's (NASDAQ: GOOG) (NASDAQ: GOOGL) stock price dropped nearly 8% on Jan. 31 after the tech giant posted its fourth-quarter report. Its revenue rose 13% year over year to $86.31 billion, which exceeded analysts' estimates by $1.04 billion. Its adjusted EPS grew 56% to $1.64 and also cleared the consensus forecast by four cents a share.

Those headline numbers looked healthy, but a lot of growth had already been priced into Alphabet's shares before the release of its earnings report. Even after its post-earnings pullback, its stock has still rallied about 45% over the past 12 months. So is Alphabet's stock finally due for a breather, or will it head even higher over the next year?

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