Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
NASDAQ · Technology, Communication Services · analysed October 5, 2026
Founded in 1998 as Google and restructured into holding company Alphabet Inc. in 2015, the company is a global technology conglomerate driven primarily by digital advertising, internet search, streaming services via YouTube, and enterprise cloud infrastructure. Its core business centers on Google Services—including Search, Maps, YouTube, Android, and hardware—alongside its fast-growing Google Cloud platform. Currently, Alphabet is heavily focused on integrating generative artificial intelligence across its ecosystem using its Gemini model family, expanding its cloud computing and AI hardware infrastructure, and scaling autonomous vehicle operations through its Waymo subsidiary.
Executive summary
Alphabet delivers formidable top-line and bottom-line fundamentals, posting 402.8 billion dollars in fiscal 2025 revenue at a 32.8 percent net margin2,7,10. Core search market share holds firm near 90 percent globally despite generative artificial intelligence competition, while Google Cloud growth is accelerating toward an 80 billion dollar run rate7,12,34. However, a historic capital expenditure expansion of 195 billion to 205 billion dollars in 2026 has temporarily pushed quarterly free cash flow negative and prompted a buyback pause, while unresolved antitrust remedies and publisher damage trials create near-term valuation overhangs7,16,20,22.
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Key figures
- Market cap
- $4.2T
- P/E, trailing
- 17.3
- P/E, next 12 months
- 23.4
- Revenue growth, last fiscal year
- 15.1%
- Net margin, last fiscal year
- 32.8%
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