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As Alphabet Follows Meta With a Dividend, the Pressure Is Now on Amazon

Dividends are a sign of maturing companies, but may also be a diversion for investors amid hefty capital spending. Alphabet Inc.'s surprise issuance of its first dividend is now putting the pressure on Amazon.com Inc. to follow suit, as it is now the last of the Big Tech companies that does not pay its shareholders a dividend.Wall Street, of course, was pleased by the news late Thursday, which was buried on the second page of Alphabet's first-quarter earnings, which were also better than expected. Alphabet said it will begin paying a 20 cents-a-share dividend starting in June.Alphabet is following the example set by Meta Platforms Inc. , which stunned Wall Street in February in its fourth-quarter earnings when it said it would begin paying a dividend. Many investors started to wonder if Alphabet or Amazon would be next among the Big Tech giants to follow their lead.In after-hours trading, Alphabet shares soared about 12%, a gain of roughly $237 billion in market cap. If those gains h

As Alphabet Follows Meta With a Dividend, the Pressure Is Now on Amazon

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In the first two quarters of 2023 it did not give numbers for its capital spending and in third quarter, it spent $8 billion. In the fourth quarter of 2023 it spent $11 billion, \"overwhelmingly\" on technical infrastructure. Alphabet Chief Financial Officer Ruth Porat said Thursday that capital spending throughout the year will \"be roughly at or above the Q1 level.\"It's entirely feasible that both Meta and Alphabet have decided to pay a dividend and boost their stock buyback plans as an investor diversion while they both continue to spend, spend, spend on AI build-up. 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