Is Alphabet One of the Best Stocks to Buy Right Now?

By Parkev Tatevosian, CFA – Aug 8, 2025 at 8:00AM

NASDAQ: GOOG

Alphabet

Market Cap

$2.4T

Today's Change

(2.44%) $4.82

Current Price

$202.10

Price as of August 8, 2025, 3:58 p.m. ET

Investors could be overestimating the risks to its search engine business.

A huge risk to Alphabet's (GOOG 2.44%) (GOOGL 2.48%) search engine business is keeping this stock trading at a relatively cheap valuation.

*Stock prices used were the afternoon prices of Aug. 3, 2025. The video was published on Aug. 5, 2025.

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A Fool since 2019, and a graduate of Cal State LA with a B.S. in Finance and M.A. in Economics. Parkev is an adjunct professor of Finance and enjoys reading about financial and economic history. You'll often find him writing about stocks in the consumer goods and technology sectors.

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