# Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock (GOOGL) — Stock CV

Alphabet Inc. is a $4.30T technology company. Revenue grew 20.1% over the last year, it keeps 55¢ of every dollar of sales as profit, and it holds more cash than debt. It trades at 17.6× earnings — in the cheapest third of its own history.

> Alphabet is a holding company that wholly owns internet giant Google. The California-based company derives slightly less than 90% of its revenue from Google services, the vast majority of which is advertising sales.

## Identity

- **Ticker**: GOOGL
- **Sector**: Technology
- **Industry**: Internet Content & Information
- **Headquarters**: MOUNTAIN VIEW, CA
- **Employees**: 198 933
- **Website**: https://www.abc.xyz
- **Market cap**: $4.30T
- **Last price**: $351.69
- **Financial profile**: Mixed

## Vitals (TTM)

- **Revenue**: $446B
- **Net income**: $244B
- **Free cash flow**: $53.3B
- **Net cash**: $80.3B
- **P/E**: 17.6
- **Revenue growth (YoY)**: 20.1%

## Skills (profile scores, 0–100)

| Pillar | Score |
|---|---|
| Valuation | 42 |
| Growth | 60 |
| Profitability | 100 |
| Health | 75 |
| Quality | 75 |
| Moat | 100 |

## Qualifications (beginner checklist) — 10 of 11 passed

- [x] Revenue growing — +20.1% YoY
- [x] Profitable — $244B TTM
- [x] Profit growing — +33.4% YoY
- [x] Generates cash — $53.3B TTM
- [x] Debt under control — more cash than debt
- [x] Established company — $4.30T market cap
- [x] Not printing shares — -9.8% shares over ~5y
- [x] Proven track record — 10/10 profitable years
- [ ] Financially stable — health score 50/100
- [x] Pays a dividend — yield 0.24%
- [x] Valuation not extreme — P/E 17.6

## Experience (career milestones)

- **FY2025** — Best year on record: $132B net income
- **2024** — Alphabet's shares rose about 5% after the company unveiled its new quantum computing chip, Willow
- **2022** — It has also been accused of labor law violations related to worker organizing and was forced to file for bankruptcy…
- **FY2017** — Revenue crossed $100B: $111B for the year
- **2017** — Alphabet, Inc. acquired seven of its own capital-backed startups in the 2017 financial year
- **FY2016** — Profitable every year on record: 10 consecutive profitable years in our data
- **FY2016** — Revenue already above $50B: $90.3B in first reported year
- **FY2016** — Positive free cash flow every year since: 10-year streak
- **Oct 2, 2015** — Reorganized as Alphabet: Google becomes a subsidiary of the new holding
- **Oct 2, 2015** — It was created through a restructuring of Google on October 2, 2015
- **Sep 2, 2008** — Chrome: now the world's most-used browser
- **Nov 13, 2006** — Acquired YouTube: $1.65B for 18-month-old YouTube
- **2005** — Acquired Android: ~$50M — arguably the best acquisition in tech history
- **Aug 19, 2004** — IPO on Nasdaq: unconventional Dutch-auction IPO at $85
- **Oct 23, 2000** — AdWords: self-serve ads — the money machine is born
- **Sep 4, 1998** — Founded in a Menlo Park garage: Larry Page and Sergey Brin, Stanford PhD dropouts

## Strengths

- High gross margin (60.9%)
- Strongly profitable — 54.8% net margin
- Revenue growing 20.1% year over year
- Net cash position after subtracting debt from cash
- Interest covered 16.2× by operating earnings

## Watch-outs

- None stand out in the data.

## Track record

| Year | Revenue | Net income | Free cash flow |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2021 | $258B | $76.0B | $67.0B |
| FY2022 | $283B | $60.0B | $60.0B |
| FY2023 | $307B | $73.8B | $69.5B |
| FY2024 | $350B | $100B | $72.8B |
| FY2025 | $403B | $132B | $73.3B |

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Source: https://stockcv.com/GOOGL — derived from company filings; may be delayed or incomplete. Information, not investment advice.