- Ark Invest, led by Cathie Wood, has invested a total of $250 million in Alphabet (GOOGL) stock from 2025 through mid-2026.
- The firm’s most aggressive purchase occurred on June 3, 2026, when it bought 267,582 shares at roughly $358 per share, costing $96 million.
- As of Friday, the portfolio is valued at $306 million, representing an unrealized profit of $56 million, or a return of approximately 22.5%.
Cathie Wood’s investment arm, Ark Invest, has been a long-term holder of Alphabet’s Class A Google stock (NASDAQ: GOOGL), but it shifted into an aggressive buying spree in 2025 that has continued into 2026. According to Cathie Wood’s investment arm Ark Invest, the firm has become one of the top institutional buyers of the equity, regularly picking up shares as the company expands into the AI space.
In Q3 of 2025, the firm scooped 205,000 shares at an average closing price of $209.80, an investment worth $43 million. Consequently, the buying spree intensified in Q4 of 2025, with an additional 207,000 shares purchased for $286.99 each, totaling $55 million. When Alphabet’s Class A Google stock (NASDAQ: GOOGL) traded at $319.97 in Q1 of 2026, Ark Invest added 175,000 shares for $56 million.
The firm’s most explosive purchase occurred on June 3, 2026, when it bought 267,582 shares at roughly the $358 level, costing a staggering $96 million. Consequently, Cathie Wood’s total investment in Google stock from 2025 to 2026 reached $250 million with 854,582 shares. With Google stock currently trading at the $358 level, Ark Invest’s portfolio has grown to a record $306 million. That represents a straight unrealized profit of $56 million in less than two years, yielding returns of nearly 22.5%.
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