Cathie Wood’s investment arm Ark Invest has been actively trading in Alphabet’s Class A Google stock (NASDAQ: GOOGL) for years and remains in it for the long term. She changed her conservative methods and entered an aggressive buying spree in 2025 in a structural shift stretching right into 2026. Her investment arm has been regularly picking up GOOGL, and she remains among the top institutional buyers of the equity.
In Q3 of 2025, Cathie Wood scooped 205,000 Alphabet shares at an average closing price of $209.80. The investments were worth $43 million and began betting big on the company as it entered the AI space. In Q4 of 2025, she became further aggressive on the buying spree, adding 207,000 Alphabet shares for $286.99. The purchase was worth a staggering $55 million. While these are her biggest buys in Google stock, she has initiated many more buy orders on the equity.
When Google stock was trading at $319.97 in Q1 of 2026, she added 175,000 Alphabet shares in Ark Invest. The investment was worth a total of $56 million. On June 3, 2026, her most explosive purchase in Google stock was initiated while buying 267,582 Alphabet shares. She picked GOOG this time around roughly at the $358 level. This is the biggest purchase of 2026, standing at a whopping cost of $96 million.
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Google Stock: Cathie Wood Invested a Total of $250 Million From 2025, What’s Her Profit?
Cathie Wood’s total investment in Google stock from 2025 to 2026 is $250 million with 854,582 Alphabet shares. Google stock is currently trading at the $358 level on Friday. Therefore, Ark Invest’s portfolio in Google stock has grown to a record $306 million. That’s a straight unrealized profit of $56 million in less than two years. Ark Invest has shown remarkable decisions with its investments in Google stock. Their aggressive buying tactics have paid off with returns of nearly 22.5% in less than two years.