Google, pardon Alphabet, may have just killed the strong earnings narrative.  Moments ago advertising behemoth (with various ancillary services) GOOGL reported Q1 earnings and sales, and both were a miss.

  • ALPHABET 1Q ADJ. EPS $7.50, EST. $7.96
  • ALPHABET 1Q REV. EX-TAC $16.5B, EST. $16.6B

Virtually every other data point was also a miss:

  • ALPHABET 1Q AGGREGATE PAID CLICKS UP 29%, EST. UP 32%
  • ALPHABET 1Q ADJ. OPER NET $6.84BB, EST. $6.75B
  • ALPHABET 1Q AGGREGATE COST-PER-CLICK DOWN 9%, EST. DOWN 11%
  • ALPHABET 1Q CAPITAL EXPENDITURES $2.43B, EST. $2.65B

The stock, which last year repriced higher in a dramatic fashion following blowout late year quarter, has just retraced most of its gains.

 

Worse, with Microsoft also reporting and missing…

  • MICROSOFT 3Q ADJ. EPS 62C, EST. 64C
  • MICROSOFT 3Q REVENUE $20.5BN, EST $22.1BN

… and sliding…

 

Not only is the FANG complex all sliding,

 

… but the entire Nasdaq future is getting monkeyhammered after hours.

 

And in case that was not enough, Starbucks is also sliding on a sales miss, while Visa was also sharply lower on earnings as well as not a single major company is green after reporting results this afternoon.

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