Why Alphabet Stock Plunged 22% in the First Quarter

Alphabet's stock took a beating after its Q4 earnings report. Is the Google parent still a buy after that quick correction?Shares of Alphabet (GOOG -1.45%) (GOOGL -1.24%) fell 22.1% in the first quarter of 2025, according to data from S&P Global Market Intelligence. Google's parent company saw a disappointing fourth-quarter report and the same tariff-based issues as everyone else.How Google's Q4 report caused a market retreatLet's start with the earnings debacle.Alphabet's Q4 report was a mixed bag, with s ...