Needham & Company analyst Laura Martin outlines the key drivers she will watch in Alphabet's (GOOG, GOOGL) earnings report, due after market close on Wednesday. She says search revenue is central, with consensus expecting 15% growth, an acceleration that would suggest AI is not eating the search business. Google Cloud grew 90% last quarter, and she wants to see it keep taking share from AWS while margins rise. Her note values YouTube at $340 billion, about 10% of Alphabet's total market cap, and says it has grown about 20% a year. In her view, proprietary data from Search and YouTube feeds Google's Gemini model and could give it more pricing power over time versus rivals such as Anthropic and OpenAI.
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| Market | US stocks |
|---|---|
| Sector | Communication Services |
| Industry | Interactive Media & Services |
| Market cap | $4.0T |
| Close on 10/27/2026 | 320.57 |
| Change that session | +1.19% |
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