Roth Capital Names Alphabet (GOOGL) Its Top Mega-Cap Pick for Late 2025

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is one of the 10 AI Stocks Investors Are Watching This Week. On July 8, Roth Capital raised the firm’s price target on the stock to $205 from $180 and kept a “Buy” rating on the shares. According to the firm, Alphabet stock is a “show me” story with two “monkeys on its back.”

The two challenges that Alphabet has been facing are pressure from AI Search competition and monopoly lawsuits. However, the firm is still hopeful about its progress in AI search and believes that its growing AI Cloud business will lead to potential upside at the current valuation.

The firm further stated that Alphabet’s fundamentals will likely remain unchanged, which makes the stock a “sentiment recovery play” for the second half of the year.

The firm also called Alphabet its #1 Mega Cap pick for the balance of 2025.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company wholly owning the internet giant Google, amongst other businesses.

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