Alphabet Inc Class A GOOGL
Stock research in plain language · As of Oct 04, 2026 · updated once a week, after the trading week closes
What the company does
Alphabet Inc Class A is a mega-cap company in the Communication Services sector (Internet Content & Information), with a market value of $4.20T, based in the USA.
It employs about 198,933 people and has been listed since Aug 19, 2004.
Alphabet Inc. offers 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.
Cheap or expensive? relatively cheap
Its price-to-earnings (P/E) is 17.0 versus 27.9 for 4 direct peers — relatively cheap.
Revenue is growing 24% versus the same quarter last year.
On analysts' next-year forecasts the multiple rises to 22.8 — they expect lower earnings.
The average analyst price target is 429.36, 25% above the current price (their view, not ours).
The stock sits at 63% of its one-year range (0% = the low, 100% = the high).
The risks
- • More cash leaves than comes in (negative free cash flow).
Strengths
- ✅ Profitable — 94 of every 100 dollars of revenue stays as profit.
- ✅ More cash than debt.
- ✅ Most analysts rate it buy (56 vs 0).
- ✅ Revenue is growing 24% a year.
- ✅ Pays a dividend (0.2% a year).
What changed this week
Over the past week the stock fell 0.1% (for comparison: S&P 500 -0.2%, sector ETF XLC -2.3%).
No notable news about the company was found in the past week.
A description of facts from the filings and the market — not investment advice or a recommendation. "Cheap" and "expensive" are always relative to the comparison group.