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Another little vote of confidence
TD Cowen just gave Alphabet another thumbs-up, raising its price target to $375 from $365 while keeping a Buy rating on the stock. Not exactly a dramatic plot twist, but when a big-name firm nudges its target higher, it’s basically saying, “Yep, the story still works.”
Why the bulls are circling
The pitch here is familiar: Alphabet’s business isn’t just search ads wearing a fake mustache. The company is still leaning on Search, YouTube ads, and especially Cloud to drive growth. TD Cowen’s raise suggests it thinks the cloud segment has enough momentum to keep the whole machine humming.
Investors care because...
Alphabet has been trying to prove it’s more than a one-hit wonder from the early internet days. If cloud growth keeps accelerating, that helps support the broader case that the company can keep layering new revenue on top of its ad empire. In other words: the Street is still treating Alphabet like a heavyweight, not a tired legacy name.
The catch
This is still just an analyst note, not a business update from Alphabet itself. So the actual stock reaction may be more “nice to hear” than “break out the confetti.” But it does add to the pile of bullish commentary around GOOG, especially with first-quarter 2026 earnings on deck.
Big picture: Alphabet keeps getting framed as the kid in class who was supposed to be done growing, and yet here it is, still adding muscle.