What to expect when big tech reports its quarterly numbers

Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta and Amazon all set to update the market

Will it be earnings growth feast or famine for big tech? That’s the key question as some of the industry’s most influential companies report quarterlies next week.

First out of the traps (25 April) will be Google-owner Alphabet (GOOG:NASDAQ) and Microsoft (MSFT:NASDAQ), with Meta Platforms (META:NASDAQ) and Amazon

(AMZN:NASDAQ) over

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Quarterly Results

21 April: Procter & Gamble, SAP, Schlumberger, Freeport McMoran, Woodside Energy

24 April: Coca-Cola, Kimberly Clark, Otis Worldwide, Range Resources, Brown & Brown, Lakeland Financial, Heartland Financial, NBT Bancorp, Helix

25 April: Alphabet, Microsoft, Visa, Nestle, PepisCo, Novartis, Danaher, Verizon, United Parcel Service, Texas Instruments, Raytheon Technologies, General Electric, Chubb, British American Tobacco General Motors, Dow, Warner Bros Discovery, Halliburton, Spotify Tech, 26 April: Meta Platforms, Roche Holding, Qualcomm, Boeing, ServiceNow, ADP, Boston Scientific, Humana, Moody’s, Hilton Worldwide, Cenovus Energy, eBay, Pinterest, United Microelectronics, Paramount Group the following days. The relative softness of online ad and retail markets, cloud growth, margins, cash flows, are some of the indicators to watch. After a prolonged slow spell for

Nasdaq leaders there is a temptation to think expectations may have become too gloomy, although you’d probably not want to bet the house on it. [SF]

27 April: Amazon, Eli Lily, Merck & Co, AbbVie, Comcast, Bristol Myers Squib, Sanofi, Amgen, Intel, Honeywell, Caterpillar, Air Liquide, Southern, Northrop, Grumman, Hershey, STMicroelectronics, Domino’s Pizza, Carlyle Group