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Alphabet Inc. GOOG
$340.35 +1.62% Close, Oct 2, 2026 · NASDAQ · Market cap $4.13T
Strong growthStrong trend
Next earnings report: Oct 28, 2026
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Three things to know
- Diluted EPS over the last four quarters was $19.91, up 112.0% year over year.
- Earnings beat analyst estimates in each of the last 14 quarters (average surprise over the last four: +85.0%).
- The shares trade at 17.1× trailing earnings, lower than 95% of the company's own readings over the past five years.
PromtFinance scores
Each score is a percentile within the Communication Services sector (0–100). Under each score: how the stock ranks in its sector on every component. As of Oct 5, 2026.
Growth84Strong
How fast revenue, earnings and cash flow are growing.
- Revenue growth (TTM, YoY)Top 16%
- EPS growth (TTM, YoY)Top 14%
- FCF growth (TTM, YoY)Bottom 33%
- Revenue growth, 3-year CAGRTop 29%
- Revenue growth accelerationTop 21%
Quality79Positive
Returns on capital, margins, earnings quality and balance-sheet strength.
- Return on invested capitalTop 10%
- Gross marginTop 35%
- Operating marginTop 5%
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Bottom 13%
- Accruals (lower is better)Bottom 5%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
- Interest coverTop 4%
Value52Neutral
How cheap the shares are relative to earnings, cash flow and their own history.
- Earnings yieldTop 22%
- Free-cash-flow yieldBottom 26%
- EBITDA / enterprise valueTop 44%
- Sales / enterprise valueBottom 8%
- P/E vs own 5-year history (lower is better)Top 25%
Momentum81Strong
Strength and persistence of the price trend, including versus the S&P 500.
- 12-month return excluding last monthTop 20%
- 6-month returnTop 33%
- 1-year return vs S&P 500Top 17%
- Distance from 52-week highTop 23%
- Trend checklist (0–4)Top 15%
Revisions95Exceptional
Earnings surprises and analyst sentiment (estimate-revision history is being collected).
- Average EPS surprise, last 4 quartersTop 15%
- Consecutive EPS beatsTop 3%
- Share of analysts rating BuyTop 6%
- Upside to consensus price targetBottom 35%
Stability76Positive
Low volatility, shallow drawdowns, low market sensitivity and modest leverage.
- Volatility, 60 days (lower is better)Top 29%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 yearsTop 13%
- Beta vs S&P 500 (lower is better)Bottom 32%
- Net debt / EBITDA (lower is better)Top 27%
What changed
Latest four quarters versus the same period a year earlier (growth: versus one quarter earlier).
| Measure | Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (YoY) | 17.5% | 20.1% | ↑ |
| EPS growth (YoY) | 46.2% | 112.0% | ↑ |
| Gross margin | 58.9% | 60.9% | ↑ |
| Operating margin | 32.7% | 33.1% | ↑ |
| FCF margin | 18.0% | 11.9% | ↓ |
Fundamental momentum
| Measure | Now (TTM) | Year / quarter before | Sector rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue growth (TTM, YoY) | 20.1% | 17.5% | ↑ | Top 16% |
| EPS growth (TTM, YoY) | 112.0% | 46.2% | ↑ | Top 14% |
| Gross margin | 60.9% | 58.9% | ↑ | Top 35% |
| Operating margin | 33.1% | 32.7% | ↑ | Top 5% |
| Net margin | 54.8% | 31.1% | ↑ | — |
| Free-cash-flow margin | 11.9% | 18.0% | ↓ | — |
| Return on invested capital | 15.2% | — | Top 10% | |
| Revenue growth, 3-year CAGR | 12.5% | — | Top 29% |
Quality of earnings and balance sheet
- Cash conversion (OCF / net income)Above 1× means profits are backed by cash.
- 0.76×
- Accruals (net income − OCF) / assetsLower is better; high accruals can signal weaker earnings quality.
- 6.3%
- Stock-based compensation / revenueA cost to shareholders through dilution.
- 6.3%
- Receivables growth vs revenue growthReceivables growing much faster than sales can be a warning.
- +5.6 pp
- Net debt / EBITDABelow 1× is conservative; above 3× is high leverage.
- 0.18×
- Interest cover (operating income / interest)How many times operating profit covers interest.
- 84.3×
Shareholder returns
- Dividend yield (dividends paid, TTM)
- 0.25%
- Net buyback yield (TTM)
- -0.19%
- Shareholder yield
- 0.06%
- Share count change, 1 year
- +0.9%
- Share count change, 3-year CAGR
- -1.2%
Shareholder yield = dividends + net buybacks over the last four quarters, divided by market cap.
Based on the four quarters through Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Earnings and expectations
Earnings momentum
- Consecutive EPS beats
- 14
- Beats in the last 8 reports
- 8 of 8
- Average EPS surprise, last 4
- +85.0%
- Average 2-day reaction, last 8
- +0.7%
- Positive 20 days after report
- 5 of 8
Analysts
- Consensus price target
- $431.35
- Target vs current price
- +26.7%
- Analysts with a rating
- 79
- Share rating Buy or Strong Buy
- 87%
- Consensus rating
- Buy
How the stock reacted to recent reports
| Report date | EPS surprise | 2 days | 5 days | 20 days | 60 days |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | +217.4% | -1.2% | -3.9% | -1.4% | — |
| Apr 29, 2026 | +90.7% | -0.1% | +10.6% | +10.7% | -8.2% |
| Feb 4, 2026 | +7.2% | -2.2% | -6.5% | -10.9% | +12.1% |
| Oct 29, 2025 | +24.8% | +2.5% | +3.6% | +20.6% | +24.3% |
| Jul 23, 2025 | +6.0% | -0.3% | +2.2% | +5.4% | +31.0% |
| Apr 24, 2025 | +39.1% | +2.4% | +2.0% | +7.8% | +21.2% |
| Feb 4, 2025 | +1.4% | +2.5% | -7.1% | -14.8% | -20.6% |
| Oct 29, 2024 | +14.6% | +1.7% | +1.4% | +0.6% | +15.1% |
Returns from the close before each report. Past reactions do not determine future ones.
Earnings history
| Report date | EPS | Estimate | Surprise | Revenue |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jul 22, 2026 | $9.11 | $2.87 | +217.4% | $119.80B |
| Apr 29, 2026 | $5.11 | $2.68 | +90.7% | $109.90B |
| Feb 4, 2026 | $2.82 | $2.63 | +7.2% | $113.83B |
| Oct 29, 2025 | $2.87 | $2.30 | +24.8% | $102.35B |
| Jul 23, 2025 | $2.31 | $2.18 | +6.0% | $96.43B |
| Apr 24, 2025 | $2.81 | $2.02 | +39.1% | $90.23B |
| Feb 4, 2025 | $2.15 | $2.12 | +1.4% | $96.47B |
| Oct 29, 2024 | $2.12 | $1.85 | +14.6% | $88.27B |
Valuation in context
| Multiple | Now | 5-year median | 5-year percentile | Sector rank (cheapness) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.1× | 24.3× | 5th | Top 22% |
| P/E (forward) | 16.5× | — | — | — |
| EV / EBITDA | 12.9× | — | — | Top 44% |
| EV / Sales | 9.39× | — | — | Bottom 8% |
| Free-cash-flow yield | 1.29% | — | — | Bottom 26% |
| Earnings yield | 5.85% | — | — | Top 22% |
P/E over the past five years
Range 16.0× – 30.6× since Jun 30, 2021. Each point: price on the filing date divided by trailing-twelve-month EPS known then.
What moved the stock over the past year
- Price return, 1 year
- +38.6%
- Earnings per share growth (TTM)
- +112.0%
- Change in P/E multiple
- -22.3%
Most of the move came from earnings growth.
Technical state
Trend checklist
- ✓ Price above 20-day average
- ✗ Price above 50-day average
- ✓ Price above 200-day average
- ✓ 50-day average above 200-day
- ✗ MACD histogram positive
Trend quality
- Days above the 50-day average
- 0
- Days above the 200-day average
- 1
- 50-day average slope (20 days)
- -1.4%
- 200-day average slope (20 days)
- +0.9%
- Distance from 50-day average
- -0.4%
- Distance from 200-day average
- +0.9%
- RSI (14)
- 50.0
- Relative volume
- 0.99×
Risk and drawdowns
- Volatility, 60 days (annualized)
- 34.0%
- Volatility vs own 5-year history
- 66th percentile · Normal for this stock
- Beta vs S&P 500 (2 years, weekly)
- 1.17
- Correlation with S&P 500
- 0.55
- Current drawdown from 1-year high
- -14.7%
- Maximum drawdown, 3 years
- -29.4%
Largest declines in the past six years
| From peak | To low | Decline | Length | Recovery |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 18, 2021 | Nov 3, 2022 | -44.6% | 241 days | 306 days (Jan 25, 2024) |
| Feb 4, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | -29.4% | 44 days | 95 days (Aug 25, 2025) |
| Jul 10, 2024 | Sep 9, 2024 | -22.4% | 42 days | 66 days (Dec 11, 2024) |
| Feb 2, 2026 | Mar 30, 2026 | -20.8% | 39 days | 19 days (Apr 27, 2026) |
| May 13, 2026 | Jul 23, 2026 | -20.2% | 48 days | Not yet recovered |
Declines of 10% or more from a closing high, measured on daily closes.
Financial statements
- Market cap
- $4.13T
- P/E (TTM)
- 17.1
- EPS, diluted (TTM)
- $19.91
- Revenue (TTM)
- $445.87B
- Dividend yield
- 0.25%
- 52-week range
- $236.69 – $404.47
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $257.64B | $282.84B | $307.39B | $350.02B | $402.84B |
| Gross profit | $146.70B | $156.63B | $174.06B | $203.71B | $240.30B |
| Operating income | $78.71B | $74.84B | $84.29B | $112.39B | $129.16B |
| Net income | $76.03B | $59.97B | $73.80B | $100.12B | $132.17B |
| EPS (diluted) | $5.61 | $4.56 | $5.80 | $8.04 | $10.81 |
| Q3 2024 | Q4 2024 | Q1 2025 | Q2 2025 | Q3 2025 | Q4 2025 | Q1 2026 | Q2 2026 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Revenue | $88.27B | $96.47B | $90.23B | $96.43B | $102.35B | $113.83B | $109.90B | $119.80B |
| Net income | $26.30B | $26.54B | $34.54B | $28.20B | $34.98B | $34.45B | $62.58B | $112.19B |
| EPS (diluted) | $2.12 | $2.15 | $2.81 | $2.31 | $2.87 | $2.82 | $5.11 | $9.11 |
| FY 2021 | FY 2022 | FY 2023 | FY 2024 | FY 2025 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating cash flow | $91.65B | $91.50B | $101.75B | $125.30B | $164.71B |
| Capital expenditure | -$24.64B | -$31.48B | -$32.25B | -$52.53B | -$91.45B |
| Free cash flow | $67.01B | $60.01B | $69.50B | $72.76B | $73.27B |
| Dividends paid | $0 | $0 | $0 | -$7.36B | -$10.05B |
| Net share buybacks | -$50.27B | -$59.30B | -$61.50B | -$62.22B | -$45.71B |
Cash outflows are shown as negative numbers.
- Cash and short-term investments
- $242.47B
- Total assets
- $921.98B
- Total liabilities
- $281.50B
- Total debt
- $112.76B
- Net debt
- $56.84B
- Shareholders’ equity
- $640.48B
As of Jun 30, 2026 (filed Jul 23, 2026).
Dividends
| Ex-date | Amount | Paid |
|---|---|---|
| Sep 4, 2026 | $0.22 | Sep 14, 2026 |
| Jun 8, 2026 | $0.22 | Jun 15, 2026 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | $0.21 | Mar 16, 2026 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | $0.21 | Dec 15, 2025 |
| Sep 8, 2025 | $0.21 | Sep 15, 2025 |
| Jun 9, 2025 | $0.21 | Jun 16, 2025 |
| Mar 10, 2025 | $0.20 | Mar 17, 2025 |
| Dec 9, 2024 | $0.20 | Dec 16, 2024 |
Short interest
- Shares sold short
- 51,769,478
- Days to cover
- 3.35
- Change vs previous report
- +14.3%
FINRA short interest, settlement date Sep 15, 2026.
Stock splits
- Jul 18, 2022
- 20-for-1
- Mar 27, 2014
- 1,001-for-500