Alphabet stock hits record high near $331

Saturday 10 January 2026 - 13:20

By: Dakir Madiha

Alphabet stock hits record high near $331

Alphabet's stock soared to an intraday peak of $331.48 on January 9, 2026, fueled by surging investor confidence in the Google parent's artificial intelligence prowess. The shares closed at $329.14 that Thursday, building on prior gains that saw the stock touch $330.54 following a key analyst upgrade.

This milestone came a day after Cantor Fitzgerald upgraded its rating on Alphabet from neutral to overweight, setting a price target of $370. Analyst Deepak Mathivanan hailed the company as the "king of all AI values," spotlighting its unmatched position across the AI technology stack from custom chips and infrastructure to large language models and consumer applications.

The AI boom has driven Alphabet's stock up about 65% over the past year, making it the top performer among the "Magnificent Seven" tech giants in 2025 the company's strongest annual gain since 2009. This rally propelled Alphabet's market capitalization to $3.88 trillion, overtaking Apple to claim the No. 2 spot worldwide, trailing only Nvidia at $4.5 trillion.

Wall Street analysts have rushed to lift their price targets in recent months. JPMorgan's Doug Anmuth set his at $385, while Jefferies raised theirs to $365, citing Alphabet's unparalleled data moat and dominance in generative AI. The company's Gemini app surpassed 650 million monthly active users by October 2025, as noted by CEO Sundar Pichai.

Alphabet posted its first $100 billion quarterly revenue in Q3 2025, with sales hitting $102.35 billion a 16% year-over-year jump that beat expectations. Google Cloud revenues surged 34% to $15.15 billion, and the firm's backlog reached $155 billion.

The company will report Q4 and full-year 2025 results on February 4, 2026. Investors also eye the February 10 deadline for European Union regulators to rule on Alphabet's proposed $32 billion acquisition of cybersecurity firm Wiz its largest deal to date. On January 7, Pichai sold 32,500 Class C shares for about $10.4 million under a preset trading plan, retaining 2,244,372 Class C shares and 227,560 Class A shares.