Alphabet IncGOOGTOP PICKFeb 05, 2026Stock price when the opinion was issued
As of Jul 02, 2026. Market Open.
Fears that AI would eat its lunch. Harder for Anthropic to monetize a new tool than for GOOG to take AI and apply it to a business model that it already monetizes. Muscle memory of the populace gravitates to GOOG to find information. Probably thrives in the new AI world, until something more disruptive comes along.
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.
In the last quarter, the company reported 2.87 USD per share, beating the 2.27 USD estimate by 26.61%. Revenue for the same period reached 102.35 B USD, despite the estimate of 99.94 B USD. For the next quarter, analysts expect 2.63 USD in earnings per share and 111.32 B USD in revenue. Social media mentions are up 348% in the past 24h.