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At the end of the day, earnings will drive stock prices. A company is worth the cumulative profits it generates for shareholders, discounted back to today.

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Joel Kulina, Head of Tech/Media Trading at Wedbush, says Alphabet's core business beat expectations despite cloud and YouTube misses, calling it a relief amid intense AI competition.

“They are being dragged into change, kicking and screaming.”

Tech stocks lead US indices higher with Alphabet and Tesla rallying. Traders eye a bullish Nasdaq 100 forecast into next week's earnings.

Internet company Yahoo Inc.—backed by owner Apollo Global Management Inc.—would bid for the Chrome web browser if a federal court orders Google to divest it as a remedy for maintaining an illegal monopoly, a senior executive said.

Google-parent Alphabet is facing risk on multiple fronts. Its search engine is under attack from AI, while courts are calling the business a monopoly.

Alphabet delivered strong Q1 2025 earnings, alleviating investor concerns and boosting the stock by 5% after hours. Despite AI competition, paying 20x forward free cash flow for Google is attractive, given its diversified business and robust financials. Alphabet's 12% topline growth and 13% free cash flow increase demonstrate resilience, countering bearish views and supporting a buy rating.

Alphabet executives reiterated their “strong relationship” with Nvidia as Intel struggles to get going in the artificial-intelligence chip race.