Alphabet (Google) Class CGOOG
About: Alphabet is a holding company. Internet media giant Google is a wholly owned subsidiary. Google services account for nearly 90% of Alphabet's revenue, of which more than 85% is from online ads. Other Google services revenue is from sales of apps and content on Google Play and YouTube, as well as sales of hardware such as Chromebooks, the Pixel smartphone, and smart home products, which include Nest and Google Home. Google's cloud computing offerings account for a bit more than 10% of total Alphabet revenue. Alphabet's moonshot investments are in its other bets segment, where it bets on technology to enhance health (Verily), provide faster internet access (Google Fiber), enable self-driving cars (Waymo), and more.
Employees: 180,895
Fund manager confidence
Based on 2024 Q4 regulatory filings by fund managers ($100M+ AUM)
520% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 539 | Existing positions closed: 87
19% more funds holding in top 10
Funds holding in top 10: 703 [Q3] → 838 (+135) [Q4]
18% more call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $15.5B | Put options by funds: $13.2B
13% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $557B [Q3] → $628B (+$71.1B) [Q4]
9% more funds holding
Funds holding: 4,030 [Q3] → 4,388 (+358) [Q4]
5% less repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 1,612 | Existing positions reduced: 1,697
1.16% less ownership
Funds ownership: 59.15% [Q3] → 57.99% (-1.16%) [Q4]
Research analyst outlook
2 Wall Street Analysts provided 1 year price targets over the past 3 months
2 analyst ratings
Oppenheimer Jason Helfstein 63% 1-year accuracy 34 / 54 met price target | 44%upside $225 | Outperform Maintained | 30 Jan 2025 |
Scotiabank Nat Schindler 40% 1-year accuracy 6 / 15 met price target | 54%upside $240 | Sector Outperform Maintained | 24 Jan 2025 |
Financial journalist opinion
Based on 340 articles about GOOG published over the past 30 days
