By Catherine Baab
Publication Date: 2025-11-17 13:14:00
Warren Buffett is tech’s most famous skeptic. So when a quarterly securities filing revealed late Friday that Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway has taken a first-ever, multibillion stake in Alphabet, the parent company of Google, investors sat up and took notice. Shares of Alphabet rose about 5% heading into Monday’s market open.
The new Berkshire position became public following an almost 50% rally in Google stock so far this year — all the more surprising because Berkshire’s investor team is well known for waiting until stock prices look cheap. Even as Berkshire has, over the last decade, placed similar bets on Apple and Amazon, the decision still carries outsize weight. Given Buffett’s long-standing aversion to richly valued growth stocks, not to mention his reputation for caution near market peaks, Berkshire’s vote of confidence suggests that Alphabet shares are fairly valued or even inexpensive, despite the run-up.
Details of the Berkshire’s new Alphabet position
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