Search is growing faster with AI, and Google Cloud is accelerating with rising margins. The stock sits about 15% below its May high after a capex-driven pullback. Courts have also now declined to break the company up.
Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales. Alongside online ads, Google services houses sales stemming from Google's subscription services (YouTube TV and YouTube Music, among…
www.abc.xyzLast price: 344.59 (GOOG close, Oct 6, per Google Finance/CNBC). Entry 342 sits at the 50-day moving average of about 341.77. Price target 429: average analyst target of $429.36 (S&P Global via StockAnalysis), range $340 to $515. This is a reference point, not a forecast. Stop 329: below the 200-day moving average and near the post-Q2 after-hours print of $329.43 (Investing.com), so a break would undo the post-earnings base. Support 337.4: 200-day moving average of about $337.39. Resistance 404.47: all-time and 52-week high set May 18, 2026. The 52-week low is 236.69.
- 1Q3 2026 earnings, expected around Oct 28 (date unconfirmed): Cloud growth versus 82% and any change to the $195B-$205B capex guide.
- 2Final judgment and appeal path in the ad tech case, with the proposed judgment due Oct 2, after which remedies start 60 days post-signature.
- 3Cloud backlog conversion, which stood above $460B at Q1, plus Gemini adoption and continued Search growth.
- 1AI capex could keep rising faster than revenue: Q2 free cash flow was negative $5.86B and the capex guide was raised again.
- 2The adjusted EPS miss shows margin pressure is possible, and Cloud demand may be concentrated in a few AI customers.
- 3Behavioral remedies and appeals in the search and ad tech cases, plus EU and UK actions, could still hit ad economics and add compliance costs.
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- Oct 13, 2026 · Price 349
Weekly check-in: On Track. Thesis intact ahead of Oct 28 earnings; no new break in evidence I found no new results or guidance this week, so the Q2 evidence still stands. The main change is that Alphabet confirmed the Q3 date on Oct 6, and the shares trade around 349-352. That is roughly 13-14% below the 404.47 May high and between the 342 entry and the 429 target. Analyst commentary leans supportive, but BNP Paribas flags Cloud margin dilution from TPU sales. That bears directly on the thesis's rising-margin claim.
- Oct 20, 2026 · Price 336.4
Weekly check-in: On Track. No new thesis evidence; shares slid below entry level before Oct 28 earnings Nothing in the past week changes the fundamentals behind the Cloud-acceleration case. The Oct 28 Q3 report is the next real test, and the date is now confirmed. Price drifted lower, with the last close near 336.40 per Yahoo Finance. That is about 17% below the 404.47 high and under the 342 entry level. Analyst target changes were mixed, and no new facts weaken or strengthen the capex-versus-Cloud argument.
1 published revision. Performance is measured from the original publication, not from any revision.
- Revision 1 · Oct 17, 2026, 4:02 PM UTC
- Stop$329.00→$285.00
- How the Levels Were SetBefore—AfterLast price: 344.59 (GOOG close, Oct 6, per Google Finance/CNBC). Entry 342 sits at the 50-day moving average of about 341.77. Price target 429: average analyst target of $429.36 (S&P Global via StockAnalysis), range $340 to $515. This is a reference point, not a forecast. Stop 329: below the 200-day moving average and near the post-Q2 after-hours print of $329.43 (Investing.com), so a break would undo the post-earnings base. Support 337.4: 200-day moving average of about $337.39. Resistance 404.47: all-time and 52-week high set May 18, 2026. The 52-week low is 236.69.
- Originally published Oct 8, 2026, 2:32 PM UTC.
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