Alphabet Inc (GOOG-Q)

DOJ talking of splitting out Chrome. One of his top 5 holdings. Not as volatile as some of the other Mag 7's. Makes $$ on the ads, not especially on the Search. And the advertisers love going to GOOG, not to competitors like Perplexity or Bluesky. Plus, has all kinds of other horses in the race such as cloud and Other Bets. Waymo will become very important with the Trump Bump, Musk, EVs, and autonomous driving.

12-month price target of $200.25, still room to go. Buy some here at $175, and some more around $170.

Has unveiled Gemini, which many think on par with ChatGPT. Lots of exciting technologies, some of which they're monetizing. Exceptional free cashflow from advertising. Still only 20x PE. Buy now, benefit long term.

Still loves it. Should be a beneficiary of new Trump administration, with fewer concerns about DOJ breaking it apart. Trades at 20x forward PE, 16% earnings growth rate, which means a 1.25x PEG ratio and that's fairly cheap in its  space. Q3 beat on top and bottom. Ad revenue and Search remain solid. Chart's on a clear uptrend.

Among the megatechs, this is the most attractive in terms of earnings, value and consistency. Peers like MSFT trade at over 30x PE vs. GOOG's 19.5x, while GOOG grows around 11%. If the US breaks up GOOG, he would buy shares of these spin-offs, like YouTube or cloud.

Excellent business - continues to own. Very strong margins with dominant position in internet "search" business. Margins very high with advertising. New technology in A.I. will add further product offerings, and better search results. Expecting share price to continue to rise - currently priced very well. Earnings expected to rise. 

Last night's results were excellent. Earnings up ~37%. Strength across the board. Share buybacks continue at a meaningful clip. Cloud business really picking up, driven by demand for generative AI.

It beat top and bottom line. Sentiment was so negative heading into the report last night, so the set-up was good. Youtube--great quarter. AI has helped GOOG. Don't count them out, their top position in internet search--we'll see. The call was also good. The stock still has legs. They didn't just clear a low bar, but they beat on every line.

They delivered a great quarter. The bar was set low. Cloud is up 35% YOY. $13 billion in capex and their AI offering is producing, despite talk of GOOG lagging the AI race. It trades at 22x PE. YouTube missed last quarter, but up this one.

Their conference call was a home run. No, internet search is not dead. Cloud is more profitable than last quarter. YouTube is actually doing 137% of Netflix in ad revenues and subscription. They have clear AI plans.

It beat top and bottom line. Sentiment was negative, so that set a low bar that they beat. You're starting to see the benefits of their AI capex with cloud revenue up 35% and the core search business is okay. Is not surprised that shares are up (over 5%) this morning without pulling back. Institutional buyers will re-enter this name.

It reports tomorrow. It's notorious for reporting at least one number that's off like revenue or cash flow. This time, management could be defensive about their AI platform. Rarely does every number go up at the same time.

It is a stock you can't argue with and has a predictable pattern long term. It goes up, then bounces around, and then breaks out again. Great long term holding.

They report today. He likes it for owning many businesses. The bad rap now is whether their monopoly on internet search should be broken up, but remember their big cloud, YouTube and ad businesses. Plus Waymo and a great balance sheet. They now pay a dividend. Don't buy into the print--could be volatile--but definitely a long-term hold.

Of next week's tech reports, he's most worried about Alphabet, a long-time holding. The stock is behaving terrible, especially compared to Meta. GOOG must convince the street that the ads on Gemini AI search will be at least profitable as internet search. Also, Perplexity is a serious competitor.

He's the most interested in this name among the megatechs. Yes, regulatory issues and fines, but the real question is whether Perplexity is eating into GOOG's search business. If no, then GOOG is very cheap.