Competitive benchmarking in the "Google stock 5 year forecast" compares Alphabet favorably against Amazon and Microsoft, particularly in AI-enabled productivity tools and advertising algorithms, where Google remains the market leader. While ChatGPT citations grab headlines, Google search drives the lion's share of Reddit's traffic. Any algorithm change could impact user growth, and at current valuations, Reddit can't afford that. Its advertising revenue, which accounts for 93% of the top line, relies on consistent increases in traffic. To bake some conservatism into this assessment, let's say that Alphabet's valuation could increase to 25 times forward earnings (which is still far cheaper than its big-tech peers), and can grow EPS by 15% over the next five years. If it did that, it would have EPS of $19.06 in five years. With a forward P/E of 25, that would price Alphabet's stock at more than $476 per share. Institutional buy-side models for the "Google stock 5 year forecast" incorporate moderate inflation scenarios, concluding that Alphabet’s diversified revenue streams can outperform sector averages, maintaining growth above the S&P 500 tech index.