By Geoffrey Seiler
Publication Date: 2025-12-04 18:19:00
Alphabet could become the world’s valuable company by the end of 2026.
Nvidia (NVDA +2.12%) is currently the world’s largest company with a market cap nearing $4.4 trillion, followed by Apple (AAPL 1.40%) at around $4.2 billion, as of this writing. However, I think Alphabet (GOOGL 0.63%) (GOOG 0.81%) will take the top spot by the end of 2026.
Alphabet is currently the world’s third-largest company with a market cap of around $3.9 trillion, just ahead of Microsoft (MSFT +0.65%) at $3.6 trillion. They are the only four companies with market caps above $3 trillion.
Let’s dig into why Alphabet is poised to become the world’s largest company by the end of next year.
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Alphabet is a market leader
Alphabet is actually already the world’s most profitable tech company. Its trailing 12-month earnings of $124.5 billion and quarterly earnings of $35 billion are both tops among megacap tech names. From a trailing price-to-earnings (P/E) basis, it’s also the cheapest of the group.
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However, stock prices are often about the future, and Alphabet has one of the brightest futures in big tech. What is so exciting about Alphabet is that it’s the company that developed the best artificial intelligence (AI) tech stack. The company has taken a vertically integrated approach, which gives it an advantage that should only grow wider in the future.
Alphabet’s big edge is that it has developed both its own top-tier custom AI chips and a world-class…
