Alphabet

GOOGL

Internet Content & Information · Communication Services

Price

$345.29

-0.84 (-0.24%)

Market Cap

$4.18T

Exchange

NASDAQ

Winston Score

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A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.

Winston Score above 70. The stock passes most of our quality checks.

Alphabet Inc. provides 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. The Google Services segment offers products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in the

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Growth Profile

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Revenue Growth

+18.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+31.3% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Strong earnings growth

R&D Spend

$61.1B/ year

↑ Rising (+24% vs prior year)

15.2% of revenue

In line with sector average (12%)

Investing heavily in future products and technology

Insider Activity

10.6%ownership

Insiders own a meaningful stake in the company

Cash Position

Cash flow positive

$30.7B cash & investments

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↑ Burn rate improving

Company generates more cash than it spends — no dilution risk from fundraising

Heavy R&D investment

Alphabet is putting 15% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. And they're generating enough cash to self-fund it.

The Winston Score above measures business quality today. Growth stocks often score lower because they invest in the future rather than maximising current profits. These metrics show what matters most for evaluating that future.

Share count falling — buybacks

−9.8% over 4y

The company has reduced its share count over this period, returning value to shareholders through buybacks.

Diluted shares outstanding: 13.55B (2021) → 12.23B (2025)

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Quality

Gross Margin

59.8%

Premium pricing power — 59.8% gross margin

Operating Margin

31.6%

Excellent — 31.6% operating margin

ROCE

7.8%

Weak — 7.8% return on capital

ROIC between 5% and 15%. They earn 5 to 15 cents back per year on every dollar invested.

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Growth

Sales YoY

+15.1%

Fast-growing sales (15.1% YoY)

EPS YoY

+34.2%

Earnings growing fast (34.2% YoY)

Earnings growing 25%+ a year. The compounder zone.

EPS Consistency

8/8 quarters

Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Cash Conversion

125%

Turns 125% of profit into real cash

FCF Margin

18.2%

Converts sales into free cash efficiently (18.2%)

FCF margin between 10% and 20%. Every $100 in sales becomes $10 to $20 in real cash.

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Stability

Debt / Equity

0.11

Conservative — low debt load (0.11)

Interest Cover

100.00x

Comfortably covers interest (100.0x)

Interest coverage above 8. Profits cover interest many times over.

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Valuation

P/E Ratio (TTM)

31.6x

Pricey — P/E 31.6

P/E above the market average. People are paying up for expected growth.

P/E vs Forward

+9.4

GROWING

Earnings expected to grow meaningfully — cheaper on forward P/E (31.6 → 22.2)

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Dividends

Dividend Yield

0.22%

Small dividend — 0.22% yield

Modest yield. The bulk of any return needs to come from price appreciation.

Dividend Growth

+4.9%

Dividend growing modestly (4.9% YoY)

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