Alphabet (GOOG 0.10%) (GOOGL 0.13%) and Amazon (AMZN 0.32%) are two leaders in the lucrative cloud computing business.
*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Feb. 23, 2025. The video was published on Feb. 25, 2025.
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Alphabet's Cloud Segment Is Quickly Catching Amazon's Cloud Business
By Parkev Tatevosian, CFA
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Feb 26, 2025 at 5:35AM
NASDAQ: AMZN
Amazon
Market Cap
$2.4T
Today's Change
(0.32%) $0.72
Current Price
$223.03
Price as of August 7, 2025, 3:58 p.m. ET
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A Fool since 2019, and a graduate of Cal State LA with a B.S. in Finance and M.A. in Economics. Parkev is an adjunct professor of Finance and enjoys reading about financial and economic history. You'll often find him writing about stocks in the consumer goods and technology sectors.
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AMZN
$223.03
(0.32%)
$0.72
Alphabet
GOOGL
$196.35
(0.13%)
$0.26
Alphabet
GOOG
$197.11
(0.10%)
$0.19
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