Stock Deep Dive · 2026-08-20
Alphabet (GOOGL) closed at $340.67, down 1.17% on the day. Year-to-date return is +9.0%, sitting at 68% of its 52-week range. Next earnings: 2026-10-28 (in 68 days).
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Close
$340.67
-1.17% · YTD +9.0%
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Market Cap
$4,166.37B
Internet Content & Information
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Forward P/E
23.0x
PER 17.1x
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52-wk Range
68%
High $408.61 · Low $199.43
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🔍 At a Glance
Alphabet pairs a dominant, still-growing core (revenue up 24.2% YoY, 33.1% operating margin, ROE near 49%) with a PEG of 0.9, suggesting growth isn’t fully priced despite a forward PE of 23. The bear case: shares sit 14.1% below their 3-month level, RSI at 39.3 signals fading momentum, and the stock trades 4.1% under its 60-day average even as it holds above the 200-day line, hinting at a mixed near-term technical picture.
🏢 How It Makes Money
Alphabet’s engine is Google Services—Search, YouTube, Android, Play, and ads—supplemented by Google Cloud’s consumption and subscription-based AI infrastructure and Gemini enterprise offerings, plus longer-shot Other Bets like Waymo. Advertising and cloud together drive the bulk of the $445.87B TTM revenue base, while margins stay elevated thanks to scale in Search and increasing cloud profitability.
📈 Quarterly Results — Is Business Growing?
| Quarter | Revenue | Op. Income | Net Income | Op. Margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 25Q2 | $96.43B | $31.27B | $28.20B | 32.4% |
| 25Q3 | $102.35B | $31.23B | $34.98B | 30.5% |
| 25Q4 | $113.83B | $35.93B | $34.45B | 31.6% |
| 26Q1 | $109.90B | $39.70B | $62.58B | 36.1% |
| 26Q2 | $119.80B | $40.77B | $112.19B | 34.0% |
Latest-quarter revenue up +24.2% versus the same quarter a year ago.
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⚖️ Valuation — Cheap or Expensive?
| Metric | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| P/E (trailing) | 17.1x | Price vs last 12 months’ earnings |
| P/E (forward) | 23.0x | Price vs next 12 months’ expected earnings — growth hopes baked in |
| P/S | 9.3x | Price vs revenue — for high-growth names with thin profits |
| P/B | 10.0x | Price vs book value — below 1x means priced under liquidation value |
| PEG | 0.9x | P/E ÷ growth — near 1 is fair for the growth; above 2 is demanding |
| EV/EBITDA | 23.7x | Enterprise value (incl. debt) vs cash generation |
Peer comparison
| Name | Mkt Cap | P/E | Fwd P/E | P/S |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. | $4,166.37B | 17.1x | 23.0x | 9.3x |
| Microsoft Corporation | $3,572.80B | 26.8x | 20.4x | 10.8x |
| Meta Platforms, Inc. | $1,390.51B | 20.6x | 15.7x | 6.1x |
| Amazon.com, Inc. | $2,805.63B | 20.9x | 25.1x | 3.6x |
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🎯 Street Consensus
- Price target (mean): $428.07
- Target high / low: $515.00 / $340.00
- Implied upside: +25.7%
- Rating: Strong Buy (1.4/5)
- Analysts covering: 54
- Next earnings: 2026-10-28
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📉 Price Action — Technical Check
| Indicator | Value | How to read it |
|---|---|---|
| RSI (14d) | 39.3 | Above 70 overbought · below 30 oversold |
| vs 60-day MA | -4.1% | Above/below the medium-term trend |
| vs 200-day MA | +2.5% | Above/below the long-term trend |
| Golden/death cross | 50-day above 200-day (bullish alignment) | 50-day MA crossing above (golden) or below (death) the 200-day |
| Volume (vs 20d avg) | 0.7x | 2x+ means a spike in market attention |
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📰 Recent News
- Alphabet Stock Surged When Its AI Spending Found Customers — Trefis
- Nvidia, Alphabet, Peter Thiel: SpaceX Top Shareholders Disclosed — Investor’s Business Daily
- Berkshire adds $17 billion to Alphabet stake — CNBC
- Alphabet’s Waymo Has Built a Custom Chip for Its Robotaxis — Bloomberg
- Zacks Earnings Trends Highlights: Nvidia, Micron and Alphabet — Yahoo Finance
- This Billionaire Was Recently Loading Up on “Magnificent Seven” Stocks — The Motley Fool
How to read these headlines
The common thread is intensifying big-money conviction around Alphabet’s AI buildout—from Berkshire’s $17 billion addition to Waymo’s custom robotaxi chip and Trefis noting AI spending is now “finding customers.” This matters because it reframes Alphabet’s massive capital outlays as a monetization story rather than pure cost, which could support the premium forward multiple if cloud and autonomous-driving bets convert into revenue. Investors will want to confirm that upcoming earnings show tangible AI-driven revenue rather than just spending headlines.
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🔭 Scenarios & What to Watch
The next earnings report lands October 28, 2026, a key checkpoint for whether cloud growth and AI monetization can sustain the 24%-plus revenue pace. Bulls will watch for the stock reclaiming its 60-day moving average and analyst targets (average 428.07, range 340–515) converging upward; bears will watch RSI staying depressed and further compression toward the 52-week lower half (currently at 68%). Continued heavy AI infrastructure spending without matching revenue conversion could pressure margins and multiple.
Next earnings on 2026-10-28 (in 68 days) — guidance usually decides the stock’s direction more than the reported quarter.
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Stock report · published 2026-08-21 07:25 KST
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