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Should I sell GOOGL
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:18 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 12:18 am
A probably silly question to ask from a small time investor…..
I own just over 15 shares of Google in my Roth IRA. As of close this evening it was up 193.56% from when I bought it. (Definitely wish I had bought more). With the 15+ shares I own of it, it nets me a whopping $3.17 in quarterly dividends, which I just reinvest in it.
I’ve been accumulating QQQi for a time and this past month I received a monthly dividend of over $105, which is reinvested.
At this point, with so little shares should I keep riding this wave? Or should I just cash that out and put that into QQQi as well?
Seems like the latter would be the smart move, but for some reason I’m battling selling those few shares and holding them for even longer?
I own just over 15 shares of Google in my Roth IRA. As of close this evening it was up 193.56% from when I bought it. (Definitely wish I had bought more). With the 15+ shares I own of it, it nets me a whopping $3.17 in quarterly dividends, which I just reinvest in it.
I’ve been accumulating QQQi for a time and this past month I received a monthly dividend of over $105, which is reinvested.
At this point, with so little shares should I keep riding this wave? Or should I just cash that out and put that into QQQi as well?
Seems like the latter would be the smart move, but for some reason I’m battling selling those few shares and holding them for even longer?
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Posted on 5/1/26 at 1:08 am to Ballstein32
It is an absolute monster.
I wouldn’t.
GOOG is, and will continue to destroy, any dividend scheme ever contrived.
Don’t think of it in terms of the minuscule dividend. Look at that GROWTH!
I don’t know who you are, but $5,500 is still money.
There’s only one question.
Are you comfortable that it can get to 11k elsewhere?
I wouldn’t.
GOOG is, and will continue to destroy, any dividend scheme ever contrived.
Don’t think of it in terms of the minuscule dividend. Look at that GROWTH!
I don’t know who you are, but $5,500 is still money.
There’s only one question.
Are you comfortable that it can get to 11k elsewhere?
Posted on 5/1/26 at 4:39 am to Ballstein32
So In April, you made $1,100 on an $8,500 investment in QQQi, and $1,700 on a $4,100 investment in GOOGL. Now you’re asking if you should sell GOOGL because of its irrelevant dividend?
To be fair, April was an excellent month for both investments. Most months won’t be like that, If they are both going up, googl’s growth will typically outperform QQQi’s dividend.
Only sell alphabet if you think they will lose the AI arm’s race, and the erosion of google search revenue will be greater than anticipated. They are definitely spending tons of money on innovation. If they go down, it will be with guns blazing rather than riding off into the sunset.
To be fair, April was an excellent month for both investments. Most months won’t be like that, If they are both going up, googl’s growth will typically outperform QQQi’s dividend.
Only sell alphabet if you think they will lose the AI arm’s race, and the erosion of google search revenue will be greater than anticipated. They are definitely spending tons of money on innovation. If they go down, it will be with guns blazing rather than riding off into the sunset.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 5:04 am to Ballstein32
Depends on what you think Alphabet's future might be. I sold it at 280 because the PE was climbing and they are a significant piece of the SP500. Then I shortly started having regrets. Sure, search is still big and will be powered by AI. However, they are making 20 billion a quarter on cloud revenue. They own waymo. They have 6% of SpaceX. YouTube and other sources may grow too. Berkshire Hathaway recently bet on them. Seems like search might be an easy way to monetize AI rather than be consumed by it.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:48 am to Ballstein32
Don't sell. This happens to be my favorite stock for the next few years. I am also long NVDA, but like Goog more for the next few years.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:00 am to Ballstein32
quote:CNBC
Quietly, shares of Google-parent Alphabet
are on the verge of topping $5 trillion, and overtaking AI-leader Nvidia
as the world’s most valuable company.
And according to options prices, it may happen sooner rather than later.
The breakout in shares of Alphabet after a 10% surge on Thursday brings the company’s 1-year gain to 140% and a market capitalization over $4.6 trillion. The company reported revenue Wednesday that beat analyst estimates and Google Cloud revenue that surpassed $20 billion.
At the same time, the world’s biggest company — AI Kingpin Nvidia, now trading with a market cap under $4.9 trillion — is down more than 6% in two days following a Wall Street Journal report that business partner OpenAI missed internal revenue and growth estimates.
If Nvidia doesn’t rally into or after its report on May 20 — and the stock has indeed fallen after four of its last five earnings reports — the options market says odds are Alphabet will trade as the world’s biggest company as early as May 15.
Here’s the math: for Alphabet to achieve Nvidia’s current market cap, the stock needs to rally another 4% or so, to roughly $401 per share.
Based on the premiums paid for call contracts around that strike, options traders are assigning about a 53% chance it could touch that level at any point between now and May 15.
The odds Alphabet will close above $400 exactly on May 22, the Friday after NVIDIA earnings is about 30%, according to data from ThinkOrSwim.
The last time Alphabet was the world’s most valuable company was in 2016, when it briefly nudged Apple from the top spot.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 10:32 am to Ballstein32
quote:
I own just over 15 shares of Google in my Roth IRA. As of close this evening it was up 193.56% from when I bought it. (Definitely wish I had bought more). With the 15+ shares I own of it, it nets me a whopping $3.17 in quarterly dividends, which I just reinvest in it.
A beautiful thing! Why? This stock is about capital appreciation, not dividends. Your value comes from growth and subsequent reinvestment into itself for future growth, that you will reap in stock price rise (unrealized gains…unrealized b/c you still hold / did not sell).
You are not taxed (yet) on unrealized gains.
You are taxed on dividends and as ordinary income taxes (typically higher than capital gains).
We have / hold GOOGL for this reason: high capital gain, low dividend.
If you do ever sell, it is possible that your 193% gain will be taxed at 0% (eg, if less than $94k AGI in 2026 if married filing jointly, for example only) or 15% or 20%, depending on your AGI.
Capital gains are generally taxed lower (much) than ordinary income.
GOOGL is a beautiful example.
High dividend stocks are typically in more sunset industries (eg, oil & gas). In these companies, the next big investment of its capital may not be as valuable (in return and time) as say a stock buy-back (of its own stocks to reduce its number of shares on market / support higher share price) and dividends to shareholders. Therefore, higher dividends come.
If you are looking for income (dividends) over capital appreciation (unrealized gains in stock price rise), then you might look to oil & gas as one (of many) example of relatively high divided yield.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 10:46 am
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:36 am to Ballstein32
No. You WILL regret it.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:37 am to GrapevineTigah
quote:They have a massive stake in Anthropic too.
They own waymo. They have 6% of SpaceX. YouTube and other sources may grow too. Berkshire Hathaway recently bet on them. Seems like search might be an easy way to monetize AI rather than be consumed by it.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 11:50 am to Ballstein32
nothing wrong with taking a small amount of profits if you have something in mind for that cash (I just did the same).
no way I'd liquidate a substantial part of the position, much less the entire amount.
no way I'd liquidate a substantial part of the position, much less the entire amount.
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:09 pm to Ballstein32
Never sell. I put in 30k four years ago and it is now worth over 3x as much. I’m holding for at least 20 more years .
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:42 pm to Ballstein32
Selling the GOOGL monster when AI is just taking off with them front and center.Are you like 60 or something? do you need dividends right away? I only have about 15 shares of GOOGL myself because i do mostly div stocks but do own some growths stocks and this is one of them. Would not sell.
This post was edited on 5/1/26 at 7:43 pm
Posted on 5/1/26 at 7:56 pm to Ballstein32
Google should be one of your cornerstones of your portfolio
Posted on 5/1/26 at 9:01 pm to Ballstein32
absolutely not.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 12:00 am to Ballstein32
Google looks on schedule to be the world’s first $10T company. QQQI is some trash covered call ETF.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 5:09 am to Ballstein32
Qqqi is at a distinct disadvantage because of the tax implications if we are just comparing money in, money out without knowing anything else. Doesnt it make more sense to compare googl to qqq?
Eta: Oh, glossed over the roth part
Eta: Oh, glossed over the roth part
This post was edited on 5/2/26 at 7:58 am
Posted on 5/2/26 at 6:00 am to Ballstein32
OP is talking investments held in a ROTH so tax implications mentioned in several responses are largely irrelevant. That said, I'd prefer long term growth over dividends even without the tax drag issues.
Posted on 5/2/26 at 6:07 am to Ballstein32
quote:
A probably silly question to ask from a small time investor….. I own just over 15 shares of Google in my Roth IRA
Why do we do this. You know how many ppl don’t have 15 shares of google….
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