Wall Street's Blue-Chip Index Just Cast Out Verizon for a Higher-Risk AI Growth Machine

Alphabet and Verizon reported Q1 2026 results, prompting S&P Dow Jones Indices to swap Verizon out of the Dow and add Alphabet given relative fundamentals. The article frames the move as evidence of Alphabet’s stronger search and cloud positioning versus Verizon’s telecom profile, but it provides no explicit earnings magnitudes in the excerpt.

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Alphabet and Verizon reported Q1 2026 results, prompting S&P Dow Jones Indices to swap Verizon out of the Dow and add Alphabet given relative fundamentals. The article frames the move as evidence of Alphabet’s stronger search and cloud positioning versus Verizon’s telecom profile, but it provides no explicit earnings magnitudes in the excerpt.