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With Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Up 67%, Let’s Look at Who Owns it

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Alphabet Inc.

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Alphabet's 67% year-to-date stock rally is driven by AI momentum, strong cloud growth, and institutional ownership, with Wall Street maintaining a Strong Buy consensus.

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Alphabet (GOOGL) has surged 67% year-to-date, fueled by AI-driven growth in Google Cloud, the launch of Gemini 3, and potential TPU adoption by Meta. Institutional investors, including Vanguard and ETFs like VTI and VOO, hold significant stakes, while Wall Street maintains a Strong Buy rating with a consensus price target of $317.35.

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With Alphabet (GOOGL) shares up 67%, let’s look at the tech giant’s ownership structure.

!With Alphabet (GOOGL) Stock Up 67%, Let’s Look at Who Owns it

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

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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?

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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.

See more GOOGL analyst ratings.

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With Alphabet (GOOGL) shares up 67%, let’s look at the tech giant’s ownership structure.

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Alphabet [(GOOGL)](https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/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](https://www.tipranks.com/compare-stocks/artificial-intelligence) (AI)-led growth in the Google Cloud unit, the [launch of the Gemini 3](https://www.tipranks.com/news/the-fly/google-announces-launch-of-gemini-3-model-thefly) [AI](https://www.tipranks.com/compare-stocks/artificial-intelligence) model, and reports that Meta Platforms [(META)](https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/meta) is considering [using Google’s Tensor Processing Units (TPUs) in its data centers](https://www.tipranks.com/news/google-stock-jumps-nvidia-and-amd-fall-amid-tpu-expansion-to-meta) 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](https://www.tipranks.com/news/googl-earnings-alphabet-jumps-after-smashing-q3-estimates). The company highlighted that Google Cloud ended the third quarter with an impressive backlog of $155 billion.

Now, according to [TipRanks’ Ownership Tool](https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/googl/ownership), 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.

[![](https://blog.tipranks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-537.png)](https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/googl/ownership)

**Digging Deeper into GOOGL’s Ownership Structure**
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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)](https://www.tipranks.com/etf/vti) owns a 3.15% stake in GOOGL, while the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF [(VOO)](https://www.tipranks.com/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?**
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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](https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/googl/forecast) of $317.35 indicates shares are fully priced at current levels.

[![](https://blog.tipranks.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/image-538.png)](https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/googl/forecast)

[**See more GOOGL analyst ratings**](https://www.tipranks.com/stocks/googl/forecast).

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