Alphabet Class A (GOOGL)
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Alphabet Class A
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Rating:82Outperform
Price Target:
$446.00
▲(30.53% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:05/01/26
The score is driven primarily by very strong financial performance (high margins, conservative leverage, and large cash generation) and a positive earnings outlook led by Cloud/AI demand and backlog strength. Offsetting factors are stretched technical conditions (overbought RSI/Stoch), premium valuation with a low yield, and guidance signaling heavier CapEx and near-term margin/capacity constraints.
Positive Factors
Balance Sheet Strength
Very low leverage and a large equity base provide durable financial flexibility. This supports multi-year investments, sizeable R&D/CapEx, opportunistic M&A or buybacks, and resilience through macro cycles, preserving strategic optionality over the coming 2–6 months and beyond.
Negative Factors
Rising Capital Expenditure
Materially higher and growing CapEx will raise depreciation and data‑center operating costs, pressuring reported margins and free cash flow conversion. Over the next 2–6 months this creates durable P&L headwinds as new capacity ramps and depreciation catches up with investment.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Balance Sheet Strength
Very low leverage and a large equity base provide durable financial flexibility. This supports multi-year investments, sizeable R&D/CapEx, opportunistic M&A or buybacks, and resilience through macro cycles, preserving strategic optionality over the coming 2–6 months and beyond.
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Alphabet Class A (GOOGL) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$4.81T
Dividend Yield0.26%
Average Volume (3M)26.72M
Price to Earnings (P/E)13.9
Beta (1Y)1.17
Revenue Growth17.77%
EPS Growth46.22%
CountryUS
Employees185,719
SectorCommunication Services
Sector Strength97
IndustryInternet Content & Information
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)13.24
Shares Outstanding5,824,000,000
10 Day Avg. Volume23,344,457
30 Day Avg. Volume26,719,416
Financial Highlights & Ratios
PEG Ratio0.84
Price to Book (P/B)9.13
Price to Sales (P/S)9.41
P/FCF Ratio51.76
Enterprise Value/Market Cap1.01
Enterprise Value/Revenue11.52
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit19.08
Enterprise Value/Ebitda22.24
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$426.44Price Target Upside24.81% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering33
EPS Forecast (FY)13.94
Revenue Forecast (FY)$484.22B
Alphabet Class A Business Overview & Revenue Model
Company Description
Alphabet Inc. provides various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Servic...
How the Company Makes Money
Alphabet makes most of its revenue from advertising and also earns revenue from cloud services, platform/app distribution, hardware, and subscriptions.
1) Advertising (largest revenue stream)
- Google Search & other properties: Alphabet sells adv...
Alphabet Class A Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Any
Revenue by Geography
Breaks down sales by region so investors can see where Google’s core ad, cloud, and YouTube businesses are growing fastest, how reliant the company is on the U.S. market, and how currency and local regulations could impact future revenue.
Breaks down sales by region so investors can see where Google’s core ad, cloud, and YouTube businesses are growing fastest, how reliant the company is on the U.S. market, and how currency and local regulations could impact future revenue.
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The FlyAlphabet Class A Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Apr 29, 2026
(Q1-2026)
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Next Earnings Date:Jul 28, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call communicated very strong top‑line growth, exceptional profitability and substantial Cloud acceleration driven by AI demand (63% Cloud revenue growth, nearly 800% growth for GenAI‑built products, and a nearly doubled Cloud backlog). Product adoption and model usage metrics were robust (e.g., 16B tokens/min API usage, Gemini Enterprise PMAU +40% QoQ, 350M paid subscriptions). Offsetting risks include higher operating expenses, large and rising CapEx with associated depreciation, near‑term compute capacity constraints that capped Cloud growth, a small decline in network advertising, and continued losses in Other Bets. On balance, the positive operational and financial momentum substantially outweighs the challenges, although there are clear near‑term cost and capacity headwinds to manage.Positive Updates
Record Consolidated Revenue and Strong Profitability
Consolidated revenue of $109.9 billion, up 22% year‑over‑year (19% in constant currency). Operating income increased 30% to $39.7 billion with an operating margin of 36.1%. Net income rose 81% to $62.6 billion and diluted earnings per share increased 82% to $5.11.
Negative Updates
Rising Costs and Expense Pressure
Total cost of revenue rose 14% to $41.3 billion. Total operating expenses increased 24% to $28.9 billion with R&D up 26%, sales & marketing up 23% and G&A up 21%, driven by higher compensation, depreciation and marketing to support AI products.
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Q1-2026 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record Consolidated Revenue and Strong Profitability
Consolidated revenue of $109.9 billion, up 22% year‑over‑year (19% in constant currency). Operating income increased 30% to $39.7 billion with an operating margin of 36.1%. Net income rose 81% to $62.6 billion and diluted earnings per share increased 82% to $5.11.
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Company Guidance
Guidance highlights: for Q2 management expects an FX tailwind of about +1 percentage point (vs a +3 pp FX tailwind in Q1); full‑year 2026 CapEx was raised to $180–$190 billion (from $175–$185B) and 2027 CapEx is expected to increase significantly versus 2026; Google Cloud backlog nearly doubled sequentially to $462 billion and the company expects to recognize just over 50% of that backlog as revenue over the next 24 months; the company will begin delivering TPU hardware to select customer data centers (TPU hardware revenues may fluctuate quarter‑to‑quarter), with a small percent of those revenues expected later in 2026 and the majority in 2027; Wiz will be reported in Google Cloud and is expected to create a low single‑digit percentage‑point headwind to Cloud’s operating margin for the remainder of 2026.Alphabet Class A Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
92
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
90
Very Positive
Cash Flow
86
Very Positive
| Breakdown | TTM | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | ||||||
| Total Revenue | 422.57B | 402.96B | 350.02B | 307.39B | 282.84B | 257.64B |
| Gross Profit | 255.12B | 240.43B | 203.71B | 174.06B | 156.63B | 146.70B |
| EBITDA | 218.81B | 179.96B | 135.39B | 97.97B | 85.16B | 103.52B |
| Net Income | 160.21B | 132.17B | 100.12B | 73.80B | 59.97B | 76.03B |
Balance Sheet | ||||||
| Total Assets | 703.92B | 595.28B | 450.26B | 402.39B | 365.26B | 359.27B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 126.84B | 126.84B | 95.66B | 110.92B | 113.76B | 139.65B |
| Total Debt | 90.48B | 59.29B | 25.46B | 27.12B | 29.68B | 28.39B |
| Total Liabilities | 225.17B | 180.02B | 125.17B | 119.01B | 109.12B | 107.63B |
| Stockholders Equity | 478.75B | 415.26B | 325.08B | 283.38B | 256.14B | 251.63B |
Cash Flow | ||||||
| Free Cash Flow | 64.43B | 73.27B | 72.76B | 69.50B | 60.01B | 67.01B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 174.35B | 164.71B | 125.30B | 101.75B | 91.50B | 91.65B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -167.49B | -120.29B | -45.54B | -27.06B | -20.30B | -35.52B |
| Financing Cash Flow | 7.89B | -37.39B | -79.73B | -72.09B | -69.76B | -61.36B |
Alphabet Class A Technical Analysis
Positive
341.68
Price Trends
307.78
Positive
314.26
Positive
272.23
Positive
Market Momentum
8.80
Negative
72.64
Negative
96.39
Negative
Evaluating momentum and price trends is crucial in stock analysis to make informed investment decisions. For GOOGL, the sentiment is Positive. The current price of 341.68 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 306.07, above the 50-day MA of 307.78, and above the 200-day MA of 272.23, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 8.80 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 72.64 is Negative, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 96.39 is Negative, not indicating any strong overbought or oversold conditions. Overall, these indicators collectively point to a Positive sentiment for GOOGL.
Alphabet Class A Risk Analysis
Alphabet Class A disclosed 28 risk factors in its most recent earnings report. Alphabet Class A reported the most risks in the "Finance & Corporate" category.
Finance & Corporate - Financial and accounting risks. Risks related to the execution of corporate activity and strategy
Latest Risks Added 0 New Risks
Alphabet Class A Peers Comparison
UnderperformOutperform
Sector (60)
Name | Overall Rating | Market Cap | P/E Ratio | ROE | Dividend Yield | Revenue Growth | EPS Growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
86 Outperform | $3.08T | 21.63 | 33.13% | 0.44% | 17.87% | 29.63% | |
82 Outperform | $4.81T | 13.90 | 35.00% | 0.26% | 17.77% | 46.22% | |
82 Outperform | $4.22T | 30.94 | 159.94% | 0.41% | 12.76% | 28.91% | |
76 Outperform | $1.56T | 13.54 | 33.22% | 0.32% | 26.18% | 6.07% | |
74 Outperform | $2.96T | 18.49 | 21.87% | ― | 14.22% | 35.55% | |
60 Neutral | $48.67B | 4.58 | -11.27% | 4.14% | 2.83% | -41.78% | |
56 Neutral | $46.45B | 62.07 | 1.73% | ― | -2.93% | -81.11% |
* Communication Services Sector Average
GOOGL
Alphabet Class A
398.04
247.18
163.85%
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86.28
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META
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612.88
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MSFT
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413.96
-17.08
-3.96%
Alphabet Class A Corporate Events
Executive/Board Changes
Alphabet Grants New Long-Term Equity Awards to Executives
Positive
Apr 10, 2026
On April 7, 2026, Alphabet’s board committee approved substantial equity awards for top executives Anat Ashkenazi, Ruth Porat, Philipp Schindler, and Kent Walker, with the grants made on April 8, 2026 in a mix of performance stock units and ...
Executive/Board Changes
Alphabet announces resignation of principal accounting officer
Neutral
Apr 2, 2026
On March 30, 2026, Alphabet Inc. announced that Amie Thuener O’Toole had notified the company of her resignation as vice president, corporate controller, and principal accounting officer, effective April 9, 2026. Alphabet stated that her dep...
Business Operations and StrategyExecutive/Board Changes
Alphabet Grants New Triennial Equity Package to CEO
Positive
Mar 6, 2026
On March 4, 2026, Alphabet’s board-level compensation committee approved a new triennial equity package for CEO Sundar Pichai, keeping his $2 million annual salary unchanged and continuing to exclude any annual bonus. The award preserves the...
Business Operations and StrategyPrivate Placements and Financing
Alphabet Raises Multi-Currency Long-Term Funding via Debt Offering
Positive
Feb 13, 2026
On February 13, 2026, Alphabet Inc. closed concurrent underwritten public offerings of $20 billion in U.S. dollar-denominated senior notes and £5.5 billion in Sterling-denominated senior notes under its existing shelf registration. The multi-...
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