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28 funds in our archive have pitched Alphabet — most recently AGT Partners Fund in June 2026.

Company profile

Alphabet Inc. provides a diverse range of products and digital platforms to consumers across multiple global regions, including North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's operations are organized into three primary divisions: Google Services, Google Cloud, and "Other Bets." The Google Services segment delivers core offerings such as its advertising solutions, the Android operating system, the Chrome browser, and various hardware. It also features popular applications like Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. This division further handles the sale of applications, in-app purchases, and digital content via the Google Play store, alongside marketing devices such as Fitbit wearables, Google Nest smart home products, Pixel smartphones, and other proprietary hardware. It also provides non-advertising services for YouTube. The Google Cloud segment offers a comprehensive suite of infrastructure, platform, and other cloud computing services for businesses. This includes Google Workspace, a collection of cloud-native collaboration tools for enterprises, featuring applications like Gmail, Docs, Drive, Calendar, and Meet, among other specialized services for corporate clients. Lastly, the "Other Bets" segment is engaged in developing and selling health technology and internet services. Established in 1998, Alphabet Inc. maintains its principal executive offices in Mountain View, California.

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Position history

Between Q4 2024 and Q3 2026, 50 fund letters reported a position in Alphabet — 4 opened or added to the position, 9 trimmed or exited.

Fund letters reporting a position in Alphabet, by quarter
QuarterLettersBoughtSoldTheses
Q3 20263010
Q2 202637487
Q1 20269004
Q4 20251007
Q3 20250001
Q2 20250001
Q1 20250006
Q4 20240002

Fund activity · 50 positions · 13 moves

Also mentioned · 44

These funds discuss Alphabet — as a competitor, benchmark or comparable — without disclosing a position in it.

  • MentionedGuinness Pan-European Equity Income Fund
    July 2026
    “First, the big four hyperscalers (Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta) issued guidance that their combined 2026 capital expenditure would be $650-725bn, up 60-77% year-on-year.”
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  • MentionedGuinness Global Equity Income Fund
    July 2026
    “Alphabet has also taken advantage of this strong investor sentiment.”
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  • MentionedTroy Asset Management Global Equity Strategy
    July 2026
    “As Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai put it in 2024: “When we go through a curve like this, the risk of underinvesting is dramatically greater than the risk of overinvesting… not investing to be at the front here definitely has more significant downside.””
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  • MentionedTroy Asset Management Global Equity Strategy
    July 2026
    “Google, OpenAI/Stripe, and Coinbase are all developing agent-native protocols that could theoretically route transactions outside card networks entirely.”
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  • MentionedGuinness Global Quality Mid Cap Fund
    July 2026
    “In June, the company priced close to $85bn in equity, including a private placement with Berkshire Hathaway, weeks after having already raised nearly $32bn in bonds in February, both to help fund its AI infrastructure build-out.”
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  • MentionedGeneration IM Global Equity Strategy
    July 2026
    “Much of our climate dialogue now focuses on execution, particularly among the hyperscalers – Alphabet, Amazon and Microsoft – whose targets are under pressure from AI-driven growth in power and water demand.”
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  • MentionedCDT Capital VNAV Strategy
    July 2026
    “earlier in the month the Nikkei reported that they estimate that Meta, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) collectively have $1.65T of debt that they have not yet reported on their financials.”
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  • MentionedCDT Capital VNAV Strategy
    July 2026
    “earlier in the month the Nikkei reported that they estimate that Meta, Oracle, Amazon, Microsoft and Alphabet (Google) collectively have $1.65T of debt that they have not yet reported on their financials.”
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  • MentionedLongriver Partners Fund
    July 2026
    “Alphabet has gone furthest.”
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  • MentionedAppalaches Capital Appalaches Core LO
    June 2026
    “Top 5 Holdings as of the Quarter Ended June 30, 2026 in alphabetical order Alphabet Inc. GOOGL”
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  • MentionedGuinness Global Equity Income Fund
    June 2026
    “Expected FY26 hyperscaler capex has risen from around $298bn in December 2024 to $737bn by May of this year, more than doubling as Amazon, Alphabet, Microsoft, Meta and Oracle continue to commit capital to AI compute capacity.”
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  • MentionedEast72 Dynasty Trust
    June 2026
    “Of other companies in our universe where we have real familiarity, we failed to take advantage of opportunities in businesses as diverse as: • Alphabet +100% in FY2026;”
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  • MentionedBaillie Gifford Global Durable Growth
    June 2026
    “including more than $15 billion of Apple and more than $10 billion of each of Microsoft and Alphabet.”
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  • MentionedHarding Loevner Global Equity ADR
    June 2026
    “Except for Alphabet, hyperscalers lagged as investors weighed the ramifications of extraordinary capital spending.”
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  • MentionedHotchkis & Wiley Value Opportunities
    June 2026
    “The big spenders are Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, Nebius, and SpaceX.”
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  • MentionedHotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Fundamental Value
    June 2026
    “The big spenders are Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, Nebius, and SpaceX.”
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  • MentionedHotchkis & Wiley Large Cap Disciplined Value
    June 2026
    “The big spenders are Alphabet, Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, Oracle, CoreWeave, Nebius, and SpaceX.”
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  • MentionedHarding Loevner International Developed Markets Equity
    June 2026
    “Hyperscalers such as Alphabet and Amazon are widely expected to invest sums of $400 billion or more annually for the foreseeable future.”
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  • MentionedHarding Loevner International Equity ADR
    June 2026
    “Hyperscalers such as Alphabet and Amazon are widely expected to invest sums of $400 billion or more annually for the foreseeable future.”
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  • MentionedIronvine Capital Partners Quarterly Investor Letter
    June 2026
    “with the exception of Alphabet, have trailed the market so far this year2.”
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  • MentionedBaillie Gifford Emerging Markets Q2 investor letter
    June 2026
    “led by a tensor processing unit (TPU) programme for Alphabet, with 2026 ASIC revenue guidance raised to US$2bn”
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  • MentionedGoodhart Partners Global Smaller Companies Fund
    June 2026
    “Combined AI capex: Microsoft, Alphabet, Meta, Amazon, Oracle.”
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  • MentionedDeep Sail Capital Partners
    June 2026
    “any investor in Celestica should be bullish on Google’s TPU systems.”
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  • MentionedBrasada CM Brasada Private Accounts
    June 2026
    “cash flow flush hyperscalers like Amazon, Microsoft, Alphabet, and Meta.”
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  • MentionedIronvine Capital Partners Quarterly Investor Letter
    June 2026
    “In early June, with no net debt, Google elected to raise $85 billion in equity.”
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  • MentionedHarding Loevner International Equity
    June 2026
    “Hyperscalers such as Alphabet and Amazon are widely expected to invest sums of $400 billion or more annually for the foreseeable future.”
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  • MentionedHarding Loevner Emerging Markets Equity
    June 2026
    “South Korea’s Naver spent less than $1 billion on capital expenditures last year—compared with Alphabet's $91 billion— yet it has successfully deployed its own AI foundation model to improve advertising targeting and defend its leading position in Korea against its much larger global rival.”
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  • MentionedPacker & Co Investigator Trust
    June 2026
    “AI Capital Expenditure Boom (Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Meta & Oracle) Investors are on board, paying handsome prices for America’s tech giants.”
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  • MentionedMassif Capital Real Assets Strategy
    June 2026
    “AWS Bedrock, Google Cloud, and Microsoft Foundry were all affected at once through a compliance obligation imposed on their supplier, with no independent notice to the enterprises that had built on those foundations.”
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  • MentionedTweedy, Browne Fund Inc.
    June 2026
    “Massive new stock issuance: SpaceX IPO, SK Hynix and Google’s recent secondary offering, and new and highly anticipated public offerings from Anthropic and Open AI.”
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  • MentionedCDT Capital (CDT)
    June 2026
    “Meta, which is supposedly creating the best AI models in the world, was recently told by Google that it would be restricting its prolific use of its AI model, Gemini (Article).”
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  • MentionedSaltLight Capital Co‑Investor Letter
    June 2026
    “Google's TPUs and Amazon's Trainium chips now run inference for Anthropic at scale, and AMD has been signed for gigawatts more from next year.”
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  • MentionedHorizon Kinetics
    June 2026
    “Five companies have announced plans to spend a combined $720 billion on such expansion— Amazon ($198 billion); Microsoft ($146 billion), Alphabet ($186 billion); Meta ($132 billion); and Oracle ($56 billion).”
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  • MentionedHosking Partners
    June 2026
    “In a reversal, Alphabet and Meta have recently conducted secondary offerings to ensure they do not fall behind in the spending race.”
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  • MentionedNinepoint Partners Mid‑Year Outlook
    June 2026
    “In May, Canada saw two hyperscalers deal with Google printing the largest corporate bond offering in Canadian history, at $8.5bn, closely followed by Amazon with another record at $14bn.”
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  • MentionedWarden Capital War Cap
    June 2026
    “Google is going to spend $185 billion this year .”
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  • MentionedBlue Whale Growth Fund
    June 2026
    “Alphabet has world-class assets critical for success in AI, spanning research, in-house chips, proprietary data and mass distribution that together create a multi-layered competitive advantage for the business.”
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  • MentionedMD SASS Concentrated Value
    June 2026
    “including Amazon, Microsoft, Meta, and Alphabet, but also the broader market.”
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  • MentionedHL Global Equity
    May 2026
    “Company Market Sector Alphabet US Comm Services Amazon.com US Cons Discretionary TSMC Taiwan Info Technology NVIDIA US Info Technology Samsung Electronics South Korea Info Technology Microsoft US Info Technology Schneider Electric France Industrials Meta Platforms US Comm Services ASML Netherlands Info Technology Netflix US Comm Services”
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  • MentionedProtean Funds Partner Letter
    April 2026
    “free software passkeys from Apple, Google and Microsoft are good enough for most organisations, and Yubico's addressable market narrows rather than expands.”
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  • MentionedRGAIA
    March 2026
    “In our Q3 commentary, we featured Google (Alphabet) as an AI stock.”
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  • MentionedSaga Portfolio
    March 2026
    “Indexing ensures investors own the next Apple, Amazon, or Google before the market fully reflects the value those businesses will ultimately create,”
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  • MentionedRGAIA
    March 2026
    “In our Q3 commentary, we featured Google (Alphabet) as an AI stock.”
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  • MentionedBrown Advisory Large‑Cap Sustainable Growth
    March 2026
    “During the first quarter of 2026, consensus estimates for 2026 and 2027 capital expenditures among Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT), Meta (META), Alphabet (GOOGL) and Oracle(ORCL) cumulatively increased by 25% and 23% respectively, largely to support data center demand – inclusive of chips and related equipment.”
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Fund coverage · 28 theses

  • AGT Partners Fund
    June 2026

    Alphabet can use AI to extend its moat across Search, YouTube, Cloud and subscriptions while still showing strong operating momentum.

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  • Baron Opportunity Fund
    June 2026

    Alphabet Inc. combines dominant search, cloud, and AI capabilities with vertical integration and strong cash generation.

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  • Blue Whale Growth Fund
    June 2026

    Alphabet is positioned as a full-stack AI leader with multiple competitive advantages and growing earnings contribution from GCP.

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  • Bronte Capital Amalthea Fund
    June 2026

    Alphabet is held despite search disruption because management is highly capable, the company is aggressively pivoting into AI, and the investment case hinges on whether it can replace its legacy ad business with superintelligence-driven returns.

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  • Mar Vista U.S. Quality Premier Portfolio
    June 2026

    Alphabet combines resilient Search, AI-driven Cloud demand, and durable growth drivers that support attractive long-term earnings growth.

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  • AGT Partners
    June 2026

    Alphabet can turn AI into a moat-enhancing growth driver across Search, YouTube, Cloud, and subscriptions, supported by strong Cloud momentum and disciplined long-term investment.

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  • Artisan Partners Global Value Strategy
    June 2026

    Alphabet Inc is growing its core search and AI businesses, while Google Cloud is scaling profitably with a large backlog.

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  • Alpha Wealth Funds
    March 2026

    Alphabet is a dominant technology conglomerate with multiple moats and optionality from AI, health moonshots, Waymo, quantum, and SpaceX investments.

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  • Giverny Capital Asset Management (GCAM) model portfolio
    March 2026

    Alphabet Inc. Class A is part of a bottom-five group described as having strong balance sheets, high margins, high returns on capital, and deep moats.

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  • Baron Opportunity Fund
    March 2026

    Alphabet is a highly integrated AI and digital advertising franchise with unmatched distribution, proprietary data, and attractive valuation.

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  • Baron Technology ETF
    March 2026

    Alphabet Inc. combines unmatched distribution, proprietary AI models and chips, and accelerating cloud growth to compete across AI layers at an attractive valuation.

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  • Jensen Quality Growth Equity Composite
    December 2025

    Alphabet is well positioned across the AI stack, with resilient ads and improving Cloud leverage underpinning durable, cash-generative growth.

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  • Munro Global Growth Fund
    December 2025

    Alphabet Inc. is a vertically integrated AI and cloud leader leveraging Gemini and proprietary TPUs to drive growth across Search, YouTube, and Google Cloud.

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  • Orbis Global Equity
    December 2025

    Alphabet Inc. is a dominant search and AI platform with synergistic data assets, vertical integration, and attractive long-term upside that justified its reintroduction to the portfolio.

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  • Sequoia Fund
    December 2025

    Alphabet is leveraging leading AI models and vertical integration to reinforce Search, accelerate Cloud, and monetize TPUs, supporting teens-level revenue growth at a justified premium.

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  • Pershing Square
    December 2025

    Alphabet Inc. is leveraging data, distribution, and infrastructure to drive AI-led growth in Search, YouTube, and Google Cloud.

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  • Artisan Global Value Strategy
    December 2025

    Alphabet is a full-stack AI and search leader with strong cloud traction, healthy core growth, and positioning supported by a manageable valuation and reduced regulatory risk.

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  • Mar Vista US Quality Premier
    December 2025

    Alphabet is leveraging an AI-first strategy and strong Cloud momentum to drive high-teens EPS growth and support a premium multiple.

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  • Munro Global Growth Fund
    September 2025

    Alphabet is a vertically integrated tech leader with strong AI, cloud and search franchises poised to double earnings.

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  • LRT Capital Management
    June 2025

    Alphabet commands a near-insurmountable competitive moat through its dominant digital ecosystem—anchored by Google Search, YouTube, and Android—while leveraging unrivaled data, infrastructure, and innovation to drive industry-leading profitability and long-term growth across advertising, cloud, and emerging technologies.

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  • Middle Coast Investing
    March 2025

    Alphabet is an attractive investment due to its competitive positioning in tech, reasonable valuation, potential benefits from regulatory changes, and relatively better exposure to market challenges compared to its peers.

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  • Covesto Patient Capital
    March 2025

    Alphabet (GOOG) is a leading search and advertising company facing challenges in AI-driven search advancements while experiencing growth in its Cloud and Waymo divisions.

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  • Lindsell Train Global Equity Fund
    March 2025

    Alphabet is an undervalued, dominant player in the search and digital advertising markets, with robust revenue growth, strong competitive advantages, and significant long-term potential despite facing certain risks.

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  • Aristotle Global Equity
    March 2025

    Alphabet trades under 12x normalized earnings while scaling Cloud and YouTube—offering dominant moats, huge cash flow, and free AI upside.

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  • Hinde Group
    March 2025

    Alphabet is well-positioned to navigate the impacts of Trump's trade war, facing manageable revenue growth headwinds while continuing to generate substantial profits and strong cash flow.

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  • Arar fund
    March 2025

    Alphabet Inc. is a strong player with significant growth potential in AI, particularly through Waymo, but growing competition in search and geopolitical uncertainties led us to recently sell our position despite its undervaluation.

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  • Loomis Sayles Global Growth Fund
    December 2024

    Alphabet is positioned for long-term growth due to its dominant market share driven by consumer preference, robust competitive advantages, and a compelling investment opportunity despite regulatory challenges.

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  • Merion Road Capital
    December 2024

    Alphabet is well-positioned for future growth with its strong business fundamentals, advancements in AI and cloud services, and potential in autonomous driving and quantum computing.

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