Key Points AI is lifting engagement in search. Alphabet's growth in cloud accelerated in Q3. Valuation has moved higher but still looks reasonable against fundamentals. 10 stocks we like better than Alphabet › After a bruising sell-off earlier this year, Alphabet's (NASDAQ: GOOGL) (NASDAQ: GOOG) stock has ripped higher -- up just more than 70% over the last six months, as of this writing. The move upward accelerated after the company posted a milestone quarter after the market closed on Oct. 29 a ...