1 from Q2 was whether revenue growth looked large enough to carry the spending.
In this earnings season, investors have priced spending, profit and cash flow ahead of top-line growth. On Oct. 28, the capex line and free cash flow are the first numbers in Alphabet's release to check, and the cloud growth rate is the second.
Will the Fed Decision Move GOOGL Stock After Earnings?
GOOGL will be priced against two major inputs within one evening, and most of that repricing happens in after-hours trading, where volume is thinner and early moves can reverse. The Fed statement at 2:00 p.m. ET moves yields and the dollar first. Two hours later, Alphabet's release arrives into a market that has already adjusted its discount rate for the evening.
The Tesla case above shows why the first after-hours print is a weak guide. Tesla traded higher right after its release and closed 3.08% lower in the next regular session. GOOGL's after-hours move on Wednesday night can be revised the same way once Thursday's regular session opens.
There is also a third input before that close. The third-quarter GDP estimate and the PCE inflation report are due on Thursday, Oct. 29, before the regular session opens. So by Thursday's close, the market will have processed the Fed's December signal, Alphabet's spending numbers and a fresh inflation reading. A hot PCE print would reinforce a hawkish Fed message. A soft one would give the earnings result more room to drive the stock on its own terms.
Bitcoin Price Outlook: How Could the Fed and Google Earnings Affect BTC?
Bitcoin enters the week trading as a rate-sensitive risk asset, which ties it to the same inputs that will move GOOGL. It slipped below $80,000 early on Oct. 26 as traders reduced risk ahead of the Fed, with total crypto market capitalization at $2.67 trillion and the Fear & Greed Index at 43, a neutral reading, based on CoinMarketCap data as of 05:18 UTC on Oct. 26. The previous week, Bitcoin closed below its 50-day moving average for the first time in 66 days, and spot Bitcoin ETFs recorded about $635.6 million of net outflows in the Oct. 22 trading session, led by BlackRock’s IBIT and Fidelity’s FBTC, according to daily fund-flow tallies.
The broader context is unusual. Bitcoin and gold rank as the two worst-performing major assets of 2026 so far, a combination that market strategist Charlie Bilello noted has not appeared in any previous calendar year. Capital this year has gone to AI-linked equities, which is part of why Big Tech earnings now feed into crypto sentiment as well.
For this week, the path runs through rates. A Fed statement that firms up a December hike would add pressure on both megacap tech and Bitcoin. A strong Alphabet result that eases spending concerns would support the Nasdaq, and Bitcoin has tended to follow equity risk appetite during this period. Thursday's PCE data then lands on top of both.
GOOGL Earnings Prediction: Win a Share of 1,000 USDT on WEEX
WEEX's Stocks × Earnings Predictions event runs from Oct. 6 to Nov. 6, 2026 (UTC+8). Participants use points to go bullish or bearish on how selected stocks move after their earnings releases.
- GOOGL: 1,000 USDT total prize pool (700 USDT winner pool, 300 USDT participant pool). Predictions close before the 04:00 UTC+8 release on Oct. 29, and results are announced at 12:00 UTC+8 on Oct. 30.
- Current split: As of 15:55 UTC+8 on Oct. 26, GOOGL predictions stood at 50% bullish and 50% bearish (3,468 vs. 3,536 points).
- Also open: SNDK (2,000 USDT pool) and INTC (1,000 USDT pool), both releasing at 04:00 UTC+8 on Oct. 30, and AAPL (1,000 USDT pool), releasing at 05:30 UTC+8 on Nov. 3.
- Last round: TSLA fell 3.08% after its Oct. 21 earnings release, and the bearish side won.
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