Needham already has a $1,350 price target on Alphabet (GOOG, GOOGL), but analyst Laura Martin sees 50% upside on the government breaking up the company. The analyst thinks a breakup of YouTube and Google would actually drive more value for the stock as the different division are run more efficiently. https://twitter.com/Stonefoxcapital/status/1138857136308576256!function(d,s,id){var js,fjs=d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0],p=/^http:/.test(d.location)?'http':'https';if(!d.getElementById(id)){js=d.createElement(s);js.id=id;js.src=p+"://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js";fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js,fjs);}}(document,"script","twitter-wjs"); Don't actually see Alphabet being broken up, but this is a great sign of how investors shouldn't really fear such an occurrence. Needham sees the stock hitting new highs of over $1,600 with YouTube having a value of $140 billion on its own. More research: Alphabet: Too Much Regulatory Fear Disclosure: No position