Jim Cramer’s Biggest Winners to Buy: Top 20 AI & Other Stocks He Got Right in 2026

14. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL)

Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q3 2025: 243

Number of Hedge Fund Holdings in Q1 2026: 265

Performance Since Cramer’s Remarks: 13.70%

Date/Month of Cramer’s Remarks: January 5th, 2026

Since the start of 2025, Jim Cramer has markedly changed his opinion about technology giant Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL). Early in 2025, the CNBC TV host was not only wary about buying the shares, but he also famously sold some as he was worried about the firm’s trouble with the Justice Department. However, as the year came to a close, he became increasingly optimistic about Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL). Cramer based his newfound optimism on the back of several factors, such as Google’s strength in cloud computing, video streaming, artificial intelligence, and search engines. Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) made key inroads into financial services AI on June 30th after it announced a partnership with FactSet. On June 22nd, the stock slipped by more than 5% after key AI executives departed the firm. Here is what Cramer said about Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOGL) in January:

“It’s interesting that NVIDIA, and Alphabet, Google, are rivals. True rivals, because Google spent a lot of money and has dealt with a lot of high-bandwidth memory.

“And therefore, remember, Alphabet has a special relationship with Apple. I do believe that Gemini’s going to be along for the ride, pay them more, and Gemini’s going to be the de-facto name. It’s going to be Anthropic for business-to-business. . . .for regular search, you’re going to go to Gemini cause it’s just superior to everyone. Now ChatGPT has a new iteration coming, maybe that one will be better.”