Alphabet Class A (GOOGL)
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Alphabet Class A
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Rating:77Outperform
Price Target:
$361.00
▲(7.08% Upside)
Action:ReiteratedDate:04/11/26
The score is driven by strong underlying financial performance and favorable technical trend signals. It is tempered by premium valuation and near-term margin/free-cash-flow risk from the sizable 2026 investment ramp and rising depreciation/expenses highlighted on the earnings call.
Positive Factors
Market leadership & diversified revenue
Alphabet’s dominant search, video and platform ecosystems generate wide-reaching network effects and diversified monetization across ads, subscriptions and platform fees. Sustained scale (record $403B sales) and strong Search and YouTube engagement underpin durable revenue resilience and cross‑product monetization optionality.
Negative Factors
Very large CapEx ramp & capital intensity
A planned CapEx doubling in 2026 materially increases capital intensity and execution demands, raising depreciation and near‑term cash outlays. Over 2–6 months this raises free cash flow volatility and execution risk (supply, land, power), requiring sustained efficiency and utilization to avoid weakening returns on the investment base.
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Positive Factors
Negative Factors
Market leadership & diversified revenue
Alphabet’s dominant search, video and platform ecosystems generate wide-reaching network effects and diversified monetization across ads, subscriptions and platform fees. Sustained scale (record $403B sales) and strong Search and YouTube engagement underpin durable revenue resilience and cross‑product monetization optionality.
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Alphabet Class A (GOOGL) vs. SPDR S&P 500 ETF (SPY)
Market Cap
$4.06T
Dividend Yield0.26%
Average Volume (3M)27.64M
Price to Earnings (P/E)28.7
Beta (1Y)1.17
Revenue Growth15.22%
EPS Growth34.19%
CountryUS
Employees185,719
SectorCommunication Services
Sector Strength97
IndustryInternet Content & Information
Share Statistics
EPS (TTM)2.82
Shares Outstanding5,822,000,000
10 Day Avg. Volume23,790,734
30 Day Avg. Volume27,639,377
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/Revenue10.19
Enterprise Value/Gross Profit17.08
Enterprise Value/Ebitda22.72
Forecast
1Y Price Target
$385.97Price Target Upside14.49% Upside
Rating ConsensusStrong Buy
Number of Analyst Covering31
EPS Forecast (FY)11.5
Revenue Forecast (FY)$471.05B
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 revenue across different regions, revealing where the company is strongest and where it may face risk or growth potential due to local economic conditions or market share shifts.
Breaks down revenue across different regions, revealing where the company is strongest and where it may face risk or growth potential due to local economic conditions or market share shifts.
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The FlyAlphabet Class A Earnings Call Summary
Earnings Call Date:Feb 04, 2026
(Q4-2025)
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Next Earnings Date:Apr 29, 2026
Earnings Call Sentiment Positive
The call portrayed a strongly positive growth trajectory driven by AI: record revenues, rapid Cloud acceleration, broad Gemini adoption, major efficiency gains, and robust cash generation. These positives were balanced by material near-term costs — large CapEx guidance, rising depreciation, higher operating expenses, and a one-time Waymo charge — and ongoing supply/capacity constraints. Overall, the business momentum and monetization wins from AI appear to outweigh the investment-related headwinds, but investors should monitor capital intensity and expense growth as 2026 investments ramp.Positive Updates
Record Annual Revenue
Alphabet annual consolidated revenues exceeded $400 billion for the first time, reaching $403.0 billion for fiscal 2025, up 15% year over year on a reported and constant currency basis.
Negative Updates
Rising Costs and Operating Expenses
Total operating expenses increased 29% to $32.1 billion in Q4. R&D expense rose 42% (driven by compensation and depreciation), and total cost of revenue increased 13% to $45.8 billion.
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Q4-2025 Updates
Positive
Negative
Record Annual Revenue
Alphabet annual consolidated revenues exceeded $400 billion for the first time, reaching $403.0 billion for fiscal 2025, up 15% year over year on a reported and constant currency basis.
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Company Guidance
Alphabet guided to a sizable investment ramp in 2026, forecasting capital expenditures of $175–$185 billion (versus $91.4 billion for full‑year 2025 and $27.9 billion in Q4), and said investments will ramp over the course of the year to add AI compute capacity; at current spot rates they expect an FX tailwind to Q1 revenues (but warned FX volatility could change that). Management expects depreciation—which rose ~38% from $15.3 billion in 2024 to $21.1 billion in 2025—to accelerate in Q1 and increase meaningfully for the full year, will keep hiring in AI and Cloud, expects just over half of ML compute in 2026 to serve Cloud, and cautioned that supply availability, component pricing, and payment timing can create variability in reported CapEx.Alphabet Class A Financial Statement Overview
Summary
Income Statement
88
Very Positive
Balance Sheet
90
Very Positive
Cash Flow
78
Positive
| Breakdown | Dec 2025 | Dec 2024 | Dec 2023 | Dec 2022 | Dec 2021 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Income Statement | |||||
| Total Revenue | 402.96B | 350.02B | 307.39B | 282.84B | 257.64B |
| Gross Profit | 240.43B | 203.71B | 174.06B | 156.63B | 146.70B |
| EBITDA | 179.96B | 135.39B | 97.97B | 85.16B | 103.52B |
| Net Income | 132.17B | 100.12B | 73.80B | 59.97B | 76.03B |
Balance Sheet | |||||
| Total Assets | 595.28B | 450.26B | 402.39B | 365.26B | 359.27B |
| Cash, Cash Equivalents and Short-Term Investments | 126.84B | 95.66B | 110.92B | 113.76B | 139.65B |
| Total Debt | 72.03B | 25.46B | 27.12B | 29.68B | 28.39B |
| Total Liabilities | 180.02B | 125.17B | 119.01B | 109.12B | 107.63B |
| Stockholders Equity | 415.26B | 325.08B | 283.38B | 256.14B | 251.63B |
Cash Flow | |||||
| Free Cash Flow | 73.27B | 72.76B | 69.50B | 60.01B | 67.01B |
| Operating Cash Flow | 164.71B | 125.30B | 101.75B | 91.50B | 91.65B |
| Investing Cash Flow | -120.29B | -45.54B | -27.06B | -20.30B | -35.52B |
| Financing Cash Flow | -37.39B | -79.73B | -72.09B | -69.76B | -61.36B |
Alphabet Class A Technical Analysis
Positive
337.12
Price Trends
307.67
Positive
313.30
Positive
270.60
Positive
Market Momentum
6.24
Negative
71.34
Negative
98.89
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 337.12 is above the 20-day moving average (MA) of 302.93, above the 50-day MA of 307.67, and above the 200-day MA of 270.60, indicating a bullish trend. The MACD of 6.24 indicates Negative momentum. The RSI at 71.34 is Negative, neither overbought nor oversold. The STOCH value of 98.89 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
80 Outperform | $3.91T | 23.95 | 159.94% | 0.41% | 10.07% | 25.58% | |
77 Outperform | $4.06T | 28.69 | 35.00% | 0.26% | 15.22% | 34.19% | |
74 Outperform | $1.70T | 27.52 | 30.56% | 0.32% | 22.17% | -2.66% | |
74 Outperform | $3.05T | 23.36 | 33.61% | 0.71% | 16.67% | 28.60% | |
73 Outperform | $2.67T | 31.67 | 21.87% | ― | 11.48% | 50.70% | |
60 Neutral | $48.67B | 4.58 | -11.27% | 4.14% | 2.83% | -41.78% | |
46 Neutral | $38.58B | 62.07 | 1.73% | ― | -2.70% | -56.75% |
* Communication Services Sector Average
GOOGL
Alphabet Class A
337.12
186.48
123.80%
AMZN
Amazon
248.50
75.89
43.97%
AAPL
Apple
266.43
70.31
35.85%
BIDU
Baidu
120.94
38.35
46.43%
META
Meta Platforms
671.58
171.66
34.34%
MSFT
Microsoft
411.22
45.40
12.41%
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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