Alphabet stock forecast incorporates sector rotation trends

Alphabet stock forecast incorporates sector rotation trends, as investors shift capital from cyclical industries into large-cap tech players for defensive positioning against global slowdown fears. Trevor Jennewine has positions in Nvidia and Tesla. The Motley Fool has positions in and recommends Alphabet, Apple, Meta Platforms, Microsoft, Nvidia, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, and Tesla. The Motley Fool recommends Broadcom and recommends the following options: long January 2026 $395 calls on Microsoft and short January 2026 $405 calls on Microsoft. The Motley Fool has a disclosure policy . be to "reverse engineer" the EPS growth expectations that are currently embedded in Alphabet's stock price. Our second step will be to assess whether and to what extent expectations of abnormal EPS growth are justified based on fundamentals. Our third step will be to perform a scenario analysis and to compare these scenarios to Alphabet's historical EPS performance and consensus EPS estimates. Finally, we will assess Alphabet's reward-to-risk profile. Alphabet stock forecast for medium-term investors suggests stable dividend-free growth leveraged by $118B cash reserves, enabling aggressive share repurchase programs without liquidity concerns.