Alphabet Inc (GOOG)

European regulators are worried about how much market share they have in “search” (60% market share globally). You also have a lot of issues with investors regarding their spending a lot of money on wearables, self driving cars, etc. Keep in mind that they have been growing at 20% a year now for 4 years, and are still anticipated to grow at 20% again next year. Trading at 17X earnings, which is a real deal when compared to the market which is trading at 16X earnings, and trading at a much slower rate. He really likes this company. A lot of trends are going to work in their favour. He plans on re-entering this name whenever he gets some cash.

17-18 percent earnings growth. Android is finally cashing in. Google play will allow them to take part in online gaming. They are at a 52 week baseline.

The leading search engine provider with about an 89% global share. Online advertising is primarily how they generate revenues. Stock has done nothing this year, and is actually down. Part of the problem she thinks is that when you are the big gorilla and you have such a huge share, your share is only going to start to decline over time as more competition comes in, but they haven’t really seen huge competition. Feels there is very strong secular growth in digital advertising and only accounts for 20% of total media spend, and this will increase over time. Google has about 70% share of global internet ad spending. As the whole space grows, they are going to benefit as the overall growth continues.

Sold her holdings because of the valuation, but looking at it recently, it seems to have come back more into line. This is different than the stocks she typically owns, as it is more of a growth stock. They are very well positioned in the advertising space. The whole key is shifting from desktop advertising to mobile advertising. Given its positioning and relatively lower valuation multiple, she wouldn’t be quick to sell it just because of tax loss selling season. Has an attractive entry point.

Has really underperformed this year relative to the sector and relative to the broader market, which really presents a good buying opportunity given that we are still looking at 18%-20% long-term growth. Trading at a fairly decent valuation of 19X forward PE. This gives you a 1.1-1.0 PEG ratio, which is cheaper than 85% of the S&P 500. As the US, and hopefully the global, economies rebound, this should benefit from greater demand for Internet search engine and advertising which is its bread-and-butter.

Technology tends to run in the last quarter of the year, October all the way through to January. This is really no different and will tend to show the same seasonal tendencies. However this has not shown the positive seasonal tendencies that are typical at this time of year. It has been underperforming the sector and underperforming the market. The trend is down with lower highs and lower lows.

Kind of warming up to this. He keeps looking at the valuation which is attractive. Trading at $540 with $75 a share net in cash. Probably by this time next year, they will have $85-$90 a share net in cash and close to earning $30. 14 or 15 times net cash is not a lot to pay for a wonderful company. This company has probably one of the biggest moats in the world and a very, very long runway of growth with advertising online, and are now monetizing YouTube. Interesting and exciting to him.

They have a monopoly on search. That is key. Everybody uses them. Advertising revenue coming off of it is substantial. If you have a long term view then this is a company that is going to execute well. You are not paying a lot for them like social media type companies.

Has owned this for quite some time. A wonderfully innovative company. 80% of all cell phones operate on their system. Has a great balance sheet. Visionary leadership that doesn't pay themselves a penny. They are able to attract outstanding talent. A lot of the things that they are working on, like autonomous driven cars, are coming to fruition. These are the kind of guys that are making things happen. They are creating the demand. The YouTube site has not been really monetized as much as it probably could be. Trading at about 18X forward earnings. For company this size, growing this well, with that many opportunities, and a dominant position in so many industries, it is incredibly good value.

Doing great things. Not necessarily focused on advertising although the bulk of the revenue comes from that. Lots of neat projects underway that could develop into bigger things. The main focus for him is the shift from advertising into mobile. Likes their tighter control of the Android operating system, which could make a good competitor for the IOS system.

He likes companies that are serial growers of the dividend and this one does not make the cut. Spectacular at innovating and penetrating markets. Excellent business. You don’t need to pay the premium for the voting shares.

They are doing an amazing job and growing revenues and earnings. They are brilliant individuals. He can’t buy it today because it is too expensive.

Some people were disappointed with the earnings last week, but he still thinks this company is better positioned than almost anybody at technology. People keep forgetting that they own the Android operating system, the most powerful OS and the one that is running better than 70% of the global cell phones right now. At some point they are going to monetize that. They own search, and when he looks at where data and data management is going, he feels they have tremendous value. Making very good acquisitions. You get all of this for about a market multiple or a little bit more.

Stock has come down about 15%. People didn’t like the earnings last week. Revenue was light and EPS was light. People are worried about the pay per click they are getting. It is hard to find a 16 Billion dollar company growing at 20%.

Had some disappointing earnings numbers after-hours today. However, he feels there is more of an issue that this is such a large animal with different tentacles, that analysts have trouble trying to pinpoint where the earnings are going to come from on a quarter by quarter basis. When you look at this from its inception to where it is today, it has grown so far and so fast. Anytime you can own this at a decent valuation this is a good name to own.