Alphabet Adds $420 Billion as Cloud Growth Tops Rivals
Alphabet Inc. shares climbed to an all-time high after first-quarter results beat expectations, adding about $420 billion to the Google parent’s market value and leaving it roughly 6% behind Nvidia Corp. Revenue was $109.9 billion, ahead of the $106.98 billion estimate, while net income surged 81% from a year earlier.
Google Cloud revenue rose 63% to $20 billion, outpacing Amazon Web Services’ 28% growth and Microsoft Azure’s 40% as AI demand continued to lift cloud spending. Cloud operating margin widened to 32.9% from 17.8%, and remaining performance obligations exceeded $460 billion.
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@vestexchange$GOOGL is up over 6% on the session, with Q1 revenue of $109.9B above the $106.98B estimate and Google Cloud revenue reaching $20.0B, up 63% YoY. Cloud operating margin expanded to 32.9% from 17.8%, while Google Cloud remaining performance
@brewmarketsGoogle just gained $300 billion in market cap.
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@kalshiJUST IN: Google hits $4.5 trillion market cap
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@coindeskJUST IN: $GOOG hits all time high as the AI race fuels cloud growth, beating analyst expectations. Net income surged 81% YoY.
@negligible_capGoogle’s market cap is quickly approaching Nvidia’s $GOOG market cap: $4.62 trillion $NVDA market cap: $4.87 trillion Alphabet will soon become the most valuable company in the world. Heard it here first
@stocksavvyshay$GOOGL market cap is now larger than India’s GDP: • Google: $4.2T • India: $4.1T
@brewmarketsGoogle stock is up 10% today. Wow.
@hedgeyeGoogle is now up +10% on the day, the most in over a year. We rated $GOOG as the best member of the Mag 7 across the Three Foundations (Hardware, Application & Distribution), and the report validated every box. Cloud accelerated to 63% g
@morningbrewRT @brewmarkets: Google stock is up 10% today. Wow.
@kobeissiletterBREAKING: Alphabet, $GOOGL, has added +$420 billion in market cap today and is now just 6% away from surpassing Nvidia as the world’s most valuable public company. Alphabet is on track to post the largest single-day market cap gain in hist
@stocksavvyshay$GOOGL UP MORE THAN 10% TODAY
@cointelegraph🚨 BIG: Alphabet Inc. added ~$420B in market cap in a single day, putting it within 6% of overtaking Nvidia as the world’s most valuable public company.
@cnbcGoogle cloud growth tops Microsoft and Amazon as all three beat estimates on AI demand
@ttunguzGoogle Cloud grew 63% year-over-year in Q1 2026. Amazon Web Services posted 28%. Microsoft Azure hit 40%. All three are exceptional. Only one hit 63%.
@theinformationGoogle Clouds’ growth is “insane” according to @Jefferies Senior Analyst Brent Thill: "70% growth versus Azure growing close to 40% and AWS growing close to 28%." “The backlog was mind-blowing…they added $219 billion of backlog sequential