Alphabet's $100 Billion Quarter

Plus, Meta's one-time tax charge.

October 30, 2025

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Alphabet's $100 Billion Quarter

Google parent Alphabet $GOOGL ( ▲ 2.66% ) jumped 6.72% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting strong financial earnings results.

Financials: Alphabet reported earnings of $2.87 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $102.3 billion. Both were better than expected. It also marked the first time Alphabet’s revenue surpassed $100 billion in a quarter.

Early Bird’s Nest Egg Gains: The company’s $100 billion quarter is more than just a symbolic breakthrough; it demonstrates the financial rewards of AI leadership and massive scale while reinforcing Alphabet’s position as a dominant, adaptive force in the global tech landscape.

Final Thoughts: Alphabet, previously up 44% in 2025, is having a great year.

Notables

Notable Earnings Today: Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), Amazon (Nasdaq: AMZN), Eli Lilly (NYSE: LLY), Coinbase Global (Nasdaq: COIN), Reddit (NYSE: RDDT), Merck (NYSE: MRK), Comcast (Nasdaq: CMCSA), Roku (Nasdaq: ROKU), Mastercard (NYSE: MA), Estee Lauder (NYSE: EL), Fox Corporation (Nasdaq: FOXA), Hershey Foods (NYSE: HSY), Shake Shack (NYSE: SHAK), Sirius XM (Nasdaq: SIRI), GoDaddy (NYSE: GDDY), LendingTree (Nasdaq: TREE), Twilio (NYSE: TWLO), Zillow (Nasdaq: ZG), Western Digital (Nasdaq: WDC), Enterprise Products (NYSE: EPD), Strategy Inc (Nasdaq: MSTR), Roblox (NYSE: RBLX), Cloudflare (NYSE: NET), Advance Auto Parts (NYSE: AAP), Insmed (Nasdaq: INSM), Commscope (Nasdaq: COMM), Baxter (NYSE: BAX), Alkami Technology (Nasdaq: ALKT), Altria (NYSE: MO), Ameriprise Financial (NYSE: AMP), AppFolio (Nasdaq: APPF), Belden (NYSE: BDC), Biogen (Nasdaq: BIIB), BJ Restaurants (Nasdaq: BJRI), Bristol-Myers (NYSE: BMY), Crocs (Nasdaq: CROX), Cushman & Wakefield (NYSE: CWK), Dexcom (Nasdaq: DXCM), DT Midstream (NYSE: DTM), DXC Technology (NYSE: DXC), First Solar (Nasdaq: FSLR), Gilead Sciences (Nasdaq: GILD), Hilton Grand Vacations (NYSE: HGV), Howmet Aerospace (HWM) Integra (Nasdaq: IART), KBR (NYSE: KBR), Kellanova (NYSE: K), Kimco Realty (NYSE: KIM), L3Harris (NYSE: LHX), Lumen Technologies (NYSE: LUMN), Medical Property Trust (NYSE: MPW), Motorola Solutions (NYSE: MSI), Newmark Group (Nasdaq: NMRK), Peabody Energy (NYSE: BTU), Restaurant Brands International (NYSE: QSR), Rocket Companies (NYSE: RKT), Southern (NYSE: SO) The Cigna Group (NYSE: CI), Utz Brands (NYSE: UTZ), Wesco (NYSE: WCC), Willis Towers Watson (Nasdaq: WTW), Xcel Energy (Nasdaq: XEL), XPO, Inc. (NYSE: XPO).

Notable IPOs Today: Navan, Inc. Class A Common Stock (Nasdaq: NAVN), Dynamix Corporation III Unit (Nasdaq: DNMXU), DeFi Development Corp. Warrant (Nasdaq: DFDVW).

Notable Equity Crowdfunding Campaigns Ending Today: Prospero.ai (Republic).

Notable Economic Events Today:  Fed's Balance Sheet (4:30 p.m. ET).

Meta's One-Time Tax Charge

Facebook parent Meta Platforms $META ( ▲ 0.03% ) declined 7.37% in after-hours trading on Wednesday after posting mixed financial earnings results and reporting a one-time, non-cash income tax charge of $15.93 billion.

Financials: Meta reported earnings of $1.05 per share in the past quarter, which were lower than expected. Revenue was $51.24 billion, which was better than expected.

Final Thoughts: The company attributed the one-time tax charge to President Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act.

Microsoft’s OpenAI Investments

Microsoft $MSFT ( ▼ 0.1% ) posted good financial earnings results on Wednesday, but the stock fell 3.98% in after-hours trading because the company’s investments in OpenAI caused a decrease in net income.

Financials: Microsoft reported earnings of $4.13 per share in the past quarter and revenue of $77.7 billion. Both were better than expected.

Final Thoughts: These results were a setback. The stock was up over 29% this year.

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