What Makes Alphabet (GOOG) a Better Stock Compared to its Peers?

Soumya Eswaran

Wed, Apr 16, 2025, 8:04 AM 4 min read

Middle Coast Investing, an investment advisor firm, released its first-quarter investor letter. A copy of the letter can be downloaded here. Middle Coast Investing had a difficult but manageable first quarter, but everyone has suffered since the Liberation Day crash at the beginning of the second quarter. To manage the volatility, the firm decided to increase cash goal levels by roughly 5% for each portfolio. In the quarter, the firm sold 3% more than it bought. In Q1 2025, the US Portfolios returned -3.7% compared to -4.6% for the S&P 500. It’s Core U.S. portfolios returned -0.7% while Russell 2000 returned -9.8%, S&P 600 returned -9.3% and Nasdaq generated -10.4% for the same period. However, its European Portfolios appreciated by 9.2%. In addition, please check the fund’s top five holdings to know its best picks in 2025.

In its first quarter 2025 investor letter, Middle Coast Investing emphasized stocks such as Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG). Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG), the parent company of Google, offers various platforms and services operating through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The one-month return of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) was -4.57%, and its shares gained 1.15% of their value over the last 52 weeks. On April 15, 2025, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) stock closed at $158.68 per share with a market capitalization of $1.918 trillion.

Middle Coast Investing stated the following regarding Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) in its Q1 2025 investor letter:

"Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) – We bought Alphabet (i.e. Google) in a few accounts. I’ve owned it before, but not for very long. I usually don’t focus on buying the biggest tech companies, even as we have the one portfolio with the large AMZN / AAPL positions.