Alphabet tanks nearly 13% for worst day ever, losing $500 billion in value
- ID
- 40689
- Status
- summarized
- Published
- 30 Oct 2026, 4:15 AM
- Fetched
- 30 Oct 2026, 4:42 AM
- Provider
- CNBC Technology
- Category
- technology
- Original URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/2026/10/29/alphabet-google-microsoft-msft-shares-today-earnings.html
- Source URL
- https://www.cnbc.com/id/19854910/device/rss/rss.html
Summary
- Score
- 3.0
- Created
- 30 Oct 2026, 4:44 AM
- Tags
- Audience
- saas_foundersai_ml_learners
What happened
Alphabet fell 10% in premarket trading after reporting third-quarter negative free cash flow of $9.07 billion, far worse than the $2.70 billion analysts expected, while keeping its full-year capex guidance. Microsoft rose nearly 4% premarket after Q3 capex and finance leases came in at $45.2 billion—30% higher year over year but below the $50.67 billion estimate—with free cash flow down 27% to $18.63 billion but still positive. CNBC notes Alphabet would have its worst post-earnings reaction ever if it closes more than 9.77% lower.
Why it matters
This is an earnings/capex signal, not a product or policy change, so there is little direct action for Malaysian builders in the excerpt. The concrete number to watch is Alphabet’s $9.07 billion negative free cash flow versus the $2.70 billion expected while it maintains capex guidance—if that continues, expect more scrutiny of AI/cloud infrastructure spend, but the text gives no specific pricing, capacity, or Malaysia impact to act on.
Discussion angle
Does Alphabet’s much-worse-than-expected negative free cash flow, paired with unchanged capex guidance, change how you think about AI/cloud infrastructure costs—or is this too far from day-to-day builder decisions to matter?