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Big Tech Q1 2026 Earnings Week: $700B AI Bet Goes on Trial

Big tech earnings converge this week. Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta, and Amazon report Q1 2026 results on April 29 (after market close), followed by Apple on April 30. The central question: is the combined $700 billion AI capex commitment actually translating into revenue?

Key expectations (consensus, S&P Global / Yahoo Finance):

  • Alphabet: EPS $2.64, revenue $106.9B -- Google Cloud $18.4B (+50% YoY)
  • Microsoft: EPS $4.07, revenue $81.4B (+16.2% YoY)
  • Meta: EPS $6.65, revenue $55.5B
  • Apple: EPS $1.95, revenue $109.4B -- first results factoring in ~$3.3B cumulative tariff costs

The Mag 7 aggregate Q1 consensus: EPS +20.3%, revenue +22%.

Why it matters for Korean investors: SK Hynix posted Q1 2026 operating profit of 37.6 trillion KRW (+405% YoY), and Samsung Electronics reached 57.2 trillion KRW (+755% YoY). Both are powered by HBM memory demand from these AI data center buildouts. If big tech reaffirms capex plans, that is a direct positive signal for Korean semiconductor stocks (~41% of KOSPI market cap).

For the full analysis in Korean, visit Snakestock

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