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The headline of this article says it all: Alphabet ( GOOG -2.71%) ( GOOGL -2.65%) stock is cheaper than the S&P 500 ( ^GSPC -1.71%) index. It might seem a bit odd that a dominant tech company would fall behind the valuation of a broad market index, but that is exactly what happened.

The London Company, an investment management company, released “The London Company Large Cap Strategy” fourth quarter 2024 investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. U.S. equities increased in the fourth quarter and most of the major indices saw positive gains.

Morgan Stanley analyst Brian Nowak maintained a Buy rating on Alphabet Class A (GOOGL – Research Report) today and set a price target of

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G&S Capital LLC increased its stake in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Free Report) by 17.8% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 2,

SFE Investment Counsel raised its holdings in Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL – Free Report) by 5.1% during the 4th quarter, according to the company in its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The firm owned 43,

In a move that many would have once considered surprising, investors seem to have written off the artificial intelligence (AI) prospects of Google parent Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG). Here's why Alphabet bulls should probably stay the course with its stock.

An Alphabet Inc. vendor, Hitachi Ltd., illegally restricted a group of Google artificial intelligence contract staff from discussing their pay and fired one of them for starting conversations about wages, a union alleged in a federal complaint.

Shares in Alphabet (GOOGL) slipped in early trading today on reports that an AI search rival had raised multi-million-dollars in new

Alphabet's solid long-term investment potential is driven by AI and cloud growth. It is fairly valued among its peers, but not a bargain. See more on GOOG here.