Alongside this, Alphabet’s C-suite needs to put a concrete plan in motion to maintain its Search advertising dominance, as well as contend with the competitive challenges its cloud and video segments are experiencing.

Source: https://investorplace.com/market360/2023/01/recent-layoffs-dont-change-the-story-for-goog-stock/

Alphabet’s potential for long-term growth extends beyond cost-cutting measures.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/04/3-reasons-to-buy-goog-stock-as-new-bull-market-approaches/

And CNBC reported, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited (), Advanced Micro Devices (), Alphabet’s Google () and Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. () planned to buy $735M of the float.

Source: https://seekingalpha.com/article/4635130-wall-street-breakfast-podcast-arm-holdings-valuation-exceeds-54b?source=feed_all_articles

Moreover, Alphabet’s 12,000 layoffs represent ~33% of the 36,751 staff it hired in the single year to September 2022.

Source: https://247wallst.com/technology-3/2023/01/23/despite-massive-layoffs-most-tech-firms-have-more-employees-now-than-pre-covid/

Weeks after Apple (AAPL.O), Alphabet’s (GOOGL.O) YouTube, and Facebook (META.O) removed podcasts and channels from Alex Jones, citing community standards, the ban was implemented.

Source: https://www.chiangraitimes.com/news/alex-jones-cccount-on-x-has-been/

While Alphabet’s GAAP trailing and other conventional metrics are elevated compared to sector averages, their true value extends beyond these ratios.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/11/3-reasons-why-alphabet-is-and-always-will-be-a-growth-stock-worth-owning/

While not catastrophic for Alphabet’s business, it raised concerns among investors that the company is lagging behind ChatGPT, and others in the AI arms race.

Source: https://investorplace.com/2023/02/why-are-stocks-down-today-18/