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🎯 Investment Thesis
Post-Q4 earnings rally driven by massive analyst PT raises: JP Morgan $395, Stifel $395, Citi $390, Argus $385 (all raised Feb 5-6). Project Genie AI gaming platform expanding use cases beyond search. Willow quantum chip maintains 13,000x speed advantage. At 23x PE for 15%+ revenue growth, valuation still reasonable relative to megacap AI peers.
⚠️ Key Risk
11% below ATH ($349) — not cheap. DA Davidson Neutral $310 (essentially at current price) is the cautious voice. DOJ antitrust remedy still a headwind. AI search disruption narrative persists. Quantum is <0.1% of business — headline risk but not revenue risk.
By The Numbers
Event Impact
$75B AI capex. Both spender and AI platform provider.
No defense or energy exposure.
Willow chip 13,000x faster than supercomputers. Most advanced quantum hardware.
No China search revenue but tech sentiment suffers in trade war.
~55% international revenue benefits from weaker dollar. $100B cash position insulated from rate changes. Ad spending sensitive to economic cycle.
Massive data center power buyer. Signed nuclear PPAs. AI capex of $175-185B requires gigawatts of power — both a consumer and driver of grid demand.
DOJ antitrust still a headwind. Government cloud contracts are growing but small vs advertising revenue.
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Competitive Landscape
Strongest cloud AI competitor via Azure + OpenAI
Company Background
Founded 1998 by Page and Brin at Stanford. World's largest search/ad company. Also YouTube, Google Cloud, Waymo, Google Quantum AI.