Alphabet Inc.
GOOGL · Nasdaq
- $338.50
- $4.27T
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- $235.84 - $408.61
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- 35.91M
- 0.26%
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- 26.60M
About Alphabet Inc.
Alphabet operates Google’s internet businesses, primarily search and other advertising products, YouTube, consumer applications, devices and subscriptions. Google Services is the dominant business and monetizes users through advertising and paid offerings; Google Cloud sells infrastructure, platforms and applications to businesses and other organizations; Other Bets contains smaller, longer-term initiatives. Customers include advertisers, consumers, developers and enterprise or institutional cloud users. Alphabet reported $402.8 billion of revenue and $132.2 billion of net income for fiscal 2025, up from $350.0 billion and $100.1 billion, respectively, in fiscal 2024.
Notable Price Movement
- Sep 7-11$338.500.01%
Alphabet fell 0.29% over the week, from $339.35 to $338.36. The stock initially declined to $335.02, then recovered through September 3 to $342.48 before giving back most of that rebound and ending near flat. The broader market backdrop was supportive, with one Yahoo Finance headline noting Alphabet beat a market upswing, while company-specific coverage highlighted AI partnerships with Avid and Morgan State University and optimism about Alphabet’s chip position. Those positives were offset by competitive and portfolio-rotation concerns: ARK sold about $28 million of GOOGL while buying Meta, and coverage said Alphabet fell 2% as Meta advanced on its Muse AI agent. The evidence does not establish a single dominant catalyst.
- Aug 31 - Sep 4$338.462.35%
Alphabet gained $1.83, or 0.54%, over the stated weekly interval, rising from $340.65 to $342.48. Trading was materially volatile: the stock fell to $339.35 on Monday and $335.02 on Tuesday before recovering to $337.12 on Wednesday and $342.48 on Thursday, giving back the prior Friday’s strength before reversing higher. The most concrete company-specific development was a federal judge’s rejection of the Justice Department’s proposed breakup of Google’s AdX advertising exchange, although the supplied evidence does not quantify its market impact. Coverage also focused on cloud growth, AI investment and the WeatherNext 3 launch. No earnings release or management guidance was supplied, so the week’s move cannot be attributed to a single operating update.
- Aug 24-28$346.590.51%
Alphabet shares were essentially flat for the week, declining $0.02, or 0.01%, from $340.67 to $340.65. The stock initially rallied 2.2% to $348.06 on Monday, then reversed lower each session through Thursday, giving back all of the early gain. The decline coincided with broader scrutiny of massive AI infrastructure commitments, including Alphabet’s reported 2026 capital-expenditure outlook of as much as $205 billion, and with the market’s reaction to NVIDIA’s results and $108 billion quarterly revenue guidance. Positive company-specific themes, including stronger Google Cloud growth, a reported $514 billion backlog and resilient advertising revenue, did not prevent the reversal. Broader trading was mixed, with the Nasdaq 100 down in the cited after-hours indicator despite a separate session showing modest index gains.
- Aug 10-14$345.902.37%
Alphabet fell 4.28%, from $373.51 to $357.52, despite a 1.1% gain on Tuesday and a 0.9% rebound on Monday, August 10. The decisive move was Wednesday’s 4.0% drop, followed by declines of 1.3% Thursday and 1.0% Friday, which erased Tuesday’s advance and left the stock near its weekly low. The supplied evidence does not identify a dated company-specific catalyst for the selloff. Instead, the week appears to have reflected trading pressure around an already heavily discussed AI and valuation narrative, with articles alternately highlighting Alphabet’s AI positioning, cloud margins and apparent undervaluation. No broader market or sector performance data was supplied to establish an external market driver.
- Aug 3-7$354.300.51%
Alphabet rose 13.17%, from $333.71 to $377.65, with the advance concentrated in the final three sessions. The stock edged up on July 29, slipped $3.05 on July 30, then jumped $22.47 on July 31, gained another $17.38 on August 3, and added $4.14 on August 4. The supplied evidence does not identify a dated, company-specific announcement explaining the sharp July 31 move. Instead, trading appears to have reflected renewed enthusiasm for artificial-intelligence infrastructure, including Alphabet’s decision to sell Tensor Processing Units directly to external data centers, and optimism around hyperscaler growth. On August 3, the broader market also rallied as Middle East tensions eased, with the Nasdaq 100 gaining 1.78%, providing additional support.
