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Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021

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Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB), renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...

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JcJc
·2021-11-23
Yes 👍
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·2021-11-23
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Steve81
·2021-11-23
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MIe
·2021-11-23
Google cloud+
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Limwy
·2021-11-22
Is never too late
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ACCY
·2021-11-22
Go Google 😂
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Srav
·2021-11-22
Let me google search that!
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MHh
·2021-11-22
A good company nonetheless
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Jialatsia
·2021-11-22
Meep
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BlueDahlia
·2021-11-22
Good buy
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HoSeyLiao48
·2021-11-22
Yes. Must buy.[梭哈] [美金] [看涨] [强]
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Alannjy
·2021-11-22
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LaiSB
·2021-11-22
Yes, buy buy buy
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·2021-11-22
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maxwellC
·2021-11-22
When a company is too strong and leading, you can't do anything to it
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·2021-11-22
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·2021-11-22
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While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-22 21:44 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220>Investors</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nWill this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875891470,"gmtCreate":1637630101786,"gmtModify":1637630101958,"author":{"id":"3577012674959023","authorId":"3577012674959023","name":"MK27","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e9a32c0134f8bfdefdb94a3f5828fcae","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Yes!","listText":"Yes!","text":"Yes!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875891470","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875354588,"gmtCreate":1637619206738,"gmtModify":1637619206823,"author":{"id":"3583228594556766","authorId":"3583228594556766","name":"Steve81","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8451fbd9311bbb12faabfa8f6138ef34","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Yes","listText":"Yes","text":"Yes","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875354588","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-22 21:44 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220>Investors</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nWill this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6683514,"gmtCreate":1637619215161,"gmtModify":1637619215185,"authorId":3583228594556766,"author":{"id":3583228594556766,"authorId":3583228594556766,"name":"Steve81","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8451fbd9311bbb12faabfa8f6138ef34","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":875354588,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Jiayou","text":"Jiayou","html":"Jiayou"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875391635,"gmtCreate":1637598963666,"gmtModify":1637598963877,"author":{"id":"3577182936341023","authorId":"3577182936341023","name":"MIe","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Google cloud+","listText":"Google cloud+","text":"Google cloud+","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875391635","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875057056,"gmtCreate":1637591743686,"gmtModify":1637591743809,"author":{"id":"3575713286442926","authorId":"3575713286442926","name":"Limwy","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Is never too late","listText":"Is never too late","text":"Is never too late","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875057056","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-22 21:44 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220>Investors</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nWill this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875053682,"gmtCreate":1637591483492,"gmtModify":1637591555533,"author":{"id":"3579758808989513","authorId":"3579758808989513","name":"ACCY","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a44626552831eb06aa01cf85dcaf7422","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Go Google 😂","listText":"Go Google 😂","text":"Go Google 😂","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":0,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875053682","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-22 21:44 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220>Investors</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nWill this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875024506,"gmtCreate":1637591184810,"gmtModify":1637591184810,"author":{"id":"4088072696934800","authorId":"4088072696934800","name":"Srav","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/836224b9548dab0408e50eb68087968a","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Let me google search that!&nbsp;","listText":"Let me google search that!&nbsp;","text":"Let me google search that!","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":2,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875024506","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875024230,"gmtCreate":1637591175679,"gmtModify":1637591176702,"author":{"id":"4091758936365950","authorId":"4091758936365950","name":"MHh","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/54b2feced9ef5dcc9e95997d1f4db280","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"A good company nonetheless&nbsp;","listText":"A good company nonetheless&nbsp;","text":"A good company nonetheless","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":4,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875024230","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6683750,"gmtCreate":1637620593220,"gmtModify":1637620593251,"authorId":4091758936365950,"author":{"id":4091758936365950,"authorId":4091758936365950,"name":"MHh","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/54b2feced9ef5dcc9e95997d1f4db280","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":875024230,"type":1,"supId":6680588,"prevId":0,"content":"[Smile]","text":"[Smile]","html":"[Smile]"},{"id":6680588,"gmtCreate":1637592280210,"gmtModify":1637592280316,"authorId":4095918044669740,"author":{"id":4095918044669740,"authorId":4095918044669740,"name":"amandamanda","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/71c007591302e9b2944ae3d0ef488e6d","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":875024230,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"[Strong]","text":"[Strong]","html":"[Strong]"},{"id":6680446,"gmtCreate":1637591867800,"gmtModify":1637591867902,"authorId":4091758936365950,"author":{"id":4091758936365950,"authorId":4091758936365950,"name":"MHh","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/54b2feced9ef5dcc9e95997d1f4db280","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":875024230,"type":1,"supId":6680303,"prevId":0,"content":"[Smile]","text":"[Smile]","html":"[Smile]"},{"id":6680303,"gmtCreate":1637591500365,"gmtModify":1637591500466,"authorId":3579758808989513,"author":{"id":3579758808989513,"authorId":3579758808989513,"name":"ACCY","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/a44626552831eb06aa01cf85dcaf7422","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":875024230,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"True","text":"True","html":"True"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875026761,"gmtCreate":1637590787901,"gmtModify":1637590788072,"author":{"id":"4087959350378170","authorId":"4087959350378170","name":"Jialatsia","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Meep","listText":"Meep","text":"Meep","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":1,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875026761","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875021769,"gmtCreate":1637590476911,"gmtModify":1637590476911,"author":{"id":"4096548925879390","authorId":"4096548925879390","name":"BlueDahlia","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ed3f75e316797b2df4e3a5991dea3f3b","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Good buy","listText":"Good buy","text":"Good buy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875021769","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875023925,"gmtCreate":1637590335668,"gmtModify":1637590369772,"author":{"id":"4087949413245130","authorId":"4087949413245130","name":"HoSeyLiao48","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/8a9a7795aa16cbb122ca86630c428a3a","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Yes. Must buy.[梭哈]&nbsp;[美金]&nbsp;[看涨]&nbsp;[强]&nbsp;","listText":"Yes. Must buy.[梭哈]&nbsp;[美金]&nbsp;[看涨]&nbsp;[强]&nbsp;","text":"Yes. Must buy.[梭哈] [美金] [看涨] [强]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875023925","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875029770,"gmtCreate":1637590285672,"gmtModify":1637590285841,"author":{"id":"3572213696829638","authorId":"3572213696829638","name":"Alannjy","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/ab326ac9056e88557b36f97dfdad9cac","vip":1,"crmLevel":3,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Like","listText":"Like","text":"Like","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875029770","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-22 21:44 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220>Investors</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nWill this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875029260,"gmtCreate":1637590262759,"gmtModify":1637590262850,"author":{"id":"3585312804980408","authorId":"3585312804980408","name":"LaiSB","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/02ab60e191d391b446c88630f4f1e822","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Yes, buy buy buy","listText":"Yes, buy buy buy","text":"Yes, buy buy buy","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":4,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875029260","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875029112,"gmtCreate":1637590242242,"gmtModify":1637590242538,"author":{"id":"3580076354872466","authorId":"3580076354872466","name":"玉树临风英俊","avatar":"https://static.laohu8.com/default-avatar.jpg","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"👌&nbsp;","listText":"👌&nbsp;","text":"👌","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":3,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875029112","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875020215,"gmtCreate":1637590179179,"gmtModify":1637590182984,"author":{"id":"3567809811257871","authorId":"3567809811257871","name":"maxwellC","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/e0b21ee5f1d98b50576baf91a3f62784","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"When a company is too strong and leading,&nbsp; you can't do anything to it","listText":"When a company is too strong and leading,&nbsp; you can't do anything to it","text":"When a company is too strong and leading, you can't do anything to it","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":6,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875020215","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-22 21:44 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220>Investors</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nWill this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875065630,"gmtCreate":1637589893725,"gmtModify":1637589893888,"author":{"id":"4089589195647730","authorId":"4089589195647730","name":"Eric09876542","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/66c18d50a19f0ca4aa29fab1d5d1e482","vip":1,"crmLevel":6,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"oo","listText":"oo","text":"oo","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875065630","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021\n</h2>\n\n<h4 class=\"meta\">\n\n\n2021-11-22 21:44 GMT+8&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<a href=https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220>Investors</a>\n\n\n</h4>\n\n</header>\n<article>\n<div>\nWill this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6680012,"gmtCreate":1637589950724,"gmtModify":1637589950840,"authorId":3577189579318003,"author":{"id":3577189579318003,"authorId":3577189579318003,"name":"Zhenghao","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/9bc02f1c85fb8e61dbc393ac0ad551db","vip":1,"crmLevel":2,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":875065630,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Ok","text":"Ok","html":"Ok"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875068535,"gmtCreate":1637589353716,"gmtModify":1637589353716,"author":{"id":"4094449094178220","authorId":"4094449094178220","name":"Peithebest","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/cccac1948bda49bf1970a525922fbe42","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"[Grin]&nbsp;","listText":"[Grin]&nbsp;","text":"[Grin]","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":1,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875068535","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":2,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"comments":[{"id":6679997,"gmtCreate":1637589878160,"gmtModify":1637589878196,"authorId":3571573518430699,"author":{"id":3571573518430699,"authorId":3571573518430699,"name":"RBeaver","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/c8dfd9e9b5a26e0a8d752c4ae3fe2f57","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0,"individualDisplayBadges":[]},"repliedAuthorId":0,"objectId":875068535,"type":1,"supId":0,"prevId":0,"content":"Y","text":"Y","html":"Y"}],"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875061724,"gmtCreate":1637589274874,"gmtModify":1637589274990,"author":{"id":"3549509156546809","authorId":"3549509156546809","name":"HR88","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/4eb8a4ecd0e10d3afb2c7b4d99e2eb6a","vip":1,"crmLevel":5,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Like and comment pls","listText":"Like and comment pls","text":"Like and comment pls","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":7,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875061724","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875061326,"gmtCreate":1637589168260,"gmtModify":1637589185943,"author":{"id":"3563577781679506","authorId":"3563577781679506","name":"Foured","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/1186b61f5b04203ae75a2949bd647713","vip":1,"crmLevel":4,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":8,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875061326","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"},{"id":875069408,"gmtCreate":1637589066562,"gmtModify":1637589066746,"author":{"id":"3582993517958198","authorId":"3582993517958198","name":"Jen88","avatar":"https://static.tigerbbs.com/5aaf732b230f1241c2c9b76b2b27ae00","vip":1,"crmLevel":1,"crmLevelSwitch":0},"htmlText":"Ok","listText":"Ok","text":"Ok","images":[],"top":1,"highlighted":1,"essential":1,"paper":1,"likeSize":5,"commentSize":0,"repostSize":0,"link":"https://laohu8.com/post/875069408","repostId":1133441168,"repostType":4,"repost":{"id":"1133441168","pubTimestamp":1637588664,"share":"https://www.laohu8.com/m/news/1133441168?lang=&edition=full","pubTime":"2021-11-22 21:44","market":"us","language":"en","title":"Is Google Stock A Buy? Internet Search Giant Tops Among FANG Stocks In 2021","url":"https://stock-news.laohu8.com/highlight/detail?id=1133441168","media":"Investors","summary":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabe","content":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent&nbsp;Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than&nbsp;Facebook(FB),&nbsp; renamed Meta,&nbsp;Amazon.com(AMZN) and&nbsp;Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is&nbsp;picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the&nbsp;IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that&nbsp;Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.&nbsp; Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an&nbsp;executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments.&nbsp;Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor&nbsp;in a copyright dispute with&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software.&nbsp;But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an&nbsp;antitrust lawsuit against Google.&nbsp;The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one&nbsp;artificial intelligence stock&nbsp;to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would&nbsp;delay plans&nbsp;to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in&nbsp;internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it&nbsp;handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to&nbsp;Shopify(SHOP), a&nbsp;provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for&nbsp;cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products.&nbsp;In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting&nbsp;GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels.&nbsp;Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple&nbsp;in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new&nbsp;cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has&nbsp;pulled back on investments&nbsp;in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and&nbsp;Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former&nbsp;Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google&nbsp;purchased data analytics firm Looker&nbsp;for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating&nbsp;is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to&nbsp;IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to&nbsp;IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of&nbsp; Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","source":"lsy1610449120050","collect":0,"html":"<!DOCTYPE html>\n<html>\n<head>\n<meta http-equiv=\"Content-Type\" content=\"text/html; charset=utf-8\" />\n<meta name=\"viewport\" content=\"width=device-width,initial-scale=1.0,minimum-scale=1.0,maximum-scale=1.0,user-scalable=no\"/>\n<meta name=\"format-detection\" content=\"telephone=no,email=no,address=no\" />\n<title>Is Google Stock A Buy? 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Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX)...\n\n<a href=\"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220\">Web Link</a>\n\n</div>\n\n\n</article>\n</div>\n</body>\n</html>\n","type":0,"thumbnail":"","relate_stocks":{"GOOG":"谷歌","GOOGL":"谷歌A"},"source_url":"https://www.investors.com/news/technology/google-stock-buy-now/?src=A00220","is_english":true,"share_image_url":"https://static.laohu8.com/e9f99090a1c2ed51c021029395664489","article_id":"1133441168","content_text":"Will this be the year that Google stock finally outperforms other FANG stocks? Google-parent Alphabet(GOOGL) has so far done better than Facebook(FB),  renamed Meta, Amazon.com(AMZN) and Netflix(NFLX).\nGoogle stock has jumped nearly 70% in 2021. GOOGL stock has approached a $2 trillion market cap. It would be the third company to reach the milestone.\n\"GOOGL stock has clearly been the most liked, best owned, and least debated megacap internet name,\" JPMorgan analyst Doug Anmuth said in a report to clients.\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales were light in the Google earnings report. Still, Google cloud is picking up traction in the enterprise market.\nGoogle investments continue to ramp. Morgan Stanley forecasts that hiring will increase significantly in 2022. GOOGL stock will also face more difficult year-over-year growth comparisons in 2022 as the coronavirus emergency fades.\nAlphabet repurchased $12.6 billion of GOOGL stock in the September quarter vs. $12.8 billion in the second quarter.\nGoogle stock bulls trumpet a rebound in digital advertising as Covid-19 vaccinations expand, boosting global economies as industries normalize.\nGOOGL stock belongs to the IBD Leaderboard. The Leaderboard is IBD's curated list of leading stocks that stand out on technical and fundamental metrics.\nGoogle Stock: Play Store Revenue To Fall\nWith the Android mobile operating system built into devices sold worldwide, revenue growth from the Play Store continues to be a bright spot.\nBut a federal judge ruled Sept. 10 that Apple(AAPL) must allow mobile app developers to steer consumers to outside payment methods, granting an injunction sought by Epic Games in a year-long court battle.\nGoogle's policies have also been under scrutiny.  Google in October said service fees at its Play Store would drop to 15% from 30% in the first year. The move will reduce revenue.\nLarge-cap internet stocks face regulatory headwinds. In a surprise move, President Joe Biden on June 15 named Lina Khan as chairwoman of the Federal Trade Commission. Khan has been a critic of supersized technology companies. On July 20, Biden nominated Jonathan Kanter, a long-time critic of Big Tech, to lead the antitrust division at the Justice Department.\nFurther, Biden issued an executive order targeting Big Tech.\nUnder new Alphabet Chief Executive Sundar Pichai, Google has improved transparency. In its fiscal fourth-quarter earnings report, Google disclosed that its fast-growing cloud computing business is unprofitable amid high investments. Still, cloud computing operating margins are expected to improve.\nGOOGL Stock: U.S. Supreme Court Rules Against Oracle\nGOOGL stock broke out on April 5 after theU.S. Supreme Court ruled in Alphabet's favor in a copyright dispute with Oracle(ORCL) involving Android mobile software. But Google stock bears point to tougher regulation aimed at the search giant.\nThe Justice Department in October 2020 filed an antitrust lawsuit against Google. The Justice Department charged that Google has harmed competition and consumers by monopolizing internet search and search-related advertising. Due to its huge cash holdings, GOOGL stock has shrugged off three fines totaling $9.3 billion levied by the European Union on antitrust grounds.\nThe Justice Department, though, could force Google to restructure if it wins in court. Some analysts say Google stock will be worth more if the company is broken up. A legal battle likely will drag on for years.\nMost investors still know the company as Google, even though the internet search giant reorganized as holding company Alphabet in 2015. The restructuring move separated Google's core internet advertising business from so-called moonshots, such as autonomous vehicles and the Verily Life Sciences unit. Google stock could get a boost if Verily files an initial public offering.\nIn a cost-savings move, Google has shut down Loon, its internet balloon project.\nGoogle stock's strength in artificial intelligence spans digital advertising, the Google Cloud Platform, YouTube and consumer hardware products. GOOGL stock is just one artificial intelligence stock to watch.\nAt a Google developers conference in mid-May, the company demonstrated how it uses AI tools in a wide range of applications, including Google Workspace, Google Maps, virtual reality, voice-based search and photos.\nGoogle Stock: Advertising Core Business\nWhile Google has expanded into cloud computing and consumer hardware, digital advertising still makes up the lion's share of revenue. Google on June 24 said it would delay plans to have its Chrome internet browser stop supporting third-party cookies by late 2023, two years later than its initial timeframe.\nAmazon is taking market share from Google stock in internet search-related advertising, said a report from market research firm eMarketer. With Amazon gaining ground in digital advertising, Google in 2020 made a big change in how it handles e-commerce listings. Google has also deepened ties to Shopify(SHOP), a provider of e-commerce software.\nIn December, 2019, Google co-founder Larry Page stepped down as Alphabet's CEO. Pichai, who headed the Google unit, replaced him. Google co-founder Sergey Brin stepped down as Alphabet's president.\nGoogle's profit margins remain an issue amid high investments in data centers for cloud computing, artificial intelligence, YouTube and consumer products. In early 2018, Google changed accounting methods. It switched to reporting GAAP earnings, or generally accepted accounting principles. GAAP earnings include stock-based compensation.\nBank of America forecasts that YouTube's subscription business will reach $18 billion in revenue by 2025, up from $5 billion in 2020. In addition, YouTube is benefiting as major brands shift ad budgets from linear TV to digital channels. Late last year, Google reported that YouTube has more than 30 million music and premium paid subscribers, while YouTube TV has more than 3 million subscribers.\nGOOGL Stock: Fundamental Analysis\nAlphabet reported September-quarter earnings and revenue that topped analyst estimates. While internet search advertising revenue came in above expectations, YouTube and cloud computing sales missed views.\nGoogle's third quarter earnings under generally accepted accounting principles, also known as GAAP, jumped 71% to $27.99 per share, including gains on equity investments.\nGross revenue rose 41% to $65.12 billion in the quarter ended Sept. 30. Analysts had estimated Google earnings of $23.73 per share on gross revenue of $63.5 billion.\nThe company said net revenue, minus traffic acquisition costs, came in at $53.63 billion vs. estimates of $52.07 billion. Traffic acquisition costs jumped 40% to $11.49 billion.\nInternet search and other revenue rose 44% to $37.93 billion vs. estimates of $36.41 billion. Google said cloud-computing revenue rose 45% to $4.99 billion vs. estimates of $5.17 billion. Despite the revenue miss, Google cloud cut its operating loss almost in half to $644 million.\nYouTube advertising revenue rose 43% to $7.2 billion. Analysts had estimated YouTube ad revenue of $7.42 billion.\nWaymo Autonomous Vehicle Business\nA key question for investors is how much should Google's self-driving-car project Waymo and \"Other Bets\" such as the Verily Life Sciences unit figure into valuation.\nIn early 2018, some analysts projected Waymo's long-term valuation in a range of anywhere from $75 billion to $125 billion.Expectations for autonomous vehicles, though, have been lowered recently.\nWaymo in early March raised $2.25 billion in funding from outside investors. including private equity firm Silver Lake, the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala investment arm.\nWhile Google did not disclose Waymo's valuation in the funding round, reports said it was only $30 billion.\nWaymo CEO John Krafcik, head of the autonomous vehicle unit since 2015, resigned in early April. Alphabet said he would be replaced by two co-CEOs — Tekedra Mawakana and Dmitri Dolgov. Mawakana had been Waymo's chief operating officer while Dolgov was Waymo's chief technology officer.\nAnother question is the performance of Google's hardware business. It's battling Apple in smartphones and Amazon in smart-home appliances.\nIn addition, Google's new cloud gaming service, Stadia, launched in late 2019. However, Stadia has pulled back on investments in game creation.\nAlso, Google in late 2019 agreed to buy smartwatch maker Fitbit for $2.1 billion. The purchase could help Google make a push into the health and fitness market, analysts say. The Fitbit deal finally closed on Jan. 14.\nGOOGL Stock: Technical Analysis\nGoogle's cloud computing business, meanwhile, faces tough rivals in Amazon and Microsoft(MSFT). Google brought in Thomas Kurian, a former Oracle(ORCL) executive, to improve performance in the corporate market. Bulls say Google Cloud Platform is beginning to take share as it focuses on security, open source software and data analytics.\nIn June 2019, Google purchased data analytics firm Looker for $2.6 billion in cash. Santa Cruz, Calif.-based Looker's analytics platform uses business intelligence and data visualization tools. More acquisitions to boost Google's cloud business could be coming, analysts say.\nMeanwhile, Google'sRelative Strength Rating is 89 out of a best possible 90, according to IBD Stock Checkup. The best stocks tend to have an RS rating of 80 or better.\nGoogle Stock: Is It A Buy Now?\nGoogle stock owns an Accumulation/Distribution Rating of B-minus. That rating analyzes price and volume changes in a stock over the past 13 weeks of trading.\nThe rating, on an A+ to E scale, measures institutional buying and selling in a stock. A+ signifies heavy institutional buying; E means heavy selling. Think of the C grade as neutral.\nGOOGL stock holds an IBD Composite Rating of 98 out of a best possible 99.\nIBD's Composite Rating combines five separate proprietary ratings into one easy-to-use rating. The best growth stocks have a Composite Rating of 90 or better.\nAccording to IBD MarketSmith analysis, Google stock has a flat base entry point of 2,925.17. As of  Nov. 22, GOOGL stock trades in a buy zone, which extends to 3,071.44.","news_type":1},"isVote":1,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false,"reportStatus":false,"tweetType":1,"langContent":"CN"}],"hasMoreComments":true,"newsSizeData":{"likeSize":124,"commentSize":20,"repostSize":0,"favoriteSize":2,"likeStatus":false,"favoriteStatus":false}}