$Alphabet - C(GOOG.US) -3% AH after missing on 2Q non-GAAP earnings and boosting its FY’26 CapExp, potentially triggering a new CapExp arms race.
$Alphabet - C(GOOG.US) now projects a 2026 CapEx range of $195B to $205B, up $15B from its prior guidance, which the company says is necessary to meet the demands of the AI infrastructure boom. Many analysts were expecting GOOG to lift its CapEx outlook, after Google announced an $85 billion equity raise last month. The higher guidance reflects the company’s efforts to accelerate its expansion of AI computing capacity and book more revenue from cloud-computing clients. Still, the negative free cash flow and heavy bill for AI infrastructure is fueling investor jitters.$Alphabet - C(GOOG.US) 2Q cloud revenue totaled $24.8B, up +82% from a year ago and above the $22.5B analysts had expected. The company’s cloud backlog, a measure of contracted work that hasn’t yet been recorded as revenue, grew to $514B, up from roughly $460B, a quarter earlier.At a 2026 P/E of 23.6x and +15% forward long-term rev growth and +17% forward long-term eps growth, $Alphabet - C(GOOG.US) still looks compelling and should be bought on weakness.




















