JMP Securities cited “the risk of antitrust penalties that could significantly impact Google’s U.S. distribution of search and search revenue.”

Alphabet’s stock had a strong run in 2024, but 2025 doesn’t look as promising.That is according to Citizen JMP Securities analyst Andrew Boone. He downgraded shares of Alphabet, Google’s parent company,

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Synaptics stock was rising Thursday after the semiconductor design company unveiled a partnership with Google to advance artificial-intelligence capabilities. Shares of Synaptics climbed 6.3% to $81.10,

The shares of Synaptics Inc (NASDAQ:SYNA) are up 5.9% at $80.85 at last glance, after news that the semiconductor name is partnering with Google parent Alphabet (GOOGL) to enhance artificial intelligence (AI) for the internet-of-things (IoT) network. GOOGL was last seen up 0.4%, brushing off a downgrade from JMP Securities to "market perform."