Alphabet Inc. (Class A)

Alphabet is the parent of Google, which dominates internet search, online advertising, the Android mobile system, YouTube and the Chrome browser, and it runs the fast-growing Google Cloud division. The group sits at the centre of the artificial-intelligence race, investing heavily in its Gemini models while defending the search franchise that still supplies most of its profit. Class A shares carry voting rights. Alphabet paid its first-ever dividend in 2024, a small quarterly distribution alongside a large buyback programme, marking a shift for a company that long returned cash only through repurchases. The yield is tiny and the dividend history brief, so this remains a growth stock first and an income stock a distant second. Its mid-range DiviScore reflects that newly minted, still nominal payout.