Mountain View, California-based Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) offers various products and platforms in the United States and internationally. With a market cap of $2.1 trillion, the company operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. It provides web-based search, advertisements, maps, software applications, mobile operating systems, and more.
Companies worth $200 billion or more are generally described as “mega-cap stocks,” and GOOG firmly holds its place in this category. The company benefits from being the most popular search engine in the world and also offers various other services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, YouTube, as well as AI infrastructure.
Shares of the tech titan touched their 52-week high of $208.70 on Feb. 4 and have fallen 16.2% from that peak. In the past three months, GOOG stock has grown marginally, matching the Dow Jones Industrial Average’s ($DOWI) marginal uptick during the same time frame.
However, the stock’s performance looks bleaker over the longer term. GOOG stock has fallen 1.9% over the past 52 weeks and declined 8.2% on a YTD basis, underperforming Dow’s 10% gains over the past year and its marginal rise in 2025.
Nevertheless, the company has been trading above its 200-day moving average since late February and above its 50-day moving average since mid-May.
Shares of GOOGL rose 1.7% following its strong Q1 earnings release on Apr. 24. The company’s revenue grew 12% to $90.2 billion, driven by double-digit growth across Google Search, YouTube ads, subscriptions, and a 28% surge in Google Cloud revenue, and surpassed the Street’s estimates. Moreover, its adjusted EPS rose 49% year-over-year to $2.81 and beat the consensus estimates by 39.1%.
Its rival, Meta Platforms, Inc. (META), has significantly outperformed the stock over the past year, with its shares surging 41.3% over the past 52 weeks and 19.2% in 2025.
Among the 53 analysts covering the GOOG stock, the consensus rating is a “Strong Buy.” Its mean price target of $200.74 suggests a 14.8% upside potential from current price levels.
