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Apr 16, 2025, 12:00 amThis summary was created by AI, based on 107 opinions in the last 12 months.
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) is viewed as a strong and resilient company in the tech sector, predominantly driven by its dominance in search and significant contributions from YouTube and Google Cloud. While concerns persist about competition, particularly from AI-driven search models like ChatGPT, most experts believe that Google's extensive investments in AI and R&D position it well for the future. The stock is currently trading at a reasonable P/E ratio compared to peers, and many analysts see it as offering good long-term value. Recent earnings reports indicate solid growth despite challenges in YouTube ad revenue, and a majority of analysts maintain that the company remains a strong buy.
Premium contentGoogle's revenue for the last quarter was $96.4 billion. This represents a 6.86% increase compared to the previous quarter, which demonstrates a positive short-term growth. Year-over-year, this is a hike of 13.79%, suggesting solid long-term growth. Social media mentions are up 87.2% in the past 24h.
Some regulatory risks have now lifted. Still a decent valuation of 23x forward PE, discount to mega-cap peers. Continues to dominate digital ad space. Applying generative AI across the board. Cloud's a bit behind MSFT and AWS, but the entire space is growing so revenues are too. $100B in cash reserves gives lots of options.
Thinks it's going higher, but perhaps don't buy now. Wait for pullback. There's always a reason for a stock to pull back at some point, but he can't predict the magnitude.
At this level, risk/reward is not as good as entering at a lower price. Trades ~20-21x forward PE, whereas NVDA is trading at 40x forward PE or more. Lots of upside potential in things we're not even talking about yet, such as quantum computing -- freebies that may not be baked into the valuation today.
Dumping a high-growth tech stock then planning to buy back at a lower price is a lot harder than you think. He sold GOOG after the Justice Dept. called GOOG a monopolist. Then, GOOG went up and the Justice Dept. did not break up GOOG. He didn't get back into the stock. In fact, GOOG is worth more if it is broken up into separate companies. He has tremendous remorse over selling it. Lesson: trading is the enemy of many investors.
You need to focus on the types of queries that go in. If he wants to learn about uranium and nuclear powering data centres, he'll do a deep dive on ChatGPT. But if he needs new shin pads or a hockey stick, he'll go on Google to find a vendor.
So the search volume is changing in intent, and Search queries in Google are becoming much more commercial. YouTube is an absolute beast.
The cloud services business started generating positive operating income, but the other ones are negative. There is so much underlying value in GOOG. The big risk is regulation, but if forced to break up, then parts of the business will sell off. GOOG generates tons of free cash flow, and are great in allocating capital. Offers big value.
(Analysts’ price target is $220.46)The cloud services business started generating positive operating income, but the other ones are negative. There is so much underlying value in GOOG. The big risk is regulation, but if forced to break up, then parts of the business will sell off. GOOG generates tons of free cash flow, and are great in allocating capital. Offers big value.
(Analysts’ price target is $220.46)Not a lot of meaningful competition. Good earnings growth at 13-15%. Not expensive at 20x forward PE. AI and cloud momentum is key moving forward. Ad platform continues to be the monster out there. Will perform well as macro conditions and ad budgets improve. Strong cash position provides resilience during tough times and could lead to aggressive share repurchases, which helps with EPS.
Premium contentHighlights from their July 23 report: sales of $96 billion, up 14%' operating margins of 32%, flat year over year; Google Cloud expanded revenues by 32% as AI-driven demand for cloud infrastructure remained solid; YouTube ad revenue rose 13% to $9.8 billion; and Google Search grew 12% year-over-year, up from 10% growth last quarter, despite the rise of chatGPT. Other metrics in its favour: 20.87x PE, lowest among the Mag 7 and far from the S&P's 25.9x, and a beta of 1.0, calm for a megatech company.
Alphabet Inc(GOOG-Q) Rating
Ranking : 5 out of 5
Bullish - Buy Signals / Votes : 72
Neutral - Hold Signals / Votes : 9
Bearish - Sell Signals / Votes : 9
Total Signals / Votes : 90
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It has been allowed to keep Chrome so that decision is good for the company. The legal system in the U.S. can't keep up with the fast pace in the market place, especially tech. The anti-trust laws were created over 100 years ago. Google hasn't raised or lowered prices and lots of it is free.