Google Gemini Is Just Getting More Popular. Does That Make GOOGL Stock a Buy Here?

With Alphabet's (GOOG) (GOOGL) Google Gemini seemingly poised to relegate ChatGPT to a distant second place in the consumer AI chatbot market and GOOGL stock changing hands at an attractive valuation, the shares are a buy for medium- and long-term investors. 

GOOG stock should also be lifted meaningfully over the longer term by the success of its cloud, chip, and subscription businesses. And the company's stellar fourth-quarter results indicate that it is performing at a very high level overall. But investors should be aware that the Department of Justice's ongoing litigation against Alphabet, along with adverse orders that a judge recently imposed on the firm, does make GOOGL stock more risky than many other huge tech names.