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Alphabet Inc.

NasdaqGS-GOOGL

Company Overview

Alphabet Inc. provides various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment offers products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the Google Play store; and Fitbit wearable devices, Google Nest home products, Pixel phones, and other devices, as well as in the provision of YouTube non-advertising services. The Google Cloud segment offers infrastructure, platform, and other services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet; and other services for enterprise customers. The Other Bets segment sells health technology and internet services. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

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    Alphabet Inc.

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    Interactive Media and Services

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    1998

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Bulls Say

  • Alphabet’s core advertising business is deeply entrenched in advertising budgets, allowing the firm to benefit from a secular increase in digital advertising spending

  • The firm’s advertising business generates substantial cash flows that it can reinvest in growth areas such as GCP, AI-infused search, and aspirational projects such as Waymo.

  • Alphabet has a huge opportunity in the lucrative public cloud space as a key cloud vendor to enterprises looking to digitize their workloads.

Bears Say

  • While Alphabet is seeking to diversify its business away from search, text-based advertising remains the largest contributor to the firm’s top line, creating a concentration risk.

  • Alphabet’s continued investments in new, often unproven technologies have been a drag on cash flows.

  • Regulators around the world are keying in on Alphabet’s search dominance and could upend the search market through the imposition of deep, structural changes in the space.

Source: Morningstar Analysis - Dec 08, 2025

What's happening

Nov 15, 2025 - Dec 17, 2025

Alphabet Inc. Surges Amid AI Advancements and Major Investments

  • Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquired approximately $4.3 billion in GOOGL shares, boosting investor confidence.
  • Google announced a $40 billion investment in new data centers in Texas to enhance its capabilities by 2027.
  • The launch of Google's Gemini 3 AI model received positive industry feedback, reinforcing optimism around GOOGL's innovations.

Over the past month, Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) has demonstrated significant upward movement with an increase of 11.5%. This performance notably surpasses the S&P 500’s return of only 1.3%, resulting in an outperformance of 10.2% relative to the index. The stock’s rise is attributed to advancements in artificial intelligence and cloud services that have positively influenced investor sentiment.

A key driver behind this surge was Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway acquiring about $4.3 billion worth of GOOGL shares, which ignited excitement regarding Alphabet’s growth potential within AI and cloud infrastructure sectors. Concurrently, Google revealed plans for a substantial investment totaling $40 billion into new data centers located in Texas through 2027, further solidifying its market position and reflecting confidence from major investors.

The introduction of Google's Gemini 3 AI model on November 18 significantly contributed to elevating stock prices as it garnered favorable reviews within the tech community for its competitive advantages over rivals like OpenAI’s ChatGPT. Notable endorsements from industry leaders such as Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff emphasized improvements over existing models, enhancing optimism surrounding GOOGL's innovative capabilities.

Despite these positive developments, regulatory challenges emerged during this period with reports indicating potential fines from EU regulators concerning antitrust issues related to Google's advertising practices and compliance efforts deemed inadequate by authorities. While these concerns introduced some bearish sentiment among investors, they did not overshadow the overall positive momentum generated by recent corporate strategies.

In summary, while facing regulatory pressures evidenced by fluctuations leading up to December, Alphabet Inc.'s strategic initiatives have allowed it to maintain a strong foothold amidst increasing competition within the technology sector; thus outperforming both the Communication Services (XLC) sector by 6.7% during this timeframe.

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