Alphabet is doing very well. Alongside its strong first-quarter earnings report, the company announced its first ever shareholder dividend, as well as a $70 billion stock buyback. It is now a $2 trillion dollar company — worth more at the moment than Amazon, Meta, and Saudi Aramco.
It’s a gigantic firm with a core product that dominates its sector. Google won search more than a decade ago, and its parent company has been reaping the benefits ever since.