GOOGL Stock Analysis: Alphabet | NASDAQ
Internet Content & Information | NASDAQ, USA | Market Cap: 4.174.378m USD | 12M Return: 67.5% | Charts, Fundamentals & Technical Analysis
Avg Turnover: 10.5B
EPS Trend: 96.0%
Qual. Beats: 2
Rev. Trend: 99.6%
Qual. Beats: 6
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Seasonality 10.5 years of data
How good or bad each month usually is (without trend). The score below shows how much you can trust it: 0 = pure chance, >40 gets interesting and >55 is strong.
Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOGL) is a global technology holding company headquartered in Mountain View, California, incorporated in 1998. It operates through three segments: Google Services (Search, YouTube, Android, Chrome, Gmail, Maps, Play, and consumer hardware), Google Cloud (AI infrastructure, Vertex AI, Gemini enterprise, cybersecurity, and Google Workspace tools), and Other Bets (transportation and internet services such as Waymo). The company serves users and businesses across the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, generating the majority of its revenue through advertising across its owned-and-operated platforms, supplemented by cloud subscriptions and consumer offerings like YouTube TV and Google One.
Within the Communication Services sector under the Interactive Media & Services sub-industry, Alphabet competes alongside other large-cap digital platforms that monetize user attention through advertising and enterprise services. Its dual-class share structure (Class A) gives outside investors economic ownership but limits voting power, with controlling voting rights held by Class B shares - a governance model common among founder-led technology firms.
- Google Cloud margins turn profitable as AI demand scales
- DOJ antitrust ruling targets search default payments and distribution
- AI capex spending surge pressures near-term free cash flow margins
| Net Income: 244b TTM > 0 and > 6% of Revenue |
| FCF/TA: 0.05 > 0.02 and ΔFCF/TA -8.70 > 1.0 |
| NWC/Revenue: 48.75% < 20% (prev 21.25%; Δ 27.51% < -1%) |
| CFO/TA 0.19 > 3% & CFO 175b > Net Income 244b |
| Net Debt (-115b) to EBITDA (326b): -0.35 < 3 |
| Current Ratio: 2.72 > 1.5 & < 3 |
| Outstanding Shares: last quarter (12.3b) vs 12m ago 0.91% < -2% |
| Gross Margin: 60.90% > 18% (prev 58.94%; Δ 1.96% > 0.5%) |
| Asset Turnover: 62.63% > 50% (prev 73.98%; Δ -11.35% > 0%) |
| Interest Coverage Ratio: 218.5 > 6 (EBIT TTM 301b / Interest Expense TTM 1.38b) |
| A: 0.24 (Total Current Assets 344b - Total Current Liabilities 126b) / Total Assets 922b |
| B: 0.54 (Retained Earnings 493b / Total Assets 922b) |
| C: 0.42 (EBIT TTM 301b / Avg Total Assets 712b) |
| D: 2.28 (Book Value of Equity 640b / Total Liabilities 282b) |
| Altman-Z'' = 8.52 = AAA |
| DSRI: 1.05 (Receivables 69.2b/55.0b, Revenue 446b/371b) |
| GMI: 0.97 (GM 58.94% / 60.90%) |
| AQI: 1.10 (AQ_t 0.26 / AQ_t-1 0.24) |
| SGI: 1.20 (Revenue 446b / 371b) |
| TATA: 0.08 (NI 244b - CFO 175b) / TA 922b) |
| Beneish M = -2.80 (Cap -4..+1) = A |
As of July 24, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 317.69 with a total of 69,055,767 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by -10.37%, over one month by -8.22%, over three months by -6.20% and over the past year by +67.48%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 301.90 (which is 5% or 1.4 ATR below the current price).
Alphabet has received a consensus analysts rating of 4.41. Therefore, it is recommended to buy GOOGL.
- StrongBuy: 40
- Buy: 16
- Hold: 12
- Sell: 0
- StrongSell: 0
| Analysts Target Price | 433.6 | 36.5% |
P/E Trailing = 26.4571
P/E Forward = 24.6305
P/S = 9.8802
P/B = 8.8484
P/EG = 1.3668
Revenue TTM = 446b USD
EBIT TTM = 301b USD
EBITDA TTM = 326b USD
Long Term Debt = 98.2b USD (from longTermDebt, last quarter)
Short Term Debt = unknown (none)
Debt = 127b USD (from shortLongTermDebtTotal, last quarter) + Leases 14.6b
Net Debt = -115b USD (calculated: Debt 127b - CCE 242b)
Enterprise Value = 4059b USD (4174b + Debt 127b - CCE 242b)
Interest Coverage Ratio = 218.5 (Ebit TTM 301b / Interest Expense TTM 1.38b)
EV/FCF = 95.81x (Enterprise Value 4059b / FCF TTM 42.4b)
FCF Yield = 1.04% (FCF TTM 42.4b / Enterprise Value 4059b)
FCF Margin = 9.50% (FCF TTM 42.4b / Revenue TTM 446b)
Net Margin = 54.76% (Net Income TTM 244b / Revenue TTM 446b)
Gross Margin = 60.90% ((Revenue TTM 446b - Cost of Revenue TTM 174b) / Revenue TTM)
Gross Margin QoQ = 61.65% (prev 62.45%)
Tobins Q-Ratio = 4.40 (Enterprise Value 4059b / Total Assets 922b)
Interest Expense / Debt = 1.08% (Interest Expense 1.38b / Debt 127b)
Taxrate = 18.40% (55.1b / 299b)
NOPAT = 245b (EBIT 301b * (1 - 18.40%))
Current Ratio = 2.72 (Total Current Assets 344b / Total Current Liabilities 126b)
Debt / Equity = 0.20 (Debt 127b / totalStockholderEquity, last quarter 640b)
Debt / EBITDA = -0.35 (Net Debt -115b / EBITDA 326b)
Debt / FCF = -2.72 (Net Debt -115b / FCF TTM 42.4b)
Total Stockholder Equity = 480b (last 4 quarters mean from totalStockholderEquity)
RoA = 34.30% (Net Income 244b / Total Assets 922b)
RoE = 50.84% (Net Income TTM 244b / Total Stockholder Equity 480b)
RoCE = 51.94% (EBIT 301b / Capital Employed (Equity 480b + L.T.Debt 98.2b))
RoIC = 31.70% (NOPAT 245b / Invested Capital 774b)
WACC = 9.84% (E(4174b)/V(4302b) * Re(10.11%) + D(127b)/V(4302b) * Rd(1.08%) * (1-Tc(0.18)))
Discount Rate = 10.11% (= CAPM, Blume Beta Adj.)
Shares (quarterly) Correlation: -80.54 | Cagr: -0.78%
[DCF] Terminal Value 67.75% ; FCFF base≈52.1b ; Y1≈45.7b ; Y5≈36.9b
[DCF] Fair Price = 100.8 (EV 476b - Net Debt -115b = Equity 591b / Shares 5.87b; r=9.84% [WACC]; 5y FCF grow -15.0% → 2.50% )
EPS Correlation: 95.97 | EPS CAGR: 48.49% | SUE: 4.0 | # QB: 2
Revenue Correlation: 99.57 | Revenue CAGR: 15.14% | SUE: 2.74 | # QB: 6
EPS current Quarter (2026-09-30): EPS=3.01 | Chg30d=+0.38% | Revisions=-12% | Analysts=41
EPS current Year (2026-12-31): EPS=14.26 | Chg30d=+0.23% | Revisions=-10% | GrowthEPS=+31.9% | GrowthRev=+21.4%
EPS next Year (2027-12-31): EPS=14.71 | Chg30d=+1.73% | Revisions=+10% | GrowthEPS=+3.1% | GrowthRev=+19.9%
[Analyst] Revisions Ratio: -5% (up=9, down=10)