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Alphabet IncGOOGCOMMENTMay 19, 2015Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jun 18, 2026. Market Open.
AI monetization is happening, and AI Mode has been a game changer. Stronger cloud growth (revenue grew 63% YOY last quarter, tremendous), broader monetization across platforms. Search and advertising remain strong, lots of cashflow. Also a great ecosystem.
Good growth, but relatively decent valuation. Yield is 0.25%.
A year ago, consensus was that Search was going to die. Seems ridiculous now. Gemini is overtaking ChatGPT. Data centre business is growing faster than before. Still not that expensive. He hasn't sold any shares yet, but may take some off the table from the long-term holding and put toward one of the Mag 7 laggards.
Doing great. Worries about Search becoming obsolete were baseless, though its share of searching will fall. However, the pie will expand and so total revenue will grow. Gemini has a leadership position in AI.
Plus there's YouTube -- about 23% global streaming share and caters to shorter attention spans. Waymo also adds to this very powerful compounder.
R&D spending in the last quarter has been quite high. Seem to have some pet projects they keep funnelling money into. On the android side, for example, they continue to give it away for free, but what that does is allow applications and data to be pulled off. That is positive in the long term. The advertising side continues to be dominant. Their shift to mobile, accepting pages that are typically enhanced to work on mobile applications, is another avenue. It really comes down to a longer-term investment horizon and believing they will be able to move around that big advertising elephant. Good value, good cash and a good balance sheet are important in this market. He is positive on this company.