Alphabet Class A ‘(GOOGL)’ stock has risen 11.7% over the past week, 29.4% in the last month, and an impressive 139.4% over the past year. Wall Street’s analysts are firmly bullish, forecasting further gains over the next twelve months with an average price target of $413.56 versus a last closing price of $384.80, backing a StrongBuy consensus.
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Eric Sheridan of Goldman Sachs reiterated his Buy rating on 4/30/2026 with a price target of $450, implying notable upside from current levels. He highlights Alphabet’s strong Q1 2026, with Search & Other showing its fourth straight quarter of faster revenue growth and Google Cloud delivering 63% year-over-year growth and about 57% incremental margins.
Sheridan also points to Alphabet’s balanced capital allocation, with higher dividends and heavy reinvestment in AI, even as EBIT margins beat at both company and segment levels. Across legacy businesses like Search and YouTube and emerging areas like Google Cloud and Waymo, he sees growing momentum into 2026, arguing that concerns about AI disruption are flipping into evidence that AI is actually strengthening operations.
Thomas Champion of Piper Sandler, a 4-star analyst ranked 1,844 out of 12,160 with a 51.52% success rate and 6.4% average return per rating, reiterated a Buy and lifted his target to $425. He cites a broad Q1 2026 beat, with total revenue up 22% year over year, record cloud performance, search growing 19%, and cloud backlog nearly doubling to $462 billion on surging enterprise AI demand.
Brian Pitz of BMO Capital Markets, a 4-star analyst ranked 480 out of 12,160 with a 63.47% success rate and 13.2% average return, also reiterated Buy and raised his target to $435, naming Alphabet as a top pick. He underscores Google Cloud’s 63% growth, the huge backlog that supports a capex “super-cycle,” and argues Alphabet is the leading full-stack AI platform in the U.S. and globally, setting up durable growth across Search, YouTube, and cloud. Never miss a stock rating. Find all the latest ratings on TipRanks’ Top Wall Street Analysts page.