Sharemaestro company-news research for Alphabet Inc. (GOGL35), showing current tone, evidence confidence, direct company coverage, sector and industry context, completed price response and the source headlines used on the page. Scores describe published news evidence. Confidence describes the amount, freshness, source breadth and direct company relevance of that evidence. Price context is shown separately.
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Measured evidence
Company news sentiment
GOGL35 news sentiment
Alphabet Inc.
Company headlines from the last 30 days, weighted by freshness, relevance, publisher quality and the strength of the wording. Price is shown separately.
30-day score52Neutral is 50
Balanced news tone
45/100 evidence confidence
94% direct company focus
28 current stories across 6 publishers
Current company news
Balanced news tone
The score uses 28 current company stories from 6 publishers.
Observed headline tone53/100
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Published 30-day score52/100
Latest source headline
Berkshire Hathaway Boosted Alphabet, Delta Stakes in 2nd Quarter, Sold Bank of America
finance.yahoo.com · 14 Aug 2026 21:46
Older, less relevant and less reliable stories count for less. Confidence is shown separately.
What supports the score
28 current stories are mapped specifically to GOGL35.
The score uses 6 publishers rather than depending on one outlet.
The current stories agree at 86/100.
What limits the score
No major limit stands out.
52/100
News scoreBalanced news tone
45/100
Confidencebuilding confidence
94%/100
Company news28 company stories
86/100
Story agreement14/100 difference
News history
Daily score and story count over 30 days
17 Jul01 Aug15 Aug
News scoreStory count50 baseline
Confidence
How reliable the score is
Confidence uses the amount of news, separate publishers, direct company relevance, freshness and agreement. A high or low score is not automatically reliable.
Amount of evidence25
1.251 after freshness weightingSource breadth100
6 independent publishersCompany relevance94
share tied directly to this companyFreshness69
recency-weighted evidenceAgreement86
how closely stories agreePublisher mix38
less reliance on one publisherPrice and news history
News score and weekly price over 26 weeks
News tone and price action are not far from neutral.
One scoring method across the chart.Stored company headlines are recalculated at each weekly point with the current 30-day freshness weighting. Old published snapshots are left unchanged.
13 Feb15 May07 Aug
Weekly close, indexedSentiment score
WeekNews scoreCloseWeekly move
07 Aug 202658BRL 150.54-0.3%
31 Jul 202648BRL 151.04+12.0%
24 Jul 202650BRL 134.91-7.9%
17 Jul 202650BRL 146.55-3.0%
10 Jul 202650BRL 151.11-1.3%
03 Jul 202650BRL 153.04+6.6%
26 Jun 202649BRL 143.55-9.0%
News subjects
What is shaping the score
Earnings5311 stories · 39%
Market update458 stories · 29%
Regulatory and legal614 stories · 14%
Balance sheet572 stories · 7%
Guidance311 stories · 4%
Capital return501 stories · 4%
Deals and strategy501 stories · 4%
Source mix
Where the evidence comes from
finance.yahoo.com5217 stories · 61%
nasdaq.com544 stories · 14%
TradingView502 stories · 7%
PR Newswire351 stories · 4%
cnbc.com601 stories · 4%
Proactive financial news431 stories · 4%
Motley Fool571 stories · 4%
Recurring subjects
Subjects appearing most often
AI13Earnings6Tech5Cloud Computing5Markets4Free Cash Flow4EARNINGS4Semiconductors3Operating Income3FREE CASH FLOW3
Earlier readings
How the score has changed
Past and present use the same method.Each point recalculates the previous 30 days of stored company headlines with today's scoring rules. The original stored snapshots remain unchanged.
22 Jun50 neutral15 Aug 02:36
ConstructiveBalanced or withheldCautious
Changes in the stored score
Scores are rebuilt from stored headlines with the current 30-day method. Days with no change are collapsed.
| Observed | Score | Move | Confidence | Stories | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 Aug 02:36 | 61 | +0 | 63/100 (-1) | 120 (0) | Measured |
| 14 Aug 23:59 | 61 | +0 | 64/100 (-1) | 120 (+6) | Measured |
| 13 Aug 23:59 | 61 | +0 | 65/100 (-3) | 114 (+5) | Measured |
| 12 Aug 23:59 | 61 | -1 | 68/100 (+3) | 109 (+35) | Measured |
| 11 Aug 23:59 | 62 | -2 | 65/100 (+8) | 74 (+22) | Measured |
| 10 Aug 23:59 | 64 | +2 | 57/100 (+10) | 52 (+24) | Measured |
| 09 Aug 23:59 | 62 | +2 | 47/100 (+2) | 28 (+6) | Measured |
| 08 Aug 23:59 | 60 | +2 | 45/100 (+6) | 22 (+5) | Measured |
Source headlines
The news behind the score
Only company-specific stories enter this score. The latest 30 days are shown newest first, with newer stories weighted more heavily and duplicate coverage combined.
#1—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Berkshire Hathaway Boosted Alphabet, Delta Stakes in 2nd Quarter, Sold Bank of America
Berkshire’s Alphabet stake—consisting of the search giant’s voting and nonvoting shares—rose about 80% in the quarter to 106 million shares, reflecting a purchase directly from Alphabet in June and open-market buys, based on a 13-F report with the Securities and Exchange Commission late Friday. Berkshire was a seller of part of its sizable stake in Bank of America cutting it by 30 million shares to 483 million shares now worth about $31 billion. Continue Reading
EquitiesM ASEC FilingShare Buyback
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026 21:46
- News subject
- Capital return
- Why this score
- Business expansion
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 0.2d old
- Duplicates
- 2 consolidated
#2—Not directional
nasdaq.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet Just Borrowed $25 Billion, and $2.5 Billion of It Isn't Due Until 2066
Key Points The ten-tranche offering closed Monday, with coupons running from 4.5% on notes due 2028 to 6.5% on notes due 2066. Alphabet's long-term debt reached $98 billion at midyear, up from about $47 billion at the start of 2026, before this sale added $25 billion. Alphabet depreciates servers and network equipment over about six years, and data center buildings over as long as 40.10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › Alphabet(NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) closed a $25 billion senior notes sale on Monday -- ten separate tranches, with maturities running from 2028 all the way out to 2066.
Balance SheetBondsCapital ExpenditureFree Cash FlowMarketsTech
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026 21:43
- News subject
- Balance sheet
- Why this score
- The headline reports news without a clear direction
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 0.2d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#360Tone
cnbc.comDirect company coverageStored article
Berkshire Hathaway boosts Alphabet to a top three holding, ups Delta and housing bets
Berkshire Hathaway sharply increased its stake in Alphabet in the second quarter, vaulting the Google parent into its three biggest stock holdings. The sprawling conglomerate also added to the size of its investments in Delta Air Lines and various homebuilders. Berkshire, now operating under CEO Greg Abel, owned about 106 million Alphabet shares worth $37.9 billion at the end of June, according to a regulatory filing released Friday. The size of the position jumped 83% in the latest quarter, making Alphabet the third-largest U.S.-listed equity holding at Omaha-based Berkshire by market value.
AirlinesAlphabet ClassAlphabet Class AAmerican ExpresAmerican Express CoApple Inc
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026 21:06
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Large positive market reaction, Institutional or insider buying
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 52/100
- 30-day weight
- 13.1% of the score · 0.2d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#4—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Amazon and Alphabet Both Cost More on Next Year's Earnings Than on Last Year's
On the surface, the numbers look backwards. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) trades at about 22 times earnings and about 30 times the earnings expected of it over the next year. Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) trades at about 18 times earnings and about 27 times forward. For both, next year costs more than last year. Ordinarily, that arithmetic means one thing -- profits are expected to fall. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare Signal Is Flashing Again. In 2009, a "Double Down" signal flashed for a little-known chipmaker called Nvidia. For the first time in years, that same "Total Conviction" signal
Capital SpendingCloud ComputingEarningsFree Cash FlowNet IncomeOperating Income
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026 14:58
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Negative financial language
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 0.5d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#5—Not directional
nasdaq.comDirect company coverageStored article
Better Tech Behemoth: Alphabet vs. Microsoft Stock
Key Points Alphabet's revenue and profits are increasing faster than Microsoft's. Microsoft's stock is cheaper than Alphabet's. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › Alphabet(NASDAQ: GOOG)(NASDAQ: GOOGL) and Microsoft(NASDAQ: MSFT) are two of the biggest tech giants on the market, and the third and fourth-largest companies in the world. Each has posted terrific results in its most recent quarter, but which one is doing better? Let's take a look at which one of these stocks makes the most sense for your investment dollars, or if they're both worth buying now. Missed Nvidia in 2009? This Rare
Cloud ComputingEarningsFree Cash FlowGrowth RateMarketsOperating Income
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026 11:35
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Negative financial language
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 0.6d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#658Tone
nasdaq.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet and Amazon Are Spending $420 Billion on Infrastructure. These 2 Stocks Are Primed to Cash in on It.
Key Points Nvidia's GPUs are widely used by AI clients. Amazon called out the memory industry as the reason why its capital expenditure guidance increased. 10 stocks we like better than Nvidia › Amazon and Alphabet are two of the biggest spenders in artificial intelligence (AI). At the midpoint, Amazon expects to spend $220 billion on capital expenditures while Alphabet projects about $200 billion. That means more growth for many companies, especially those supplying the computing hardware. Two that I think are primed to benefit more than most are Nvidia(NASDAQ: NVDA) and Micron(NASDAQ: MU). B
AICapital ExpenditureEarningsEarnings ReportMarketsMemory Chips
- Published
- 14 Aug 2026 07:20
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Guidance raised
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 47/100
- 30-day weight
- 7.3% of the score · 0.8d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#7—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Berkshire Bought Alphabet Stock in Q2—and Maybe Microsoft Too
A Berkshire filing reveals a very active quarter for buying stocks, including Alphabet. Microsoft might have been another big purchase. Continue Reading
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026 20:07
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- The headline reports news without a clear direction
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 1.3d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#860Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet Stock Climbs as Norway Fund Ranks It Third
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent of Google, YouTube and Google Cloud, climbed approximately 1.1% Thursday morning as Norway's Government Pension Fund Global revealed the sheer size of its bet on the tech giant. The fund valued its Alphabet position at 499 billion Norwegian kroner as of June 30, making it the third-largest company holding in the entire portfolio. Only Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) and Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) ranked higher. Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) was a distant fourth at 347 billion kroner. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with NVDA.
AICloudEarningsEarnings GrowthTechValuation
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026 18:46
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Positive market reaction
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 47/100
- 30-day weight
- 6.1% of the score · 1.3d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#9—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
What Is Micron Technology (MU) Up Against In The New AI Stock Race?
Track your investments for FREE with Simply Wall St, the portfolio command center trusted by over 7 million individual investors worldwide. Micron Technology (NasdaqGS:MU) sits at the center of a shift in AI market leadership as investors increasingly compare chipmakers with cloud hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft. Recent commentary in 2026 highlights that cloud hyperscalers are now converting large AI infrastructure budgets into clearer long term profit plans. This change in focus is prompting investors to reassess which companies might lead the next phase of AI spending and re
AIChipmakersCloud ComputingMemorySemiconductors
- Published
- 13 Aug 2026 05:14
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- The headline reports news without a clear direction
- Company focus
- Target unclear · 0%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 1.9d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#10—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Google Takes Bigger Swing at Apple With Pixel 11
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is raising the stakes in its hardware battle with Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL), unveiling a pricier Pixel 11 lineup built around deeper Gemini integration just weeks before Apple's expected annual iPhone refresh. The $100 increase on Google's base smartphone highlights rising component costs, but the bigger investor story is strategic: Google is increasingly using Pixel devices to put Gemini directly into consumers' hands and potentially pull more users into its paid AI ecosystem. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with CRWV
AIHardwareSmartphonesSubscriptionsTech
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 19:39
- News subject
- Market update
- Why this score
- Negative financial language
- Company focus
- Company discussed · 86%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 2.3d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#1159Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Google Raises Pixel 11 Prices by $100
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Higher memory costs are starting to affect consumer electronics more directly, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL, Financials), the parent of Google, upped pricing on its new Pixel 11 smartphone range. The Pixel 11 starts at $899, with the Pixel 11 Pro and Pro XL starting at $1,099 and $1,299.That's $100 more than the previous generation. Google already warned that surging memory prices will push device costs as AI data centers battle for semiconductor capacity.The new phones nevertheless provide additional storage, with all three models starting at 256GB, helping t
AIConsumer ElectronicsSemiconductors
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 19:28
- News subject
- Market update
- Why this score
- Positive financial language
- Company focus
- Company discussed · 86%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 37/100
- 30-day weight
- 2.7% of the score · 2.3d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#1233Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet stock slides as Google hikes Pixel 11 prices
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Shares of Alphabet (GOOGL) fell about 0.5% Wednesday after Google unveiled its Pixel 11 smartphone lineup, with higher memory costs contributing to a $100 increase in starting prices. Google set the Pixel 11 starting price at $899, while the Pixel 11 Pro and Pixel 11 Pro XL will begin at $1,099 and $1,299, respectively. Each model now comes with 256GB of storage, and sales are scheduled to begin Aug. 20. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 7 Warning Signs with DELL. Is GOOG fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Alphabet said the lat
SemiconductorsSmartphones
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 17:17
- News subject
- Market update
- Why this score
- Negative market reaction, Large negative market reaction
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 49/100
- 30-day weight
- 4.4% of the score · 2.4d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#1357Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet Stock Slips as Australia Expands News-Payment Rules
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent of Google, YouTube and Google Cloud, slipped roughly 0.1% Wednesday morning as Australia turned up the regulatory heat on Big Tech. The government wants major digital platforms to strike content deals with at least eight eligible Australian media organizations, according to Reuters, up from six under an earlier proposal. Google has been down this road before. It already pays publishers under Australia's existing framework. Now Canberra wants more deals and it is putting real money behind the threat. Warning! GuruFocus
Digital AdvertisingRegulationTech
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 17:08
- News subject
- Regulatory and legal
- Why this score
- Positive financial language
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 46/100
- 30-day weight
- 7.3% of the score · 2.4d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#14—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Warren Buffett and Greg Abel's Alphabet Stake Now Tops $24.2 Billion: 3 Reasons Berkshire Will Keep Buying
At the end of last year, Warren Buffett stepped down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway (NYSE: BRKA)(NYSE: BRKB) after leading the charge for 60 years. Current CEO Greg Abel had been at Berkshire for many years before taking over as CEO, but investors have likely wondered how his investment style would differ from Buffett's. Their strategies differ, but one thing that remains consistent is Berkshire's recent interest in Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL). Berkshire began investing in Alphabet last year when Buffett was still CEO and has continued to increase its stake ever since. Missed Nvidia
AIFree Cash FlowInvestingOperating IncomeTechValue Investing
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 16:20
- News subject
- Deals and strategy
- Why this score
- Negative financial language
- Company focus
- Shared story · 78%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 2.4d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#15—Not directional
nasdaq.comDirect company coverageStored article
Advanced Micro Devices vs. Alphabet: Which Artificial Intelligence Stock Is a Better Buy in 2026?
Key Points Advanced Micro Devices is rapidly expanding its footprint in the data center market through specialized artificial intelligence accelerators and high-performance computing solutions. Alphabet maintains a dominant position in global advertising while achieving significant revenue growth and high net margins in its cloud computing division. Which of these technology powerhouses deserves a spot in your portfolio for 2026?10 stocks we like better than Advanced Micro Devices › In today’s rapidly expanding artificial intelligence sector, investors have a choice between the high-growth pot
Artificial IntelligenceBalance SheetCloud ComputingDigital AdvertisingGrowth RateMarkets
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 16:01
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Operating growth
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 2.4d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#16—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet (GOOGL) Doubles Down On AI Bonds And DeepMind Shake-Up – What Trade-Offs Are Emerging?
In early August 2026, Alphabet announced a large multi‑tranche bond issuance totaling more than US$20 billion in senior unsecured notes, while also reshaping Google DeepMind's leadership as Demis Hassabis moved from CEO to chairman and chief scientist of Alphabet. This combination of aggressive AI infrastructure financing and a reconfigured AI leadership team highlights how Alphabet is reshaping its capital structure and governance to support long-term artificial intelligence ambitions amid rising legal and regulatory pressures. We'll now examine how Alphabet's sharply higher AI-related capita
AIBONDSBondsCAPITAL-SPENDINGCapital SpendingFREE CASH FLOW
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 15:11
- News subject
- Regulatory and legal
- Why this score
- Positive financial language
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 2.5d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#1761Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet at $343 Is The Same Classic Tech Bargain It Always Was
Quick Read GOOGL's 11th straight EPS beat featured 82% Cloud growth and a $460 billion backlog, yet the stock trades at a forward P/E of just 17. GOOGL trades at a trailing P/E of 18 versus MSFT's 28, while 58 of 64 analysts rate it Buy toward a $428 consensus target. Free cash flow turned negative, long-term debt nearly doubled to $98 billion, and 2026 capex is guided to $175 to $185 billion. It sounds nuts, but SoFi1 is giving new Active Invest users up to $3,000 in stock for a limited time, and all it takes is a $50 deposit to get started.2 See for yourself (Sponsor) At $343.80, Alphabet (N
AICapexCloud ComputingEarningsPrice TargetRatings
- Published
- 12 Aug 2026 13:22
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- Beat expectations, Improving financial comparison
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 51/100
- 30-day weight
- 9% of the score · 2.6d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#18—Not directional
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) vs. Meta Platforms, Inc. (META): Washington and Brussels Both Turn Up the Heat on AI Safety
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s Google, along with Meta Platforms, Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Anthropic, and OpenAI, will meet White House officials on Tuesday to discuss voluntary safety testing for the most advanced AI models. The meeting follows disclosures that Anthropic's and OpenAI's own AI systems breached other companies' computer systems during testing, alarming lawmakers about whether powerful AI models could enable real cyberattacks. Why Regulators on Two Continents Are Closing In at Once The White House finalized details of voluntary hacking-capability tests this week and wants industry bu
AIEARNINGSEarningsREGULATIONRegulationTARIFFS
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026 22:19
- News subject
- Earnings
- Why this score
- The headline reports news without a clear direction
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Shown as company news · not used in the score
- Story strength
- Not directional
- 30-day weight
- None · 3.2d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#1972Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Why Is Alphabet (GOOGL) Facing 3,000 Youth Lawsuits As Earnings Influence Grows?
Never miss an important update on your stock portfolio and cut through the noise. Over 7 million investors trust Simply Wall St to stay informed where it matters for FREE. Alphabet (NasdaqGS:GOOGL) faces more than 3,000 youth addiction lawsuits in US federal court after a key ruling denied dismissal efforts by major social media companies. The court decision leaves Google and peers exposed to potential legal findings on platform design and user harm, with possible knock-on effects for future regulation. FactSet data shows Alphabet has had an outsized impact on S&P 500 earnings growth this quarter, highlighting its weight in overall index performance. The combination of concentrated earnings influence and rising legal scrutiny puts Alphabet at the center of current market and policy debates. For a broader view on how platform scale and infrastructure are shaping earnings concentration across the market, it is worth examining the companies powering core AI and cloud systems through 56 AI infrastructure stocks.NasdaqGS:GOOGL 1-Year Stock Price Chart Alphabet operates search, video, app, and cloud platforms across the US and multiple international regions, which gives it a large footpr
AIBALANCE SHEETEARNINGSEARNINGS GROWTHLAWSUITSLEGAL-RISKS
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026 21:10
- News subject
- Regulatory and legal
- Why this score
- Operating growth
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- High · 64/100
- 30-day weight
- 14.6% of the score · 3.2d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#2031Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet Stock Drops 1.5% as DeepMind Turnover Deepens
This article first appeared on GuruFocus. Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent of Google, YouTube and Google Cloud, fell approximately 1.5% in Tuesday's regular session as investors absorbed a shake-up at the heart of Google's AI empire. Demis Hassabis stepped down as Google DeepMind's chief executive while staying on as chairman, according to Investor's Business Daily, while veteran AI scientist Jeff Dean left to start a new venture. That is a lot of movement at the top of Alphabet's most important growth engine. DeepMind is not some side project anymore. It sits right in the middle of Google's battle to dominate the next generation of AI. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Sign with ACHR. Is GOOG fairly valued? Test your thesis with our free DCF calculator. Koray Kavukcuoglu, Google's chief AI architect, is taking over many of Hassabis's responsibilities and will report directly to Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai. And the timing could hardly be more important. Alphabet just pushed its 2026 capital-spending forecast to $195 billion$205 billion, up from $180 billion$190 billion. At the midpoint, that is another $15 billion going into an already massive AI infrastructure buildout. A
AICAPITAL-EXPENDITURECLOUD-COMPUTINGGROWTH
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026 19:04
- News subject
- Guidance
- Why this score
- Negative market reaction, Large negative market reaction
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- High · 61/100
- 30-day weight
- 14.2% of the score · 3.3d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#2160Tone
finance.yahoo.comDirect company coverageStored article
Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock May Be 20% Undervalued Following AI Bond Sale
Get insights on thousands of stocks from the global community of over 7 million individual investors at Simply Wall St. Alphabet stock has returned 174.6% over the past three years, yet current valuation checks suggest the market price still sits below an intrinsic value estimate based on a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) approach. With both the DCF and market multiples pointing to an undervalued stock, the question for investors is how to weigh that against rising capital needs and growing regulatory scrutiny. Alphabet's 174.6% gain over three years highlights how strongly the share price has already responded to its core search, cloud and AI businesses. The push to fund large scale AI infrastructure, including a US$25b bond issue, can support future cash flows but also raises questions about returns on this higher debt load and regulatory risks tied to Alphabet's platforms. Alphabet screens as undervalued on both a Discounted Cash Flow (DCF) view and earnings multiples, yet a mixed set of checks, with the company passing 3 of 6 valuation tests, leaves a more nuanced picture than a simple bargain, as shown by its 3 out of 6 value score. The issue now is whether the current discount to
AIDISCOUNTED-CASH-FLOWEARNINGSFREE CASH FLOWFUTURE CASH FLOWSINTRINSIC VALUE
- Published
- 11 Aug 2026 17:10
- News subject
- Balance sheet
- Why this score
- Positive valuation view
- Company focus
- Main company · 100%
- How it is used
- Direct company coverage
- Story strength
- Medium · 51/100
- 30-day weight
- 11.5% of the score · 3.4d old
- Duplicates
- 1 consolidated
#2233Tone
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Analyst Warns Alphabet (GOOG) Faces Two Major AI Problems; SpaceX (SPCX) a Better AI Bet?
Alphabet shares made headlines recently after Google (NASDAQ:GOOG, GOOGL) AI division saw a series of high-profile departures. Gene Munster, managing partner at Deepwater Asset Management, recently said on CNBC that the brain drain at Google should not be ignored, arguing that the departures of key AI researchers could have implications beyond the headlines. Munster said Google has seen about six major departures over the past three months and that the loss of talent could affect the company's culture of innovation and its ability to develop future AI models. He also pointed to signs that Gemini has started to slip in AI model rankings relative to competitors. He thinks these developments are not a positive trend. At the same time, Munster highlighted significant improvements from Grok, saying he expects the AI model to potentially break into the top three models as new versions are released. Grok was developed by xAI and is integrated into X, while xAI is now part of SpaceX following SpaceX's acquisition of the AI company. SpaceX: An Attractive AI Bet? The market is figuring out SpaceX isn't really a space company. The Space business contributed just 12% of Q2 revenue and analysts
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Projeções de Resultados: Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) — LPA e Crescimento de Receita
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Alphabet Inc Shs A Unsponsored Brazilian Depository Receipt Repr 0.08333 Sh -
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ETFs Investing in Alphabet Inc Shs A Unsponsored Brazilian Depository Receipt Repr 0.08333 Sh - Stocks
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Securities Fraud Investigation Into Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Continues - Shareholders Who Lost Money Urged To Contact Glancy Prongay Wolke & Rotter LLP, a Leading Securities Fraud Law Firm
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Alphabet shares rise on Dow debut, Verizon falls after index exit | NASDAQ:GOOG
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SpaceX, Alphabet, and SK Hynix Are Quietly Flashing a Bullish Signal Investors Should Not Ignore
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Earnings beats ease concerns over record U.S. stock rally - WSJ
Investing.com -- Strong second-quarter earnings from major U.S. companies have pushed stock indexes to fresh highs and eased concerns that the rally relies too heavily on a small group of artificial intelligence companies, the Wall Street Journal reported. About 86% of the more than 440 S&P 500 companies that have reported results beat analysts' estimates, according to FactSet. The index is on course for its seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit earnings growth. Upbeat results from Palantir Technologies Inc (NASDAQ:PLTR), Caterpillar Inc (NYSE:CAT) and Walt Disney Company (NYSE:DIS) helped major indexes post their strongest weekly gains since April. S&P 500 blended earnings have increased by roughly 50%, the strongest growth since the stimulus-driven recovery in 2021. Energy-sector earnings rose more than 147%, followed by gains of around 117% for communication services, 92% for consumer discretionary companies and 70% for technology. Higher oil prices linked to the Iran war drove much of the energy sector's growth. Exxon Mobil Corp (NYSE:XOM)l's profit more than doubled to its highest since 2022, while Chevron Corp (NYSE:CVX) reported record quarterly earnings. AI spending continued to drive results across other sectors. Amazon.com Inc (NASDAQ:AMZN) shares jumped 15% in one session after cloud-computing sales accelerated. Microsoft added a record $450 billion in market value following results that eased concerns about returns from spending on data centres and chips. Demand for generators and construction equipment used in data centres also helped Caterpillar increase total sales and revenue by 24%. Still, earnings growth remains concentrated. Alphabet and Amazon accounted for about 71% of the increase in blended S&P 500 earnings since July. Excluding the companies would reduce growth from about 50% to 32%. Valuations also remain elevated. The S&P 500 traded at around 28 times trailing earnings last week, below May's level above 29 but well over its 10-year average of 22.5. Investors will turn next to earnings from Cisco and Applied Materials, along with the latest U.S. consumer inflation report. Related articles Earnings beats ease concerns over record U.S. stock rally - WSJ Goldman expects lower but still attractive stock market returns in 2026 5 reasons why Jefferies thinks Meta's pullback is a buying opportunity View Comments
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What Does Oracle (ORCL) Gain From Bringing New AI Models Into Its Apps?
Make better investment decisions with Simply Wall St's easy, visual tools that give you a competitive edge. Oracle (NYSE: ORCL) and Google Cloud are expanding their partnership to bring Google's Gemini AI models into Oracle's enterprise applications. The collaboration will make Gemini's multimodal AI tools available across Oracle's cloud and business software stack. Enterprise customers are expected to gain more options for building AI powered workflows and analytics on Oracle's platforms. Oracle is far from the only stock tied to the build out of AI capabilities across software and infrastructure, so it can be useful to look at a wider group of companies that stand to benefit from this theme through 55 AI infrastructure stocksNYSE:ORCL Earnings & Revenue Growth as at Aug 2026 Oracle sits among the larger enterprise software providers, with a long history in databases and business applications that many global companies rely on. The stock trades at $147.02 and has had a mixed record for investors, with gains of 34.7% over three years and 74.0% over five years, but a decline of 24.9% year to date and 40.5% over the past year. 4 things going right for Oracle that this headline doesn't cover. How does this Gemini partnership actually change Oracle's AI story? For Oracle, bringing Google's Gemini models directly into Fusion Applications, NetSuite and AI Agent Studio gives customers a new set of choices for building AI agents on top of Oracle data and workflows. Instead of only using models already accessible through Oracle Cloud Infrastructure Enterprise AI, customers can now mix and match Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite for cost sensitive tasks and Gemini 3.5 Flash for heavier reasoning, video or presentation work. That tightens the link between Oracle's application stack and its AI infrastructure narrative, where a large AI related backlog and heavy data center buildout are already central themes. Does this change the existing Oracle Narrative around AI and cloud? The Narrative has focused on Oracle's own cloud infrastructure, AI enabled database and multi cloud data centers. The Gemini agreement tilts part of that story toward being an "AI aggregator" in enterprise software. Oracle is not just selling its own stack. It is curating third party models for price performance inside Fusion and NetSuite workflows. That may matter for investors who see execution risk in Oracle's large AI capex, because the business case increasingly rests on how well Oracle turns that infrastructure and multi model access into higher usage of its core applications. Story Continues What should investors watch next for this Oracle and Google Cloud news to really matter? The key proof points sit in product uptake and customer language over the next 12 to 18 months. Watch for Oracle to start quantifying how many Fusion and NetSuite customers are using Gemini powered features, how many AI agents are built in AI Agent Studio, and whether management starts highlighting specific Gemini use cases on earnings calls. Any shift in reported AI workload metrics on Oracle Cloud Infrastructure that is linked to Gemini agents would also show whether this partnership is feeding into the broader AI backlog that underpins the current Narrative. For the full picture including more risks and rewards, check out the complete Oracle analysis. Alternatively, you can check out the community page for Oracle to see how other investors believe this latest news will impact the company's narrative. Do you think there's more to the story for Oracle? Head over to our Community to see what others are saying! This article by Simply Wall St is general in nature. We provide commentary based on historical data and analyst forecasts only using an unbiased methodology and our articles are not intended to be financial advice. It does not constitute a recommendation to buy or sell any stock, and does not take account of your objectives, or your financial situation. We aim to bring you long-term focused
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Broadcom (AVGO) Pairs AI Chip Boom With A Software Security Push
Broadcom (NASDAQ:AVGO) has drawn significant market attention in 2026 for its custom AI chips. But the company's August 6 announcement of new VMware vDefend and Avi Load Balancer capabilities is a reminder that its infrastructure software business, the one built to throw off steady, high-margin cash, is still evolving too. With the stock sitting roughly 20% below the all-time high it set at the end of May, investors are left weighing a fast-growing chip story against a market that has already pulled back once this year.Broadcom (AVGO) Pairs AI Chip Boom With A Software Security Push Bull Case: A Business Firing On Two Engines The custom chip pipeline remains the headline growth driver. Chief Executive Hock Tan has told investors Broadcom's AI semiconductor business will top $100 billion in revenue in 2027, a jump from the $10.8 billion it generated in the second quarter alone, up 143% year over year. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is currently the primary buyer of those chips. Still, Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) and other major clients are expected to place larger orders once 2027 arrives, and Broadcom has already guided for its AI chip business to grow more than 200% in the current quarter. Total company revenue rose 48% year over year to $22.2 billion in the second quarter, adjusted earnings per share climbed 54% to $2.44, and free cash flow reached $10.3 billion, up 60%. The August 6 vDefend and Avi Load Balancer update shows the software side isn't standing still either. The new releases, vDefend SSP 5.2, vDefend 9.1.1, Avi Load Balancer 32.1.4, and the vACT 3.0 migration tool, add native API protection, on-premises malware sandboxing, and full air-gapped support, while substantially boosting performance. Distributed Firewall throughput can now reach up to 75Gbps per 100G NIC server, a 241% increase, scaling to 75Tbps across a VMware Cloud Foundation instance, and Avi Load Balancer throughput per controller can climb to 12.25Tbps. A new two-node deployment model also cuts the hardware needed to run vDefend by as much as 33%. Broadcom is pitching this as a response to AI-fueled cyberattacks, giving enterprises a reason to expand their VMware footprint even as chip demand grabs the spotlight. Bear Case: Concentration And A Cautious Market The flip side of Broadcom's chip success is how few customers it depends on. Alphabet and Meta account for the bulk of custom silicon demand today, and while both have signed long-term agreements, Meta's running through 2029 and Alphabet's through 2031, any disruption to those relationships would ripple through the stock quickly. That risk helps explain why shares fell sharply after Broadcom's last earnings report despite results and guidance that pointed to accelerating AI chip sales. Valuation debates hinge heavily on which year of earnings investors use and how much multiple compression they expect once growth normalizes, with estimates for where the stock could trade in coming years varying by billions of dollars depending on small changes in assumptions. Story Continues Where The Market Stands Now Hedge fund ownership slipped from 202 funds to 173 in the most recent quarter, a pullback that suggests some institutional trimming even as the AI chip narrative builds. Short interest sits at just 1.47% of float, indicating little organized betting against the stock. Broadcom trades at a forward price-to-earnings ratio of 22.88, a multiple that assumes solid but not extreme near-term growth. What Comes Next Broadcom's story now rests on two questions playing out at once. Can the AI chip business scale toward the triple-digit revenue figures management has promised as more customers place orders, and can the software side keep adding capabilities that justify enterprise upgrade cycles independent of the chip narrative? For the bulls, the answer depends on Meta and Alphabet's spending holding steady through the back half of the decade. For the skeptics, the falling hedge fund count and the sharp
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Tenable (TENB) Widens Its AI Security Net Just As Profits Turn A Corner
On August 4, Tenable Holdings (NASDAQ:TENB) announced that it now covers every major AI platform and developer tool through its Tenable One platform, adding Google Gemini to a list that already included Anthropic Claude, OpenAI's ChatGPT Enterprise, and Microsoft Copilot. It is a bet that as companies rush to adopt AI, someone needs to watch where the risk is hiding, and Tenable wants to be the company holding that flashlight.Tenable (TENB) Widens Its AI Security Net Just As Profits Turn A Corner Bull Case: Closing The Gap Nobody Was Watching The scale of the problem Tenable is chasing is hard to ignore. The company said it detected 457 million AI-related security issues across more than 7,000 organizations, averaging 62,000 exposures per organization over 30 days. That is the kind of number that makes the case for exposure management on its own. Tenable One AI Exposure now extends discovery to every major LLM, all major Model Context Protocol deployments, and AI-native development tools like Cursor, Windsurf, and Trae, roughly doubling its coverage of sanctioned and shadow AI in one release. Beyond just finding the exposures, the platform lets security teams act on them directly, creating tickets in Jira or ServiceNow (NYSE:NOW), or firing off alerts through email, Slack, or Teams. That combination of visibility and Tenable's Hexa AI engine, which automates remediation tasks, is what the company is positioning as a full loop rather than another dashboard nobody checks. The business results back up the demand story. Tenable One made up half of the company's new sales in the second quarter, evidence that customers are consolidating onto the full platform instead of buying individual point tools. Second-quarter revenue came in at $268.5 million, ahead of management's guided range of $263 million to $266 million, while operating expenses fell to $195.8 million from $200.3 million a year earlier. That combination flipped a $14.7 million net loss into a $3.8 million net profit, and adjusted profit jumped 40% to $57.9 million. The stock is up more than 40% in 2026 on the back of that improvement, yet Tenable's market capitalization of $3.6 billion is still a fraction of CrowdStrike Holdings (NASDAQ:CRWD) and Palo Alto Networks (NASDAQ:PANW), whose combined market cap tops $450 billion. Bear Case: The Growth Question Behind The Discount That gap shows up in valuation too. Tenable trades at a price-to-sales ratio of 3.7, well below its own historical average of 7.1 since going public in 2018, and far cheaper than Palo Alto Networks at 22.9 times sales or CrowdStrike at 38.1 times. But cheap multiples usually come with a reason attached. Tenable's revenue grew 8.6% year over year in the quarter, modest next to CrowdStrike's annual recurring revenue growth of 24% to $5.5 billion. Some of Tenable's profit turnaround came from cutting costs, including in growth-oriented areas like marketing, rather than from accelerating sales. That is a reasonable way to prove discipline, but it raises the question of whether faster growth is coming or whether the company is simply managing a slower-growth business more efficiently. Story Continues What The Trading Data Says Hedge fund ownership rose from 40 funds to 41 in the most recent quarter, a modest but real uptick in institutional interest. Short interest sits at 11.3% of float, enough to show a bear case exists alongside the bull one. The forward price-to-earnings ratio of 18.28 is far from expensive for a growing software company, which lines up with the discounted price-to-sales ratio and suggests the market has not yet given Tenable full credit for its improving profitability. Where This Leaves Investors Tenable is chasing a real and growing problem in AI exposure, and its second-quarter numbers show the platform strategy is starting to translate into actual profit. The valuation gap versus CrowdStrike and Palo Alto Networks is wide enough to leave room for the stock to re-rate if growth hold
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Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel spends a chunk of the company's massive cashpile
OMAHA, Neb. (AP) — Berkshire Hathaway's new CEO Greg Abel spent a significant chunk of the company's massive pile of cash as it invested $10 billion in Google's parent company and repurchased about $4.5 billion of its shares. The conglomerate that legendary investor Warren Buffett built reported its second-quarter earnings Saturday morning and disclosed that its cash holdings had shrunk to $365.5 billion from nearly $400 billion at the end of March. Berkshire's report suggested that it had added more than $24 billion worth of commercial, industrial and other stocks to its portfolio, but the earnings report doesn't name the stocks it bought. That won't be revealed until a separate filing later this month. Abel took over as CEO in January when Buffett retired after six decades leading the company. But Buffett remains chairman. Abel announced in March that Berkshire had resumed buying back its own shares for the first time in more than two years, but investors were underwhelmed when the company only repurchased about $234 million worth of Berkshire stock in the first quarter. The purchases in the second quarter that were disclosed Saturday demonstrate that Berkshire is serious about buybacks, but it is on the low end of the range that investors were expecting. Buffett watchers had been predicting repurchases somewhere between $5 billion and $11 billion based on a filing Buffett made when he announced his annual charitably donations in July. The company's standard is that it only repurchases shares when Abel and Buffett believes they are selling for less than they are worth. They do not plan to spend a specific amount like many companies do. Most of Berkshire's repurchases were made in June. They may not be buying much now as the stock just hit a new 52-week high on Thursday. Berkshire previously repurchased $78 billion worth of its own stock between 2018 and 2024. In addition to the Google stock Berkshire bought this spring, the Omaha, Nebraska-based company also completed a $6.8 billion acquisition of homebuilder Taylor Morrison but that didn't close until July so it's not reflected in these quarterly figures. Berkshire's bottom line profit more than doubled to $25.667 billion, or $17,868.44 per Class A share, on a big paper gain in the value of its investments as the company lapped last year's $3.8 billion writedown in the value of its Kraft Foods stake. A year ago Berkshire reported earning $12.37 billion, or $8,600.89 per Class A share, But Buffett has long urged investors to pay more attention to Berkshire's operating earnings to get a better sense of how its dozens of companies are performing because those numbers exclude investments. By that measure, Berkshire's operating profit grew to $12.983 billion, or $9,038.30 per A share, from $11.16 billion, or $7,759.58 per Class A share. Berkshire owns several major insurers, including Geico, a collection of big utilities, BNSF railroad and a varied assortment of manufacturing and retail companies, including Precision Castparts and See's Candy. View Comments
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Berkshire’s profit doubles as equity holdings surge; buys back $4.5 bln shares
Investing.com - Berkshire Hathaway Inc. drew down its record cash pile to $364.7 billion in the second quarter as Chief Executive Officer Greg Abel ramped up stock repurchases to $4.53 billion and oversaw a doubling in net profit. The shift in capital allocation marks a notable pivot from the prior quarter, when Berkshire held a record net cash and Treasury trove of approximately $380 billion. The step-up in share buybacks - up sharply to $4.53 billion. Under Berkshire's long-standing policy, repurchases are executed at management's discretion provided cash holdings remain above a $30 billion floor. Net income attributable to shareholders rose to $25.67 billion, or $17,868 per Class A equivalent share, up from $12.37 billion ($8,601 per Class A share) in the same period a year earlier. The gain was driven by $16.08 billion in investment gains, largely reflecting unrealized appreciation across its core public stock holdings, led by top positions including Alphabet Apple, American Express, Bank of America, and The Coca-Cola Company. The conglomerate repurchased $4.53 billion of its own shares in the three months through June - a noticeable step up from the subdued activity in the first quarter. Berkshire started buying back its own shares in the first quarter for the first time in more than a year. Looking past paper portfolio gains, operating performance across Berkshire's core industrial, transport, and insurance businesses moderated slightly as cost inflation and higher claims frequencies in consumer auto lines offset gains in freight rail and manufacturing. The figures provide a key operational checkpoint under Abel, who assumed the top executive role from Warren Buffett at the start of the year and has continued his predecessor's approach of balancing short-term U.S. Treasuries with targeted industrial investments. Beyond operating income, market focus centers on Abel's deployment strategy, specifically as Berkshire resumed meaningful share repurchases and expanded its remaining stock portfolio, dominated by top stakes in Apple, American Express, and Coca-Cola. Berkshire ended June with $364.7 billion in total cash, cash equivalents, and short-term Treasury Bills across its operating units, down from the $380 billion net position at the end of March. Related articles Berkshire's profit doubles as equity holdings surge; buys back $4.5 bln shares JPMorgan outlines ten strategic themes that could shape the outlook for 2026 As Claude disrupts stock market, Anthropic researcher warns 'world is in peril' View Comments
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Banks Lead a Bonus Boom
Compensation consultant Johnson Associates dubs it “The Year of the Bank” in a recent report, with year-end incentive pools 5% to 20% higher than 2025 at major investment and commercial banks. “Everything is shaping up to be a fantastic year for the banks,” says the firm’s managing director Chris Connors. Record earnings driven by equity trading, underwriting, and advisory are fueling the bountiful year-over-year increases in bank bonuses. Continue Reading
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Q2 Earnings: Robust Results and Positive Estimate Revisions Validate Market Fundamentals
The Q2 earnings season continues to validate our constructive view on corporate fundamentals. Rather than simply clearing reduced consensus hurdles, reporting companies are offering encouraging reads on order trends, margin resilience, and full-year demand. This fundamental health is filtering directly into analyst models, driving a steady stream of upward revisions for Q3 and future quarters, as the following chart highlights.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Crucially, these favorable revision patterns are not a new development; they extend a tailwind that has been building for nearly a year. Historically, these upward adjustments were tightly concentrated in Technology and, more recently, Energy, following Middle East supply disruptions. However, for Q3 2026, the constructive estimate revisions have broadened significantly, rising across 8 of the 16 Zacks sectors—including Transportation, Finance, Aerospace, Industrials, Utilities, and Construction, alongside Tech and Energy. As would be expected, estimates for full-year 2026 are also going up, as the chart below shows.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The Magnificent 7 Earnings Performance Microsoft MSFT and Amazon AMZN became the latest "Magnificent Seven" members to deliver results that earned market applause, following Alphabet's GOOGL blowout report earlier in the cycle. All three tech giants remain deeply committed to building out generative AI infrastructure—an ongoing multi-billion-dollar CapEx push that has occasionally sparked broader market anxiety over ROI timing. Cloud segment performance has emerged as the definitive barometer for whether these aggressive AI outlays are yielding tangible commercial returns. On that front, all three hyperscalers delivered robust top-line momentum, led by Alphabet's standout, industry-leading acceleration. With Q2 results from 6 of the Mag 7 members out already (Nvidia reports results on August 26th), earnings for the group are on track to be up +85.5% from the same period last year on +27.5% higher revenues. This growth pace reflects actual results for the 6 Mag 7 members that have reported with estimates for the still-to-come Nvidia report.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Keep in mind that the group's blockbuster Q2 tally has benefited from Alphabet's non-operating unrealized gain on its SpaceX stake, which accounted for an estimated $77.4 billion in the company's $112.1 billion net income. The Q2 earnings growth pace for the Mag 7 group becomes a relatively more 'reasonable' +30.3% once Alphabet's non-operating unrealized gain is stripped out. Story Continues The chart below shows the Mag 7 group's earnings and revenue growth on a calendar year basis.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research Importantly, the Mag 7 group has consistently enjoyed a steadily improving earnings outlook, with analysts raising their estimates, as the chart below shows.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research It is useful to keep in mind that the Mag 7 group is on track to bring in more than 28.9% of all S&P 500 earnings this year, up from 16.4% of the total in 2020. The group accounts for 33.7% of the index's market capitalization. Q2 Earnings Season Scorecard Through Friday, August 7th, we have seen quarterly results from 444 S&P 500 members, or 88.8% of the index's total membership. Total earnings for these companies are up +42.2% from the same period last year on +14.8% revenue gains, with 82.7% of the companies beating EPS estimates and 76.4% beating revenue estimates. The comparison charts below put the Q2 earnings and revenue growth rates for these index members in a historical context.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investment Research The comparison charts below put the Q2 EPS and revenue beats percentages in a historical context.Zacks Investment Research Image Source: Zacks Investme
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Gary Black Says Uber, Not Tesla or Waymo, Has the Best Shot at Bringing Robotaxis to the Masses
Benzinga and Yahoo Finance LLC may earn commission or revenue on some items through the links below. Investor Gary Black of The Future Fund LLC has backed ride-hailing giant Uber Technologies Inc. as his pick to lead the autonomous ride-hailing market ahead of the likes of Alphabet Inc.'s Waymo and Elon Musk's Tesla Inc.. Gary Black Says Uber Is Not Like Blockbuster In a post on X, Black responded to user @PME2717 who said that being bullish on Uber was not a smart move as the company was like the video rental company BlockbusterInc. in a world of streaming platforms like Netflix Inc.. Don't Miss: A single bad hire can set a startup back years. Here are the 5 hires founders most often misjudge — and why Still Learning the Market? These 50 Must-Know Terms Can Help You Catch Up Fast "When I think of who has the best chances of offering fully autonomous ride hailing to the masses," Black said, "it's clearly Uber," the investor said. He added that his bullish stance on Uber stemmed from the company's "open source supplier model." He added that Blockbuster did not adapt to the advent of streaming. When I think of who has the best chances of offering fully autonomous ride hailing to the masses, it's clearly $UBER given their open source supplier model. Blockbuster never adopted to streaming. — Gary Black (@garyblack00) August 5, 2026 Uber's Earnings Uber held its second-quarter 2026 earnings call on Wednesday, reporting revenue of $14.19 billion for the quarter, which was up 12% YoY. However, the revenue figure was still slightly below analyst estimates of $14.24 billion. Uber matched the analyst consensus of EPS earnings of 81 cents per share. See Also: Avoid the #1 Investing Mistake: How Your 'Safe' Holdings Could Be Costing You Big Time Uber's GAAP income from operations increased 30% to $1.89 billion amid Uber's recent acquisition of German food delivery platform Delivery Hero SE in a deal worth more than $14 billion. CEO Dara Khosrowshahi touted Uber's 15-minute drone delivery as a "magical experience" during the company's earnings call. Khosrowshahi also said that Uber was on track to begin autonomous ride-hailing operations in 15 cities by the end of the year. For Rivian Automotive Inc. Robotaxis, "we expect to be in perhaps San Francisco and Miami in 2028," Khosrowshahi said, adding that Nvidia Corp. backed Robotaxis would debut in Los Angeles and San Francisco next year and "28 different cities globally by 2028." Photo courtesy: Alex Photo Stock / Shutterstock.com Read Next: Story Continues Skip the Regrets: The Essential Retirement Tips Experts Wish Everyone Knew Earlier. Think you're saving enough for your kids? You might be dangerously off — see why Building Wealth Across More Than Just the Market Building a resilient portfolio means thinking beyond a single asset or market trend. Economic cycles shift, sectors rise and fall, and no one investment performs well in every environment. That's why many investors look to diversify with platforms that provide access to real estate, fixed-income opportunities, precious metals, and even self-directed retirement accounts. By spreading exposure across multiple asset classes, it becomes easier to manage risk, capture steady returns, and create long-term wealth that isn't tied to the fortunes of just one company or industry. Arrived Backed by Jeff Bezos, Arrived Homes makes real estate investing accessible with a low barrier to entry. Investors can buy fractional shares of single-family rentals and vacation homes starting with as little as $100. This allows everyday investors to diversify into real estate, collect rental income, and build long-term wealth without needing to manage properties directly. Realberry Institutional-quality real estate has traditionally been difficult for individual investors to access. Realberry gives accredited investors direct access to private real estate opportunities backed by a team with 35 years of experience, $3.4 billion in assets under management
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Google Cloud’s Taiwan Launch Hints at Alphabet’s (GOOGL) Next Growth Phase
On August 7, Google Cloud switched on Google Security Operations in its new Taiwan Region, giving local banks, hospitals and chipmakers an AI-powered defense platform they can run without sending sensitive data offshore. It's a small announcement next to Alphabet's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) roughly $4.6 trillion market value, but it captures why investors are paying attention. Alphabet keeps turning AI into products regulated industries will pay to run on their own terms, and that pattern shows up across the business.Google Cloud's Taiwan Launch Hints at Alphabet's (GOOGL) Next Growth Phase Bull Case: A Cloud And Chip Engine Firing Together The Taiwan launch fits a broader push. Google Cloud revenue jumped 82% to $24.8 billion last quarter, and the segment's operating margin climbed from 20.7% to 35.6% over the same stretch, proof that scale is finally showing up in profit, not just growth. Part of that strength comes from a business model that doesn't depend on who wins the AI race. Anthropic pays Google Cloud for computing power even while competing against Alphabet's own models, and that kind of recurring usage revenue keeps flowing regardless of which lab's chatbot wins. Alphabet is also pushing further into chips. The company recently began selling its custom Tensor Processing Units directly to outside customers for use in external data centers, a direct challenge to Nvidia's grip on the roughly $300 billion AI accelerator market. D.A. Davidson's Gil Luria has floated Alphabet capturing 20% of AI infrastructure spending, which would value the chip business near $900 billion, while Morgan Stanley expects custom silicon to reach 24% of accelerator sales by 2030, up from 15% today. The Taiwan security launch shows that same platform reach extending into compliance-heavy sectors like finance and healthcare, widening the base of customers Alphabet can sell to. Bear Case: The Bill Behind The Growth None of this comes cheap. Alphabet raised its 2026 capital expenditure guidance to a range of $195 billion to $205 billion, and quarterly capex has climbed for five straight quarters, doubling year-over-year to $44.9 billion last quarter. That spending eventually shows up as depreciation, a charge that grows every year and has to be outrun by profit growth. The headline numbers also need a closer look. Net income nearly quadrupled to $112.1 billion last quarter, but $6.26 of the $9.11 in EPS came from a $99 billion gain on equity securities that is mostly unrealized. Strip that out and underlying earnings were closer to $2.85 per share, which puts the stock nearer 28x forward earnings than the 19x headline multiple suggests. On the chip side, Nvidia's CUDA software remains a deep moat, since switching a team's pipelines off it is expensive, and TPUs are built for narrower workloads than general-purpose GPUs. Story Continues What The Market Is Pricing In Hedge fund ownership of GOOGL slipped from 288 funds to 265 in the most recent quarter, a sign some institutions trimmed positions. Short interest is minimal at just 1.34% of float, showing little organized bearishness. The stock's forward P/E of 18.42 sits well below the three-year average of 25x earnings that Alphabet has traded at, which is a cheap starting point if the underlying growth holds. Where This Leaves Investors For the growth story to keep working, Cloud and TPU sales need to keep outrunning the depreciation from $200 billion in annual spending. For the skeptics, the risk is that the one-time investment gain flatters current earnings while Nvidia's software moat limits how much of the chip market Alphabet can actually take. While we acknowledge the potential of GOOGL as an investment, we believe certain AI stocks offer greater upside potential and carry less downside risk. If you're looking for an extremely undervalued AI stock that also stands to benefit significantly from Trump-era tariffs and the onshoring trend, see our free report on thebest short-term AI stock. READ NEXT: 10
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AI theme has 'a long way to run': Strategist
Yahoo Finance host Jared Blikre and The Wealth Consulting Group Chief Market Strategist Talley Léger discuss market leadership shifting from tech concentration to diffusion, explaining why investors must take a 'leap of faith' on massive AI capital spending by tech hyperscalers like Alphabet (GOOG), Meta (META), and Microsoft (MSFT). Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A Is the old AI trade back? 00:01 Speaker B Well, if I were to give you just three pieces of information, let's talk about a group of stocks that has persistently double digit earnings growth, better than the market, plus a PE that's in line with the rest of the market and had been lagging, even actually down for a period of time. Would you take, you know, start taking look for opportunities? I think the answer is yes. And so, I've got this two-stage model from tech concentration that I'm conce conceptualizing to tech diffusion. So, we still need the the Mag 7. Those are the producers to hold their ground and fuel the next transition in this market cycle, which is to the users, I think. 00:46 Speaker A So I want to ask you about, show me the money, uh from AI and specifically the hyper scalers. So not necessarily the Mag 7. Nvidia, you know, they're selling chips, but the ones who have to pay for these entire build outs like Microsoft, Meta, Alphabet, Oracle, the like. Uh they're spending a lot of money. 01:12 Speaker A we just learned a couple of weeks ago that Alphabet went cash flow negative for the first time in their entire 20 plus year history. Does that concern you? 01:21 Speaker B So, this is the leap of faith that we have to make in that corporate flywheel. So yes, they have compressed free cash flow now and they're starting some of it more than others like Oracle, I would point to on on the extreme, uh to as I say, generate or engineer future sales. And so, this is where we see the expectations for those future sales start to ratchet higher. And so again, I think this is the the leap of faith. Taking a giant step back, cycle on cycle, when you look at the Nasdaq now versus past cycles where we had a boom, I think that this theme generally has a long way to run. 02:04 Speaker A It looks like it's legit. I will say that. View Comments
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OpenAI developing $300+ AI speaker to challenge Amazon Alexa
Yahoo Finance Tech Editor discusses reports that OpenAI (OPAI.PVT) is developing a $300+ puck-sized smart home device designed to compete directly with Amazon (AMZN) Alexa and Google Home Video Transcript 00:00 Speaker A We got to talk about Open AI because they are coming after Alexa and Siri. They're going into the home market here. Uh reportedly developing a hockey puck-sized AI device that could cost more than $300 and uh they want to build more consumer or new consumer hardware built around artificial intelligence rather than apps. So, what are some of the details here? 00:24 Dan Yeah, this is uh from Bloomberg's Mark Gurman and he said it's kind of like a hockey puck donut kind of looking thing. uh which yeah, sure, why not? Why not? Uh uh basically what Open AI is doing is uh uh apparently putting together this device that would have kind of some, you know, anthropomorphic qualities to it and that uh it would kind of react to you in certain ways and there would be some kind of movement uh related to the the device itself kind of indicating that it's listening uh or that it's uh doing some uh uh yeah processing, trying to give you an answer to a question or provide uh you with an update on a task that it's running in the background, things along those lines. It'll have lights on it that indicate when it's thinking, um, thinking. Uh and then uh kind of in that price range, it would be more expensive than what you would get out of a a small Google home or or an Alexa, uh you use Alexa Plus, but the the big deal here is that it's running on Open AI's models or would would run on Open A AI's models. And so, you know, you would think that people are comfortable using chat GPT at this point. Perhaps that's kind of a an an additional way to increase market share that OpenAI has with chat GPT getting into the home space 01:54 Dan is interesting though, because when you look at something like Alexa uh and the uh Echo that that Amazon sells or or Google home, the the Alexa was originally built as a means to get people to buy more from Amazon's website. It was a way for people to say, you know, buy me more laundry detergent or something. and you would just add stuff to a list over time. And so it would reduce friction and get people to buy more. Uh didn't really work out that way. It became a way of just kind of asking what the time was or what the weather was or, you know, what's on my my schedule or what's traffic like, nothing really too deep beyond that. And so they've come out with Alexa Plus, they're trying to expand on that with different capabilities, uh agentic capabilities overall. Uh uh uh Google's doing the exact same thing. And so, obviously OpenAI being what they are, want to be in this space and try to dominate it. and we'll just have to see, but, you know, it also comes as uh Apple is suing OpenAI for uh alleged uh uh uh trademark uh uh trade secrets, uh theft. And so, 03:09 Dan you know, this doesn't sound like anything Apple has. Uh we don't know if they're working on something like that, but I guess we'll just have to see. Um, but yeah, this this could be a very interesting product and an interesting move for Open AI. 03:22 Speaker A Yeah, an always-on anthropomorphic Open AI device in my home. I don't know, but thank you for the report, Dan. 03:29 Dan View Comments
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Explainer-How could New Mexico's $567 million ruling change Meta?
By Dietrich Knauth Aug 7 (Reuters) - A New Mexico state court ordered Meta Platforms, owner of Facebook and Instagram, to make major changes to its platforms and pay the largest sum yet in a growing wave of U.S. litigation over claims that social media harms young people. Here is a look at the decision and its potential consequences. HOW MUCH MUST META PAY? The court in Santa Fe ruled on Thursday that Meta must pay $567 million into a New Mexico fund for teen mental health prevention and treatment. In an earlier phase of the case, a jury awarded New Mexico $375 million on related consumer protection claims. The combined $942 million far exceeds other penalties in youth-related social media cases including a $6 million verdict against Meta and Alphabet's Google, owner of YouTube, in a California case in March. Meta said the claims misrepresented the facts and that it will appeal the ruling. WHAT CHANGES DID THE COURT ORDER META TO MAKE? Judge Bryan Biedscheid in Santa Fe ordered Meta to implement measures for users in New Mexico intended to protect youth on Facebook and Instagram. The ruling does not affect other states. Meta must introduce more stringent age verification, restrict users under 18 to no more than 90 hours a month and shut off push notifications overnight and during school hours. Parents must consent to the number of "likes" on a child's post being shown, the ruling said. Meta must also ban sexualized chatbot interactions with minors and blur images suspected of containing nudity. The judge rejected some of the changes New Mexico requested, including modifications to Meta's algorithms and features such as infinite scroll and autoplay videos. The company said during the trial that some changes the state sought were not technologically possible and could force it to exit the state. WHAT WAS THE BASIS OF THE JUDGE'S DECISION? Biedscheid ruled that Meta created a public nuisance, agreeing with New Mexico's claims that Facebook and Instagram were designed in ways that addicted young users and did not adequately protect them from sexual exploitation. Reuters last year reported on company documents that showed Meta's AI chatbots could "engage a child in conversations that are romantic or sensual." The judge rejected Meta's call to dismiss the case under Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which generally shields online platforms from liability over user content. WHAT IS A PUBLIC NUISANCE? Public nuisance claims traditionally have been used in cases involving threats to public health or safety, such as pollution. More recently, governments have brought them in lawsuits against companies that sold or marketed tobacco and opioids. Story Continues In the New Mexico case, the judge found that the harms from Meta's platforms extended beyond individual users and imposed broader costs on families, schools, hospitals and law enforcement. Meta argued at trial that it had not violated any public right such as access to air or water, that its social media platforms are not the only ones used by the state's young residents and that the case ignored the impact of other apps. HOW DOES THIS AFFECT OTHER CASES? The New Mexico case does not directly impact thousands of other pending lawsuits by children and families or public nuisance claims by more than 40 states and 1,300 school districts. But New Mexico Attorney General Raúl Torrez has called the decision a "blueprint" for governments seeking to force changes on social media platforms through the courts. A federal trial scheduled for August 12 in Oakland, California, will test claims by 29 states that Meta illegally collected and used children's data, designed Facebook and Instagram to addict young users and misled consumers. The case could expose Meta to massive damages and potentially sweeping changes to its products. Meta has denied allegations that it harmed young users or misled the public about the safety of its platforms. The company has pointed t
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Congress Eyes Boosting Quantum Funds as Global Race Heats Up
(Bloomberg) -- US lawmakers from both parties are seeking to boost federal funding for quantum computing as China and other countries race to transition from research to deployment of the nascent technology across defense, intelligence and cybersecurity. Most Read from Bloomberg OpenAI's New Device Will Be Hockey Puck-Sized and Cost Over $300 Iran Wants to Bar US, Israeli Ships From Hormuz in Peace Accord Trump Administration Considers Order on Autism and Vaccines Iran Says Agreement on Hormuz Shipping Reached With Oman Walmart Tests Fulfillment Cart Changes After Child Hit in Store The House later this year is expected to debate defense funding legislation that would increase annual military spending on quantum development and application by 68% to $567 million. A similar effort is underway in the Senate to fund the nascent technology, which researchers believe could provide a range of new capabilities in everything from drug discovery to computing encryption standards. The congressional moves buttress work within the Trump administration, which in May announced plans to pour more than $2 billion into the industry through direct federal investments. In June, President Donald Trump signed an executive order aimed at advancing quantum research and development and another mandating federal agencies take steps to insulate their IT systems against quantum computer-based cyberattacks. Despite a slate of recent technological breakthroughs, investors remain skeptical of the industry's near-term commercial success, according to Philip Singerman, senior adviser at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. Shares of leading pure-play quantum companies including D-Wave Quantum Inc., Infleqtion Inc. and Rigetti Computing Inc. have fallen sharply since the start of the year as investor enthusiasm for the technology, which had been hailed by analysts as the next market-defining computing revolution after artificial intelligence, has cooled. Global X's AI and Technology ETF, which holds a basket of top AI and semiconductor stocks, has risen 20% over the same period. Another quantum company, College Park, Maryland-based IonQ Inc., last week closed its $1.8 billion acquisition of semiconductor foundry SkyWater Technology Inc. after federal regulators ended their review of the deal without taking any action to stop it. IonQ on Wednesday raised its full-year revenue forecast, and its shares have recouped most of their losses for the year. Nonetheless, funding quantum has quickly become a political priority as governments line up financing in the race for superiority on a technology that ultimately could pose security threats, breaking the systems that protect banks and government data. Story Continues A mix of startups and large firms, including Microsoft Corp. and Alphabet Inc.'s Google, are trying to apply quantum physics to make computers exponentially more powerful than today's machines. These companies are betting that the nascent field, which uses the rules of subatomic particles to manipulate and transmit information, is getting closer to delivering real-world progress in fields like drug discovery and finance. There's also the race against China, which has established a $10 billion National Laboratory for Quantum Information Sciences, while Europe and the UK combined have committed nearly three times as much public money as the US to develop the technology, according to estimates compiled by industry consultancy QBN. "In China, you see a massive push toward quantum leadership," said Darío Gil, under secretary for science at the Department of Energy. "That's the one that I'm most focused on." White House Summit One sign of quantum's growing political salience in Washington is an uptick in interactions between policymakers and industry insiders, according to Infleqtion Inc. Chief Executive Officer Matt Kinsella. Quantum executives and lobbyists are increasingly engaging with politicians to explain the technology's complexities an
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Beyond NVIDIA and GPUs: The Next AI & Quantum Winners Leading 2026
The artificial intelligence boom has created enormous wealth over the past three years, with NVIDIA NVDA emerging as the undisputed leader of the AI infrastructure revolution. But as the market matures, investors are asking a different question: where will the next wave of AI winners come from? The answer may lie beyond traditional AI infrastructure. The momentum behind AI remains strong. According to the Stanford AI Index 2026, global private investment in AI continued to accelerate in 2025, with U.S. investment reaching $285.9 billion, far outpacing Europe ($20.9 billion) and China ($12.4 billion). The data underscores that capital continues to flow aggressively into AI innovation, even as the investment landscape broadens beyond GPUs.Standford University Image Source: Standford University Hyperscalers including Microsoft MSFT, Amazon, Alphabet, Oracle and Meta are collectively on track to spend more than $700 billion in capital expenditures in 2026, with AI infrastructure accounting for a significant share of those investments, signaling that the AI investment cycle is far from over (S&P Global, May 2026 article). At the same time, governments worldwide are accelerating funding for quantum computing, viewing the technology as a strategic asset for economic competitiveness and national security. The convergence of these two megatrends is creating an investment opportunity that extends well beyond today's AI leaders. AI Spending Expanding Across the Technology Stack The first phase of the AI boom rewarded semiconductor companies, particularly NVIDIA, as enterprises raced to build AI computing capacity. But the investment cycle is now broadening beyond chips. As stated earlier, major hyperscalers have collectively guided hundreds of billions of dollars in capital expenditures this year, with AI infrastructure accounting for a significant share of those investments. The spending extends beyond GPUs to custom AI accelerators, networking equipment, memory, storage, data centers and power infrastructure needed to support increasingly sophisticated AI models. Enterprises are moving from pilot projects to production-scale AI deployments, driving demand for AI servers, cloud services, cybersecurity, data management and software platforms. This expanding ecosystem has created opportunities not only for semiconductor companies but also for networking providers, cloud infrastructure vendors and enterprise software firms. Companies such as Broadcom AVGO and Marvell Technology MRVL are gaining from AI networking and custom silicon. Arista Networks is capitalizing on data-center networking upgrades and Palantir is benefiting from growing enterprise AI software adoption. Story Continues Analysts currently expect AI-related capital expenditures to remain elevated for years as businesses transition from AI experimentation to production-scale deployment.Standford University Image Source: Standford University According to the Stanford AI Index 2026, 88% of organizations globally reported using AI in 2025, up from 78% in 2024 and 55% in 2023. Governments Are Betting Big on Quantum Government support is becoming a key catalyst for the quantum computing industry. In the United States, the federal government continues to fund quantum research through the National Quantum Initiative, while agencies including the Department of Defense, DARPA and the Department of Energy are awarding contracts for quantum computing, networking and sensing technologies. Europe is advancing commercialization through its Quantum Flagship program, while the U.K. recently expanded its National Quantum Strategy with long-term funding aimed at building a globally competitive quantum industry. China also continues to invest heavily in quantum communications and computing infrastructure. Pureplays like D-Wave QBTS continue to secure government-backed research collaborations, while Rigetti has benefited from defense and public-sector contracts. As governments prioritize quantum
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Jim Cramer Reveals How Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) Can Reverse Recent Weakness
Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s shares are up by 80% over the past year and by 12.3% year-to-date. Cramer has turned increasingly positive on the firm over the past couple of months. Most of his praise has focused on Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s cloud computing business and its AI platform. The shares dipped after the firm reported its second-quarter earnings. The development didn't sit well with Cramer as he was "shocked" by the dip. The CNBC TV host also discussed Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in a series of tweets after Amazon reported its second quarter earnings. He outlined that the shares should be higher after the report and the firm had to follow a similar strategy to regain lost investor sentiment: "Watch Alphabet, it is about to take out the $355 level where the secondary took place. A critical level as i will talk about in my Sunday Club Thinkpiece "Yes Google should be up more off of Amazon, which told you about the line of sight. Google has to rethink how it does its call as it truly was suboptimal "Best in show: Amazon for explanation of what the heck it is doing to get line of sight..and it has it. Now Google has to do the same thing... "As you know from my piece this weekend, the one to buy on any downturn is Amazon..." So what were the results that had the CNBC TV host excited? Well, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) reported its second-quarter earnings on July 30th. The results saw the firm post $200.6 billion in revenue and $1.97 in earnings-per-share to beat analyst estimates of $196.47 billion and $1.82. Additionally, Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)'s cloud computing business, Amazon Web Services' $42.2 billion in revenue also beat estimates of $40.53 billion. The debate surrounding Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is quite straightforward given its businesses. The central issue relates to its artificial intelligence initiatives and lingering government antitrust actions. Starting from the former, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s aggressive spending continues to raise questions from the bear camp due to their impact on margins and bottom-line profitability. They argue that the hits to profitability might not be justified by the return that Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) makes through AI. However, the bulls argue that the firm's cloud business continues to perform well and it is also monetizing the Gemini models. Additionally, Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL)'s custom AI chips called TPUs are another source of optimism. On the antitrust front, a lawsuit by advertiser Teads Holding, the Justice Department's latest filing with the D.C. Court of Appeals and pressure by advocacy against payments to Apple are some points from the bear camp. Story Continues As for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), the issue remains the same, with capital expenditure also driving the debate. As with Google, the bulls and the bears are also divided by the future returns of the current capital outlays. Therefore, naturally, the revenue growth for Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN)'s cloud business is key to the bull's argument of optimism. In the second quarter, the cloud business grew revenue by 37% annually and beat estimates for 31% growth. Additionally, the firm also posted a $496 billion AWS backlog. However, the bears point towards the massive $220 billion in capital expenditure that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) aims to incur in 2026 to fuel its growth. They outline that the firm's trailing-twelve-month free cash flow was an outflow of $7.6 billion due to the spending. Looking at hedge fund sentiment, Insider Monkey's data shows that Amazon.com, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN) was the top stock held by hedge funds in Q1 2026, as 353 out of 1,022 funds held a stake. Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOGL) ranked in fourth place with 265 hedge fund stakeholders. Short interest as a percentage of float was between 1% to 1.35% for both firms as of mid-July. Fisher Asset Management was the largest stakeholder in both firms. Additionally, the two are also part of our list of 10 Blue
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