Buffett Just Made a $37 Billion Bet on This Tech Giant. Should You Buy?

Vandita Jadeja

Tue, August 25, 2026 at 6:00 PM GMT+3 4 min read

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Buffett's $37 billion Alphabet (GOOG) stake validates our BUY rating and $437 price target, implying 28% upside with 90% confidence.
Alphabet (GOOG) trades at a P/E of 17, which is well below Microsoft (MSFT) at 27 and Meta (META) at 20, while growing revenue at a comparable rate.
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Berkshire Hathaway's roughly $37 billion stake in Alphabet, disclosed as a 48 million share position, has recalibrated how investors view the search giant. Warren Buffett rarely chases mega-cap tech, so his conviction here forces a fresh look at whether Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG) still offers meaningful upside from $344.59.

Our 24/7 Wall St. price target for Alphabet is $437.39 over the next 12 months, implying 27.99% upside. We rate GOOG a buy with high (90%) confidence.

An infographic on a dark background showing a 12-month price prediction for Alphabet Inc. (GOOG). The current price is shown as $344.59, with an arrow pointing to a target price of $437.39, indicating a +27.99% upside and a 'BUY' recommendation with 90% confidence. A bar chart titled 'How We Got There' displays prices: Trailing P/E-Based Price $341.75, Forward P/E-Based Price $391.65, and Analyst Consensus $422.34, with a Weighted Base of $390.88. Below, 'Our Adjustments' is shown as a waterfall chart, starting from a Weighted Base of $390.88, adding +5.4% for Strong Analyst Tilt, +3% for Earnings Acceleration, +1.4% for Reddit Sentiment, subtracting -0.5% for Geopolitical & Other Risks, resulting in a Final Target of $437.39. The 'BULL CASE' section, marked with a green checkmark, lists positive factors like 'Cloud economics expanding (35.6% operating margin)' and 'Gemini App 950 million users', with a target of $454.48. The 'BEAR CASE' section, marked with a red X, lists negative factors like 'Capital intensity (Q2 CapEx $44.92B)' and 'Negative Free Cash Flow ($5.86B)', with a target of $361.62. The bottom line reiterates 'BUY → $437.39 (+27.99%)', explaining that 'Alphabet's cloud, search, and AI monetization are compounding faster than the market implies, backed by Buffett's conviction.'

24/7 Wall St. Price Target Summary

GOOG Price Target — 24/7 Wall St.

What Alphabet's Post-Earnings Melt-Up Tells Us

GOOG has climbed 7.99% in the past month and 67.17% over the past year, though shares sit below the $404.23 52-week high.

The catalyst was a landmark Q2. Alphabet posted EPS of $9.11 against a $3.042 estimate, and revenue of $119.8 billion, up 24.23% year over year. Google Cloud accelerated to 82% growth and backlog swelled to $514 billion. Buffett's disclosure validated the view that even at a $4 trillion market cap, GOOG trades at a reasonable multiple relative to its cash-generation engine.

GOOG Earnings Explorer — 24/7 Wall St.

Why Bulls See a Breakout Ahead

The bull case rests on cloud economics. Google Cloud operating margin expanded from 20.7% to 35.6% year over year, and management said just over 50% of that $514 billion backlog converts to revenue within 24 months.

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Gemini App's 950 million monthly users and Fortune 100 penetration of nearly 90% show Alphabet monetizing AI at scale peers cannot yet match. Our bull scenario puts GOOG at $454.48 within 12 months if TPU system sales ramp as guided into 2027.

GOOG Analyst Ratings — 24/7 Wall St.

What Could Go Wrong

The bear thesis centers on capital intensity. Q2 CapEx hit $44.92 billion, free cash flow swung to negative $5.86 billion, long-term debt climbed to roughly $100 billion from $16 billion a year earlier, and the buyback was suspended.

2026 CapEx guidance of $175 billion to $185 billion is substantial, and every dollar of it flows to the power, cooling, and networking suppliers behind the data centers (we profiled seven of them in a free AI infrastructure report). Bulls counter that this reflects a supply-constrained cloud opportunity backed by contracted demand. Our bear scenario points to $361.62 if AI ROI slips.

GOOG Price Scenario — 24/7 Wall St.

How Alphabet Compares to Microsoft and Meta

Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) is the natural cloud comparison. MSFT trades at a P/E of 27 with a P/FCF of 54, versus GOOG's leaner trailing multiple. Azure crossed $100 billion in annual revenue and Copilot passed 30 million paid seats, but investors already pay a premium for that.

Meta Platforms (NASDAQ:META) is the ad-market comparable. META carries a P/E of 20 and Q2 revenue growth of 27.96%, but its Q2 EPS missed by 14.42% and free cash flow collapsed to $784 million. Alphabet's advertising engine grows at similar rates with cleaner monetization. Against this peer group, our 24/7 Wall St. price target looks reasonable.

Alphabet Price Prediction 2026-2030

The 24/7 Wall St. price target of $437.39 with 90% confidence reflects a company where cloud, search, and AI monetization compound faster than the multiple implies.

The setup strengthens if Google Cloud sustains 60%-plus growth and TPU revenue ramps in 2027. It weakens if CapEx keeps outpacing operating cash flow into next year. On balance, Buffett's conviction and the numbers align.

These projections assume Alphabet continues executing on cloud, search AI integration, and Waymo scaling. Meaningful upside or downside could result from an AI infrastructure ROI shock or a regulatory outcome in the Search antitrust remedy phase.