Alphabet under pressure: What its Q1 earnings may reveal

Alphabet’s  (GOOGL)  first-quarter earnings report in in the spotlight as investors assess how the tech giant is faring amid recent economic uncertainty. Michele Schneider, chief strategist at MarketGauge, joined TheStreet to discuss what investors should watch for in its upcoming results.

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MICHELE SCHNEIDER: Well again here's a company now that's always under the gun in terms of breaking up the company. You know, we've been hearing about that for years now years and years and nothing is accomplished. So I'm not really too worried about that. But again it's another tech company. It's another mag seven company. And if you're just looking at the Mag Seven in general, they've had a massive breakdown. 

So I think the earnings will go exactly the way what we've heard for the companies thus far, which is they may be, but they're going to be worried about tariffs. They're going to be worried about guidance going forward. They may not even provide guidance going forward. So Google would not be the first name that I would jump into right now. I know that they had a lot of issues with advertising. And also there's a lot of competition. I mean, we used to say Google as a verb, right? Google it, Google it. And now I have to say, even from my own personal standpoint, if I'm any kind of indication, I barely Google anything I ChatGPT I'm Microsoft Copilot. So the level of competition is going to be a real concern for them as well.