Alphabet (GOOGL), the parent company of search engine giant Google, YouTube, and Google Cloud, has seen its shares rally more than 67% year-to-date. Optimism about the artificial intelligence (AI)-led growth in the Google Cloud unit, the launch of the Gemini 3 AI model, and reports that Meta Platforms (META) is considering using Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) in its data centers have boosted investor confidence about the company’s growth potential.
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Interestingly, Q3 2025 marked the first time that Alphabet’s quarterly revenue crossed $100 billion. The company highlighted that Google Cloud ended the third quarter with an impressive backlog of $155 billion.
Now, according to TipRanks’ Ownership Tool, public companies and individual investors own 44.23% of Alphabet. They are followed by mutual funds, ETFs, other institutional investors, and insiders at 21.53%, 20.94%, 6.91%, and 6.39%, respectively.
Digging Deeper into GOOGL’s Ownership Structure
Looking closely at the top shareholders, Vanguard owns the highest stake in Alphabet at 7.45%, followed by Vanguard Index Funds with a 7.12% holding.
Among the top ETF holders, the Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF (VTI) owns a 3.15% stake in GOOGL, while the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF (VOO) owns 2.46%.
Moving to mutual funds, Vanguard Index Funds holds about 7.12% of Alphabet. Meanwhile, Fidelity Concord Street Trust owns 1.75% of the company.
Is GOOGL Stock a Buy, Hold, or Sell?
Currently, Wall Street has a Strong Buy consensus rating on Alphabet stock based on 30 Buys and seven Hold recommendations. The average GOOGL stock price target of $317.35 indicates shares are fully priced at current levels.
