Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Stock Price & Analysis

Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) closed at USD 320.76 on Thursday, October 22, 2026, down 3.08% on the day. The US market is currently closed (pre-market); this is not a live price.

The prior close was USD 330.95; the Oct 22, 2026 session ranged USD 318.45–327.7 on volume of 21,055,559 shares. Market capitalization is $3.92T, with a 52-week range of USD 252.77–404.47 (NMS). Source: Nexqual, retrieved October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

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Key facts (GOOG)

Financials (SEC 10-K; TTM = last four 10-Q/10-K quarters) (GOOG)

USDFY2021FY2022FY2023FY2024FY2025TTM
Revenue$258B$283B$307B$350B$403B$446B
Gross profit$147B$157B$174B$204B$240B—
Operating income$78.7B$74.8B$84.3B$112B$129B$148B
Net income$76.0B$60.0B$73.8B$100B$132B$244B
EPS (diluted)$5.61$4.56$5.80$8.04$10.81—
Free cash flow$67.0B$60.0B$69.5B$72.8B$73.3B$53.3B
Gross margin56.9%55.4%56.6%58.2%59.7%—
Operating margin30.6%26.5%27.4%32.1%32.0%33.1%
Net margin29.5%21.2%24.0%28.6%32.8%54.8%
Revenue growth+41.2%+9.8%+8.7%+13.9%+15.1%—
Cash + short-term investments$140B$114B$111B$95.7B$127B—
Total debt$15.4B$15.3B$13.0B$12.0B$49.1B—

Fiscal years end Dec. EPS is split-adjusted.

Valuation (price ÷ last four quarters, through Jun 30, 2026) (GOOG)

P/E 16.1x · P/E ex non-operating (est.) ≈32.6x · P/S 8.8x · EV/EBITDA 21.9x · EV/Sales 8.5x · P/FCF 73.6x · P/B 6.1x · FCF yield 1.36% · Earnings yield 6.23% · Buyback yield (TTM) 0.44% · Net cash $142B · EV $3.78T

P/E at fiscal year-ends: Dec 2025 29.0x, Dec 2024 23.7x, Dec 2023 24.3x.

Superinvestors (SEC 13F-HR, Q2 2026) (GOOG)

49 of 80 tracked investors hold GOOG (2 investors on Q3 2026, filed early). Each row is the investor's latest 13F; change is vs their prior-quarter share count.

InvestorFirm% of portfolioValueChangeQuarter
Li LuHimalaya Capital Management47.94%$1.78BUnchangedQ2 2026
Lindsell Train17.49%$460MReduced -24.5%Q2 2026
Ruane CunniffRuane Cunniff LP16.17%$1.04BReduced -4.8%Q2 2026
Bryan LawrenceOakcliff Capital15.55%$41.7MUnchangedQ2 2026
Warren BuffettBerkshire Hathaway12.62%$37.8BAdded +83.2%Q2 2026
First Pacific Advisors12.23%$974MReduced -9.1%Q2 2026
Thomas RussoGardner Russo & Quinn12.11%$1.08BReduced -9.0%Q2 2026
Francis ChouChou Associates11.81%$25.6MUnchangedQ2 2026
Francois RochonGiverny Capital10.92%$325MReduced -5.5%Q2 2026
Josh TarasoffGreenlea Lane Capital9.82%$35.7MUnchangedQ2 2026
Daniel LoebThird Point9.53%$443MAdded +1342.9%Q2 2026
David RolfeWedgewood Partners9.39%$45.5MReduced -18.3%Q2 2026
William Von MuefflingCantillon Capital Management9.19%$61.1MReduced -95.4%Q2 2026
Triple Frond Partners9.19%$103MReduced -17.5%Q2 2026
Thomas GaynerMarkel Group8.96%$1.18BUnchangedQ2 2026
Seth KlarmanBaupost Group8.95%$485MAdded +16.1%Q2 2026
David AbramsAbrams Capital Management8.94%$490MReduced -26.6%Q2 2026
David TepperAppaloosa Management8.75%$654MAdded +6.8%Q2 2026
Chase ColemanTiger Global Management8.65%$2.07BReduced -45.4%Q2 2026
Chris HohnTCI Fund Management8.32%$4.39BAdded +9.6%Q2 2026
John ArmitageEgerton Capital7.28%$715MReduced -36.2%Q3 2026
Jensen Investment Management6.91%$285MReduced -45.0%Q2 2026
Polen CapitalPolen Capital Management6.67%$775MReduced -26.3%Q2 2026
Wallace WeitzWeitz Investment Management6.56%$94.7MReduced -17.9%Q2 2026
Samantha McLemorePatient Capital Management6.24%$188MReduced -1.5%Q2 2026
Kahn BrothersKahn Brothers Group6.21%$35.0MUnchangedQ2 2026
Vulcan Value Partners5.80%$191MReduced -20.3%Q2 2026
Torray Funds5.68%$42.1MAdded +893.8%Q2 2026
Mairs & PowerMairs & Power Funds5.63%$614MAdded +4.2%Q2 2026
Christopher DavisDavis Advisors5.36%$1.25BReduced -7.2%Q2 2026
Yacktman Asset Management4.93%$399MAdded +0.2%Q2 2026
Terry SmithFundsmith4.64%$634MReduced -40.0%Q2 2026
First Eagle InvestmentFirst Eagle Investment Management4.62%$2.77BReduced -8.9%Q2 2026
Lee AinslieMaverick Capital4.60%$510MAdded +65.3%Q2 2026
Dodge & Cox FundsDodge & Cox4.21%$8.04BReduced -1.0%Q2 2026
David KatzMatrix Asset Advisors3.96%$48.1MAdded +1.0%Q3 2026
Bill NygrenOakmark Funds3.89%$2.92BReduced -11.6%Q2 2026
Tweedy Browne3.83%$50.5MReduced -28.8%Q2 2026
Duan YongpingH&H International Investment3.64%$696MReduced -46.9%Q2 2026
Van Den Berg Management I3.38%$16.0MReduced -2.9%Q2 2026
Robert VinallRV Capital GmbH3.04%$11.6MUnchangedQ2 2026
Harry BurnSound Shore2.56%$83.2MReduced -9.0%Q2 2026
Sarah KettererCauseway Capital Management1.21%$112MReduced -6.3%Q2 2026
Stephen MandelLone Pine Capital0.47%$77.0MAdded +14.9%Q2 2026
AltaRock Partners0.35%$15.0MReduced -3.2%Q2 2026
Hillman CapitalHillman Capital Management0.26%$365KReduced -8.7%Q2 2026
Glenn GreenbergBrave Warrior Advisors0.19%$8.6MUnchangedQ2 2026
Richard PzenaPzena Investment Management0.18%$61.2MUnchangedQ2 2026
Christopher BloomstranSemper Augustus0.13%$1.1MUnchangedQ2 2026

Analysts (GOOG)

Consensus Buy (mean 1.87 on a 1–5 scale), 61 analysts; mean target USD 422.36 (low 340, high 485).

Rating changes, last 120 days:

DateFirmActionRatingPrice target
2026-10-15JP MorganTarget raisedOverweight$420 → $425
2026-10-14UBSTarget raisedNeutral$379 → $380
2026-10-08TD CowenTarget raisedBuy$475 → $485
2026-07-23JP MorganTarget loweredOverweight$460 → $420
2026-07-23TD CowenReiteratedBuy$475
2026-07-23OppenheimerTarget loweredOutperform$445 → $400

Total return (dividends reinvested) (GOOG)

1Y (from 2025-10-23)5Y (from 2021-10-18)
Total return+26.8%+133.6%
S&P 500 (SPY)+14.9%+80.3%
Per year+26.9%+18.4%
Volatility (annualized)31.0%32.0%
Max drawdown-20.8% (Feb 2026→Mar 2026)-42.2% (Nov 2021→Oct 2022)

GOOG revenue by business segment (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026)

LineRevenueShare of totalYoY
Google Services$94.54B78.9%+14.5%
Google Cloud$24.77B20.7%+81.8%
All Other Segments$382.0M0.3%+2.4%
Total revenue$119.80B100%—

GOOG revenue by product line (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026)

LineRevenueShare of totalYoY
Google Advertising Revenue$81.63B68.1%+14.4%
— Google Search Other (part of Google Advertising Revenue)$63.27B52.8%+16.8%
— You Tube Advertising Revenue (part of Google Advertising Revenue)$11.05B9.2%+12.9%
— Google Network (part of Google Advertising Revenue)$7.30B6.1%-0.7%
Subscriptions Platforms & Devices Revenue$12.91B10.8%+15.2%
Total revenue$119.80B100%—

GOOG revenue by region (quarter ended Jun 30, 2026)

LineRevenueShare of totalYoY
United States$60.85B50.8%+32.1%
EMEA$32.50B27.1%+15.0%
Asia Pacific$19.32B16.1%+17.2%
Americas Excluding United States$7.03B5.9%+22.5%
Total revenue$119.80B100%—

As tagged by the company in its SEC 10-Q / 10-K filings (XBRL).

Companies that name GOOG in their SEC reports

Relationship to GOOGCompanyFilingSentence
competitorTREASURE GLOBAL INC (TGL)10-K Oct 13, 2026“The resulting promotion of Google's own competing products in its web search results has negatively impacted the search ranking of our website.”
customerIDT CORP (IDT)10-K Sep 29, 2026“We utilize AWS' and Google Cloud's high availability configurations using multiple availability zones and, in some cases, we have services deployed in multiple AWS regions.”
partnerAIRWA INC. (YYAI)10-K Sep 21, 2026“partners, resellers, and other intermediaries that have relationships with Google, Meta, TikTok and other digital advertising platforms”
competitorNutanix, Inc. (NTNX)10-K Sep 18, 2026“providers of public cloud infrastructure and SaaS-based offerings, such as AWS, Google Cloud, Oracle Cloud, and Azure; and”
customerInnovation Beverage Group Ltd (IBG)20-F Sep 17, 2026“brand awareness, paid media spend (from retailers) and, through our experience, Google's tendency to rank brand and supplier websites”
supplierLuxExperience B.V. (LUXE)20-F Sep 16, 2026“Further, digital platforms such as Apple and Google have announced changes to their privacy policies that, as implemented, could adversely affect our ability to provide more relevant online advertisements to the most relevant potential customers.”
competitorPalo Alto Networks Inc (PANW)10-K Sep 10, 2026“•large companies that incorporate security or observability features in their products, such as Alphabet Inc., Cisco Systems, Inc., and Microsoft Corporation, or those that have acquired, or may acquire, security vendors and have the technical and financial resources to bring competitive solutions to the market;”
supplierIBEX Ltd (IBEX)10-K Sep 10, 2026“We derive a significant portion of our customer acquisition website traffic from consumers who search products or services using Internet search engines, such as Google and Bing.”
competitorIREN Ltd (IREN)10-K Aug 27, 2026“As a global AI Cloud Services provider, we compete with hyperscalers, including Amazon Web Services, Google Cloud, Microsoft Azure and Oracle Cloud, as well as specialized AI Cloud Services providers, including CoreWeave, Nebius, Crusoe, Lambda, Nscale, SpaceX and others.”
competitorQUINSTREET, INC (QNST)10-K Aug 26, 2026“Some of our competition also comes from agencies or clients spending directly with larger websites or portals, including Google, Yahoo!, Microsoft and Meta.”
customerUbiquiti Inc. (UI)10-K Aug 21, 2026“We rely on third party service providers, such as G-Suite, Google Cloud and Amazon Web Services, to provide distributed computing infrastructure platforms for business operations, or what is commonly referred to as a "cloud" computing service.”
competitorChronoScale Holdings Corp (CHRN)10-K Aug 19, 2026“We also compete with general purpose cloud computing providers including Amazon (AWS), Google (Google Cloud Platform), Microsoft (Azure), and Oracle.”
partnerBRINKER INTERNATIONAL, INC (EAT)10-K Aug 19, 2026“Our To-Go menu is available through the Chili's mobile app, chilis.com, our delivery partners DoorDash, Uber Eats, and Grubhub, Google Food Ordering or by calling the restaurant directly.”
partnerKNOREX LTD. (KNRX)20-F Aug 19, 2026“commitment to excellence has been recognized by our industry partners, including being enlisted as a Meta Business Partner and Google”
competitorEXTREME NETWORKS INC (EXTR)10-K Aug 17, 2026“In that regard, we expect to face increased competition from certain cloud computing companies such as Amazon, Microsoft, and Google providing a cloud-based platform of data center compute and networking services for enterprise customers.”

GOOG analyst estimates and revisions

PeriodEPS estimate90 days agoChangeRevenue estimateAnalysts
Current quarter (ends Sep 2026)$2.97$3.00-1.2%$127.85B15
Next quarter (ends Dec 2026)$3.38$3.35+0.8%$142.72B15
Current fiscal year (ends Dec 2026)$15.15$11.70+29.5%$500.15B8
Next fiscal year (ends Dec 2027)$15.36$14.82+3.6%$626.82B23

GOOG options: expected move

Options price a move of about ±6.1% (±$19.63) by Oct 30, 2026, which includes earnings on Oct 28, 2026. Over the last 8 reports the stock moved ±4.9% on average.

ExpirationDaysATM implied volatilityExpected move
Oct 30, 2026751.6%±6.1%
Nov 6, 20261444.0%±7.2%
Nov 13, 20262139.6%±7.8%
Nov 20, 20262837.7%±8.5%
Nov 27, 20263535.4%±8.9%
Dec 4, 20264234.8%±9.6%
Dec 18, 20265634.1%±10.8%
Jan 15, 20278432.3%±12.5%

30-day implied volatility 37% vs 24.2% realized over the last 30 trading days. Put/call ratio (volume) 0.64. Cboe delayed quotes (15 min). Expected move = at-the-money straddle.

Key Statistics (as of October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC)

PriceUSD 320.76
Change▼ 3.08% (down)
Previous CloseUSD 330.95
OpenUSD 326.77
Day RangeUSD 318.45 – 327.7
52-Week RangeUSD 252.77 – 404.47
Volume21,055,559 shares
Market Cap$3.92T
ExchangeNMS

Technical Analysis (GOOG)

Nexqual's technical model rates GOOG "SELL" based on 2 bullish and 5 bearish signals across 127 daily candles, as of October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

Overall SignalSELL
RSI (14)34.01 (neutral)
vs SMA50Below (USD 340.12)
MACD-2.48 (negative)

Analyst Ratings (GOOG)

Wall Street analysts rate GOOG "Buy" based on 61 analysts, with a mean price target of USD 422.36 (range USD 340–485), per Nexqual as of October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

Consensus RatingBuy
Analyst Count61
Mean TargetUSD 422.36
High TargetUSD 485
Low TargetUSD 340
Buy / Hold / Sell56 / 5 / 0

Earnings (GOOG)

Next Earnings Date2026-10-28
EPS EstimateUSD 2.97
Revenue Estimate$127.85B

Recent Earnings History

QuarterActual vs Estimate
2026-06-30USD 2.85 vs est 2.91 ▼ miss
2026-03-31USD 2.76 vs est 2.63 ▲ beat
2025-12-31USD 2.82 vs est 2.64 ▲ beat
2025-09-30USD 2.87 vs est 2.26 ▲ beat

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

Financials & Fundamentals (GOOG)

Total Revenue$445.87B
Revenue Growth (latest quarter, YoY)+24.20%
Gross Margin+60.90%
Operating Margin+34.03%
Profit Margin+54.77%
ROE+48.68%
Debt / Equity0.19
Current Ratio2.72
Total Cash$242.47B
Total Debt$120.79B
Free Cash Flow (last four quarters to Jun 2026, SEC 10-Q / 10-K)$53.27B (11.9% of revenue)

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

Financial Health Score (GOOG)

Nexqual rates Alphabet Inc.'s overall financial health "Strong" across five dimensions, as of October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

GrowthStrong — Revenue +15% YoY (annual)
ProfitabilityStrong — Gross margin 61%, operating 34% (last 12 months)
Balance SheetStrong — $242.5B cash and investments vs $100.2B debt (Jun 2026, SEC), net cash
Cash FlowSolid — FCF $53.3B (last 4 quarters to Jun 2026, SEC), 12% margin
EfficiencyStrong — ROE 49%, ROA 13.0%

Ownership (GOOG)

Insider Ownership+0.52%
Institutional Ownership+62.05%
Shares Outstanding5.53B
Float10.88B

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

Leadership (GOOG)

Alphabet Inc. is led by Sundar Pichai, CEO & Director, per Nexqual as of October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

CEO & DirectorSundar Pichai
President & Chief Investment OfficerRuth M. Porat
Co-Founder & DirectorLawrence Edward Page
Co-Founder & DirectorSergey Brin
Senior VP & CFOAnat Ashkenazi

Major Backers & Investors (GOOG)

Notable institutional backers of Alphabet Inc. include JPMorgan, FMR, LLC, NORGES BANK, according to Nexqual as of October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

Active Investors

InvestorStake
JPMorgan2.49%
FMR, LLC2.21%
NORGES BANK1.35%
Morgan Stanley1.31%
Invesco1.2%
Fidelity1.11%

Index Funds (Passive)

FundStake
Vanguard Group6.97%
BlackRock6.69%
State Street3.45%
Geode Capital2.08%

Source: Nexqual, October 23, 2026 at 09:20 UTC.

From Alphabet Inc.'s Latest SEC 10-K Filing (filed 2026-02-05)

Key Strengths & Strategy (as disclosed to the SEC)

Legal & Regulatory Risks (Item 1A, quoted)

Source: SEC EDGAR 10-K, official filing. Curated by Nexqual.

Peers & Related Stocks

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METAMeta Platforms, Inc.USD 648.85▼ 6.98%
SPOTSpotify Technology S.A.USD 583.66▲ 11.1%
NBISNebius Group N.V.USD 159.17▼ 7.23%
RDDTReddit, Inc.USD 150.26▼ 1.97%
BIDUBaidu, Inc.USD 77.98▼ 1.07%
TMETencent Music Entertainment GroUSD 8.6▲ 1.9%

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