We recently compiled a list of the 14 Best American Tech Stocks To Buy Now. In this article, we are going to take a look at where Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) stands against the other American tech stocks.
American stocks moved up a bit on Monday, April 14 as investors focused on news about tech companies getting a break from President Trump’s tariffs. The S&P 500 rose by 0.8%, the tech-heavy Nasdaq rose by 0.6%, and the Dow Jones Industrial Average increased by about 0.7%.
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In recent days, President Trump and his advisers have given mixed signals on the future of tariffs on China and on specific industries. Over the weekend, big American tech companies scored a victory when it was revealed that the US had not put tariffs on smartphones, computers, and other consumer electronics.
However, on Sunday, US Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick stated that these electronics would soon be covered under new tariffs, which would be different from those imposed on specific countries. President Trump also posted on social media that there would be “no exception” for these products. He also said that the government is looking at semiconductors and the entire electronics supply chain in the upcoming National Security Tariff Investigations.
Last week was the best week for the major indexes since at least 2023. However, with all this uncertainty, Wall Street is getting ready for another week of potential tariff-fueled ups and downs.
Methodology
To compile our list of the 14 best American tech stocks to buy now, we used stock screeners from Finviz and Yahoo Finance to find the largest American technology companies. We sorted our results based on market capitalization and picked the top 30 American stocks. Next, we focused on the 14 stocks most favored by institutional investors. Data for the hedge fund sentiment surrounding each stock was taken from Insider Monkey’s Q4 2024 database of more than 1,000 elite hedge funds. Finally, the 14 best American tech stocks to buy now were ranked in ascending order based on the number of hedge funds holding stakes in them as of Q4 2024.
Why do we care about what hedge funds do? The reason is simple: our research has shown that we can outperform the market by imitating the top stock picks of the best hedge funds. Our quarterly newsletter’s strategy selects 14 small-cap and large-cap stocks every quarter and has returned 373.4% since May 2014, beating its benchmark by 218 percentage points (see more details here).
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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)
Number of Hedge Fund Holders: 234
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) is an American multinational technology conglomerate holding company that owns a collection of companies, the largest of which is Google. The company’s products and platforms include Search, Ads, Chrome, Cloud, YouTube, and Android. These are used by billions of people around the world. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) ranks among the best American stocks to buy in the tech sector.
In March 2025, Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) announced that Google has entered into an agreement to acquire Wiz, Inc., a leading cloud security platform for $32 billion. Wiz will become part of Google Cloud and this move is aimed at accelerating large and growing trends in the AI era, more particularly cloud security and the ability to use multiple clouds. Wiz delivers an easy-to-use security platform that connects to all major clouds and code environments to help organizations of all sizes prevent cybersecurity incidents. Wiz continues to deliver new products with strong adoption and has begun to deliver new categories of cybersecurity solutions over the past 12 months. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) can greatly benefit from this acquisition and strengthen Google Cloud’s position in the fast-growing cybersecurity and cloud computing sectors.
Overall, GOOGL ranks 4th on our list of the best American tech stocks to buy now. While we acknowledge the potential of GOOGL as an investment, our conviction lies in the belief that some AI stocks hold greater promise for delivering higher returns and doing so within a shorter time frame. There is an AI stock that went up since the beginning of 2025, while popular AI stocks lost around 25%. If you are looking for an AI stock that is more promising than GOOGL but that trades at less than 5 times its earnings, check out our report about the cheapest AI stock.
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