Navigating AI Uncertainty: Top Tech Stocks to Weather an AI Downturn

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Alphabet, parent company of Google, is increasing its capital expenditures to a projected $195 billion to $205 billion for 2026, a significant rise from $91 billion in 2025. This is contributing to a total long-term debt of over $98 billion as of 2023. Despite these expenditures, Alphabet reported a free cash flow of $53 billion over the last 12 months, down from $67 billion, but maintains strong liquidity of $242 billion.

Amazon is positioned for resilience with $123 billion in liquidity, though it forecasts a capital expenditure of $220 billion for 2025, up from $132 billion in 2024. Its free cash flow has fallen to -$7.6 billion over the last 12 months, while long-term debt is nearly $129 billion. However, Amazon generated $161 billion in net cash from operating activities recently.

Nvidia remains at the forefront of the AI chip industry with a market cap of $80 billion and a free cash flow of $119 billion in the last year. Its P/E ratio stands at 34 and it has a total debt of about $8.5 billion, reflecting its stability in the market despite ongoing scrutiny regarding its financing practices.

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