Google will pay a quarterly dividend of $0.22 per share on September 14, 2026, to shareholders recorded by September 4. This dividend remains unchanged from the previous quarter's payout and reflects a steady increase since the first dividend in 2024. Despite the dividend's modest yield of about 0.25%, it signals Alphabet's evolving capital strategy amid large equity raises to fund AI expansion. The dividend is more symbolic than a significant income source for investors, especially given Alphabet's larger obligations from preferred shares with higher dividend rates.
Alphabet is initiated with a Buy rating and a price target of $432, suggesting a 26% upside. This optimism is fueled by accelerating momentum in its Search business, AI-powered Gemini projects, and Google Cloud Platform (GCP). The company’s $200 bill...
Jim Cramer recommends revisiting the Magnificent Seven stocks—Amazon, Alphabet, Meta, Microsoft, Nvidia, Tesla, and Apple—after months of underperformance have made many of them undervalued. He highlights that massive AI infrastructure investments by...
Google has introduced new AI-powered voice features called Docs Live, Gmail Live, and Keep Live, enabling users to interact with their emails, documents, and notes using natural language queries and dictation. These features allow users to ask questi...
Alphabet showcased its AI infrastructure leadership at SEMICON Taiwan, highlighting innovations in power efficiency, optical switching, and hardware co-design. Its 1.09 power usage effectiveness (PUE) gives it a cost advantage over most competitors, ...
On Thursday, major AI platforms including OpenAI's ChatGPT, Anthropic's Claude models, and Google's Gemini experienced service disruptions causing elevated errors. OpenAI reported ongoing issues for about 20 minutes, while Anthropic identified the ca...
