https://www.cnbc.com/2021/04/27/alphabet-goog-earnings-q1-2021.html Skip Navigation logo logo Markets * Pre-Markets * U.S. Markets * Currencies * Cryptocurrency * Futures & Commodities * Bonds * Funds & ETFs Business * Economy * Finance * Health & Science * Media * Real Estate * Energy * Environment * Transportation * Industrials * Retail * Wealth * Life * Small Business Investing * Invest In You * Personal Finance * Fintech * Financial Advisors * Trading Nation * Options Action * ETF Street * Buffett Archive * Earnings * Trader Talk Tech * Cybersecurity * Enterprise * Internet * Media * Mobile * Social Media * Venture Capital * Tech Guide Politics * White House * Policy * Defense * Congress * Finding Solutions CNBC TV * Live TV * Live Audio * Business Day Shows * The News with Shepard Smith * Entertainment Shows * Full Episodes * Latest Video * Top Video * CEO Interviews * CNBC Documentaries * CNBC Podcasts * CNBC World * Digital Originals * Live TV Schedule Watchlist PRO * Pro News * Pro Live * Subscribe * Sign In Menu * Make It * USA * INTL Search quotes, news & videos SIGN IN logo Markets * Pre-Markets * U.S. Markets * Currencies * Cryptocurrency * Futures & Commodities * Bonds * Funds & ETFs Business * Economy * Finance * Health & Science * Media * Real Estate * Energy * Environment * Transportation * Industrials * Retail * Wealth * Life * Small Business Investing * Invest In You * Personal Finance * Fintech * Financial Advisors * Trading Nation * Options Action * ETF Street * Buffett Archive * Earnings * Trader Talk Tech * Cybersecurity * Enterprise * Internet * Media * Mobile * Social Media * Venture Capital * Tech Guide Politics * White House * Policy * Defense * Congress * Finding Solutions CNBC TV * Live TV * Live Audio * Business Day Shows * The News with Shepard Smith * Entertainment Shows * Full Episodes * Latest Video * Top Video * CEO Interviews * CNBC Documentaries * CNBC Podcasts * CNBC World * Digital Originals * Live TV Schedule Watchlist PRO * Pro News * Pro Live * Subscribe * Sign In Menu Tech Alphabet reports big earnings beat as revenue grows 34% Published Tue, Apr 27 20213:32 PM EDTUpdated 8 Min Ago Jennifer Elias@jenn_elias ShareShare Article via FacebookShare Article via TwitterShare Article via LinkedInShare Article via Email Key Points * Alphabet reported big beats on earnings and revenue for Q1. * The stock rose more than 4% in after-hours trading. * YouTube ad revenue grew nearly 50% year over year. In this article * GOOGL VIDEO0:5400:54 Alphabet beats top and bottom line in Q1 Closing Bell Alphabet reported huge beats on its top and bottom lines for its first quarter of 2021, as well as a new $50 billion stock buyback, which boosted the shares more than 4% in after-hours trading. Here's how Google's parent company fared in the quarter relative to what Wall Street analysts polled by Refinitiv expected: * Earnings: $26.29 per share vs. $15.82 per share expected * Revenue: $55.31 billion vs. $51.70 billion expected * Google Cloud revenue: $4.05 billion vs. $4.07 billion, according to FactSet estimates. * YouTube ads: $6.01 billion vs. $5.70 billion, according to StreetAccount. * Traffic Acquisition Costs (TAC): $9.71 billion vs. $9.25 billion, according to FactSet estimates. Google's revenue rose 34% from the same period a year prior. The company reported advertising revenue of $44.68 billion for the quarter. That's a significant rise from $33.76 billion in the same quarter last year, making it the fastest annualized growth rate in at least four years, although the results were boosted by an easy comparable with last year's quarter, as the onset of the coronavirus pandemic caused a steep drop in advertising spend. Arrows pointing outwards YouTube ads came in at $6.01 billion during the quarter -- a 49% rise from year ago. YouTube became the winner of the pandemic in terms of social media sites, according to a recent Pew report, which said the video platform saw usage grow from 73% of U.S. adults in 2019 to 81% in 2021. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai said on the company's earnings call that YouTube's TikTok competitor Shorts is garnering 6.5 billion daily views, a significant increase from 3.5 billion at the end of January. Google Cloud revenue grew 46% year-over-year to $4.05 billion, which was in line with Wall Street's expectations. It lost $974 million during the quarter, significantly narrowing losses from the same period a year ago. Google Cloud includes infrastructure and data analytics platforms, collaboration tools such as Google Docs and Sheets, and "other services for enterprise customers." During the quarter, the company also recorded a $4.84 billion gain in the value of investments, but did not disclose which investments drove this gain. The company's "Other Bets" segment, which includes its health tech unit Verily and autonomous-vehicle bet Waymo, lost $1.15 billion on revenues of $198 million. Alphabet's board approved an additional stock repurchase of up to $50 billion on April 23, Tuesday's filing stated. VIDEO1:0701:07 Alphabet CFO on the stock buyback program, privacy Closing Bell In March, Google announced a $7 billion investment toward expanding offices and data centers across 19 states, creating what will amount to at least 10,000 full-time jobs. That came as the company doubled down on bringing its workforce back to physical offices after the pandemic. On the company's earnings call, CFO Ruth Porat reiterated is commitment to building and retrofitting offices. "Even with a hybrid work environment, we will continue to need space, so we're continuing to build out our campuses and office facilities," Porat said. She added the company expects to "pick up the pace" on real estate spending later this year as they outfit their campuses for the new hybrid work environment. -- CNBC's Jessica Bursztynsky contributed to this report. logo * Subscribe to CNBC PRO * Licensing & Reprints * CNBC Councils * Supply Chain Values * CNBC on Peacock * Advertise With Us * Join the CNBC Panel * Digital Products * News Releases * Closed Captioning * Corrections * About CNBC * Internships * Site Map * Podcasts * Ad Choices * Careers * Help * Contact * * * * * * * News Tips Got a confidential news tip? We want to hear from you. 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