By Ari Levy
Publication Date: 2025-12-31 21:06:00
Google CEO Sundar Pichai waves as he arrives at the Artificial Intelligence Action Summit at the Grand Palais in Paris, Feb. 11, 2025.
Benoit Tessier | Reuters
After a tough start to the year, Google closed out 2025 with its strongest performance — from Wall Street’s perspective — since 2009, when the company’s shares doubled coming out of the financial crisis.
Alphabet’s stock popped 65% for the year, slightly ahead of its gains in 2021. The shares hit their 2025 low in April, as President Donald Trump was threatening massive tariffs on trading partners, but they’ve since jumped over 100%.
Among the eight tech companies valued at over $1 trillion, Alphabet was by far the biggest gainer. The next sharpest rallies came from chipmakers Broadcom and Nvidia, which gained 49% and 39%, respectively.
Alphabet vs. the Nasdaq in 2025
Getting to this point required Google to stare down the skeptics, who questioned whether the search giant could maintain its…
