Alphabet could become the world's largest company in the coming years.
Alphabet ( GOOGL 1.13% ) ( GOOG 1.04% ) is already one of the biggest companies in the world, but there is no reason to think it couldn't become much bigger. With a market cap of about $2.8 trillion, it has a real shot at becoming the next $4 trillion stock and possibly the largest company in the world one day.
The recent court ruling that let it keep its search advantages pulled a big risk off the table, and the company now has multiple growth drivers lined up. Let's look at why Alphabet is set to run higher.
Search advantage stays intact
One of the biggest risks hanging over Alphabet for the past year or so was the Department of Justice's antitrust case against it. The judge could have forced it to sp