as of Oct 26
GOOG
GrowthAlphabet Inc.
Alphabet Inc. offers 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 provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube.
Close · 3M
-13.57%
Held by 2 AI ETFs
as of Oct 23
Signal performance
Each tracked ETF's moves on this stock, grouped by fund. Returns are measured from the signal date to the latest close — hypothetical, no commissions or slippage.
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 2.810% → 2.660% (-0.150 pp)·stock down 6.4% in the 30 days before
Oct 23·entry $317.28·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 2.810% → 2.720% (-0.090 pp)·stock down 4.2% in the 30 days before
Oct 22·entry $320.76·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 2.840% → 2.780% (-0.060 pp)·stock down 2.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 18·entry $340.16·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 2.840% → 2.820% (-0.020 pp)·stock down 2.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 16·entry $336.91·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 3.000% → 2.760% (-0.240 pp)·stock up 2.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 2·entry $340.35·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 2.940% → 2.990% (+0.050 pp)·stock up 0.6% in the 30 days before
Sep 27·entry $339.16·now $317.28Fresh
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 3.060% → 2.940% (-0.120 pp)·stock down 1.3% in the 30 days before
Sep 24·entry $339.01·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 3.000% → 3.030% (+0.030 pp)·stock up 0.8% in the 30 days before
Sep 20·entry $350.87·now $317.28Fresh
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 3.030% → 3.000% (-0.030 pp)·stock up 0.7% in the 30 days before
Sep 17·entry $343.68·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
weight 2.880% → 2.930% (+0.050 pp)·stock down 2.0% in the 30 days before
Sep 13·entry $345.71·now $317.28Fresh
AIEQ · Sudden change · 1d
weight 2.150% → 2.890% (+0.740 pp)·stock down 10.9% in the 30 days before
Sep 1·entry $332.03·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 2.170% → 2.120% (-0.050 pp)·stock up 2.8% in the 30 days before
Aug 28·entry $342.88·now $317.28
AIEQ · Weight increase · 2d
stock down 5.6% in the 30 days before
Jul 30·entry $333.68·now $317.28Fresh
PQUS · Weight decrease · 5d
weight 2.310% → 2.160% (-0.150 pp)·stock down 6.4% in the 30 days before
Oct 23·entry $317.28·now $317.28
PQUS · Weight decrease · 4d
weight 2.310% → 2.170% (-0.140 pp)·stock down 4.2% in the 30 days before
Oct 22·entry $320.76·now $317.28
PQUS · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 2.310% → 2.210% (-0.100 pp)·stock down 4.7% in the 30 days before
Oct 21·entry $330.95·now $317.28
PQUS · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 2.310% → 2.260% (-0.050 pp)·stock down 4.1% in the 30 days before
Oct 20·entry $336.40·now $317.28
PQUS · Accumulation · 5d
weight 2.270% → 2.330% (+0.060 pp)·stock up 1.1% in the 30 days before
Oct 13·entry $349.52·now $317.28Fresh
PQUS · Weight increase · 2d
weight 2.300% → 2.320% (+0.020 pp)·stock up 4.0% in the 30 days before
Oct 12·entry $348.97·now $317.28Fresh
PQUS · Weight decrease · 3d
weight 2.500% → 2.430% (-0.070 pp)·stock up 2.8% in the 30 days before
Aug 29·entry $335.41·now $317.28
PQUS · Weight decrease · 2d
weight 2.500% → 2.460% (-0.040 pp)·stock up 2.8% in the 30 days before
Aug 28·entry $342.88·now $317.28
Sell signals show what the stock did after the AI exited. A negative number means the AI's exit was well-timed.
Buffett-style framework
AIEQ has been trimming its position over recent sessions (down to 2.78%), which leans toward the price-based caution in this verdict, while PQUS has been gradually accumulating (up to 2.33%), which conflicts with it. The moves are small, so both ETFs are essentially holding a core position and neither is making a strong valuation call.
- Circle of CompetenceSearch advertising, YouTube, and cloud have produced stable, high-margin cash flows for over a decade, so the core earning power is projectable even though AI is shifting the landscape.
- Economic MoatDominant search share, Android and Chrome distribution, YouTube's scale, and network effects in data and advertising give a durable advantage, though generative AI is a real challenge to the search moat over ten years.
- ManagementCapital allocation is mixed, with large buybacks and a new dividend but also heavy AI capex and speculative Other Bets, and the dual-class structure leaves outside shareholders with limited influence, so candour and skin in the game cannot be fully judged from the data provided.
- Financial HealthA 50.84% ROE, 20% revenue growth, and a net-cash balance sheet are strong, but the surge in AI capex lowers owner earnings relative to reported earnings and the 81x EV/EBITDA figure looks inconsistent with a 17.55 PER and should be verified.
- Margin of SafetyAt a $4.3 trillion market cap and 9.1x book, the price already assumes sustained AI-driven growth, leaving little margin of safety against a conservative intrinsic value estimate.
Alphabet passes the circle of competence and moat tests and has excellent returns on capital, but a thin margin of safety at a $4.3 trillion valuation, plus heavy AI capex and a governance structure that cannot be fully assessed, lead to a Fail on price. This is a wonderful business whose current price leaves little room for error; a lower entry point would change the read.
Educational interpretation generated by AI applying frameworks Warren Buffett documented in his shareholder letters and other public writings. Not a statement by Mr. Buffett or Berkshire Hathaway, and not investment advice.