The Ultimate Stock to Buy And Hold For A Decade Vandita Jadeja July 14, 2026 4 min read GOOG GOOG MSFT AMZN Quick Read Google Cloud surged 63% to $20B with a $460B backlog while Q1 EPS of $5.11 nearly doubled estimates for the fourth straight beat. Alphabet's forward P/E of 25 and 38.9% ROE give it a valuation edge over Microsoft and Amazon while outgrowing both in cloud. CapEx more than doubled to $36B and free cash flow fell 47%, yet 58 analysts rate GOOG a buy with zero sells.
This lithium producer surpassed a $1B private valuation, joining some of America's most powerful startups. Now you can invest in EnergyX alongside global giants like General Motors, but only through July 16. (sponsor) I keep hitting the buy button on Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG), and every quarter hands me a fresh reason to do it again. This is the position I plan to hold for the next decade, and the case gets stronger with each earnings report.
Adansijav Official / Shutterstock.com The reason is simple: Google is running the AI stack from silicon to search, and the numbers are showing up in the financials before they show up in the price. GOOG Price Target — 24/7 Wall St. The Compounding Machine I Keep Feeding Start with Cloud.
Google Cloud revenue grew 63% in Q1 FY2026 to $20.03B, and the backlog nearly doubled quarter over quarter to over $460 billion. That is contracted future revenue, already on the books. Search kept rolling with 19% growth and queries at all-time highs.
YouTube ads posted $9.88B. Paid subscriptions across YouTube Premium and Google One reached 350 million. The earnings pattern behind the price is what keeps me buying.
Q1 FY2026 EPS came in at $5.11 against a $2.63 estimate, the fourth straight quarter of beating expectations. Operating income grew 30% year over year to $39.70B, and operating margin expanded to 36.1%. Full-year FY2025 annual revenues exceeded $400 billion for the first time.
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