What a brutal six months it’s been for Oracle. The stock has dropped 38.3% and now trades at $156.70, rattling many shareholders. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
What a brutal six months it’s been for Oracle. The stock has dropped 38.3% and now trades at $156.70, rattling many shareholders. This was partly driven by its softer quarterly results and might have investors contemplating their next move.
The stock may be down, but the business is inflecting. Shares of Alphabet (GOOG 2.29%)(GOOGL 2.39%) are down about 7% from levels achieved earlier this month. The stock's pullback comes as many other tech stocks have declined. Investors are debating the implications of AI (artificial intelligence) on software, as well as tech giants' startling capital expenditure plans, including Alphabet's. With ...
The stock may be down, but the business is inflecting. Shares of Alphabet (GOOG 2.29%)(GOOGL 2.39%) are down about 7% from levels achieved earlier this month. The stock's pullback comes as many other tech stocks have declined. Investors are debating the implications of AI (artificial intelligence) on software, as well as tech giants' startling capital expenditure plans, including Alphabet's. With shares of the Google, YouTube, and Waymo parent company down sharply in such a short period, is this a good time for investors to buy Alphabet stock? After all, the underlying business isn't performing poorly. Quite the opposite, actually. Alphabet's fourth-quarter results were exceptional, with accelerating top-line growth and very strong earnings-per-share growth. AI is a major catalyst for Alphabet Alphabet's fourth-quarter revenue rose 18% year over year -- an acceleration from 16% growth in the prior quarter. Earnings per share climbed even faster, roaring 31% higher. AI, it turns out, is helping Alphabet's business inflect. "Overall, we're seeing our AI investments and infrastructure drive revenue and growth across the board," said Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai during the company's fourth-quarter earnings call. AI, Pichai explained, is not only serving as a catalyst for its compute business, Google Cloud, which saw revenue rise 48% year over year during the period and its backlog climb 55% sequentially to $240 billion, but it's also enhancing its core search business. Search, Pichai noted during the call, is seeing "an expansionary" moment, driven by AI, with more search usage in Q4 than ever before. Additionally, Pichai said that "AI is transforming the YouTube experience," with more than 1 million YouTube channels using its AI creation tools every day in December and more than 20 million viewers using its new Gemini-powered Ask tool for the whole month. And, of course, there's Alphabet's autonomous ride-sharing service, Waymo, which is now giving more than 400,000 ride...
Shares of Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stock fell on Wednesday after the company reported earnings, but results were mostly impressive for the tech giant. In this video, Travis Hoium explains why the focus on capital expenditures misses the growth story for the company long-term. *Stock prices used were end-of-day prices of Feb. 4, 2025. The video was published on Feb. 5, 2025. Where to...
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