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Alphabet shares trade near US$355, about 13% below a US$408.61 52-week high as AI spending rises
Alphabet’s revenue rose 24% year over year to US$119.8 billion, with Google Cloud revenue up 82% on demand for AI infrastructure and enterprise AI products. The stock trades near US$355, about 13% below its 52-week high of US$408.61, and is valued at roughly 18 times trailing earnings. Management expects 2026 capital expenditures of US$195 billion to US$205 billion, largely to expand AI computing capacity. In a separate head-to-head finance task test, Claude led overall on calculator creation while Gemini scored higher on math, and both earned 100% on general financial knowledge.