Alphabet Has Assets, Corporate Culture To Drive Valuation Higher, Says Bullish Analyst

Google-parent Alphabet Inc's (NASDAQ:GOOGL) strategic position and tech-first corporate culture drive upside to the stock valuation, according to Needham.

The Alphabet Analyst: Analyst Laura Martin maintained a Buy rating, while raising the price target from $178 to $210.

The Alphabet Thesis: The latest labor productivity trends indicate that the company's execution is improving, Martin said in the note.

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The analyst mentioned four reasons for potential upside to the stock valuation:

• Google Search was among the top three beneficiaries of the internet tech wave
• The company's Android was one of the two biggest beneficiaries of the mobile tech wave
• Google Cloud was among the top three beneficiaries of the Cloud tech wave
• Alphabet's Gemini is poised to be one of the top four biggest winners of the GenAI tech wave

She further wrote, "What other company at a 17x P/E, has the assets AND a tech-first corp culture with this track record across all four major tech waves of the past 30 years?"

GOOGL Price Action: Shares of Alphabet had risen by 1.06% to $183.94 at the time of publication on Wednesday.

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