Why did Alphabet (GOOGL) stock move recently?

On 7/23/2026, Alphabet moved -7.1% — Alphabet shares fell sharply after the company raised its full-year 2026 CapEx guidance to $195-205 billion (from $180-190 billion) on its Q2 earnings call to accelerate AI infrastructure spending, despite beating revenue and EPS estimates with strong Google Cloud growth. This is MarketChacha's decoded reason from filings and credible news; it is education, not buy/sell advice.

Is Alphabet (GOOGL) overvalued or fairly valued?

MarketChacha shows Alphabet's valuation in context — a trailing P/E of about 17.4, a forward P/E of about 22.7, a price-to-book of about 6.6 — alongside its revenue and profit growth and whether reported profit converts into operating cash, so you can judge value for yourself. MarketChacha does not issue ratings, price targets, or buy/sell advice.

Does Alphabet's reported profit turn into cash?

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash. MarketChacha computes this cash-conversion check (1.28×) from reported figures — education, not a rating.

What is Alphabet's revenue?

Alphabet reported revenue of $402.8B for FY2025, with net profit of $132.2B, per official filings.

What is the share price of Alphabet (GOOGL)?

Alphabet last traded at $336.71 (+0.9% on the day), as of 7/29/2026 — a delayed quote shown for education, not investment advice.

Alphabet

GOOGL · NASDAQ · Technology · United States

Snapshot

TickerGOOGL

ExchangeNASDAQ

SectorTechnology

IndustryInternet Content & Information

CountryUnited States

Employees198,933

HeadquartersMountain View, United States

Websiteabc.xyz

Filings tracked11

About Alphabet

Alphabet Inc. offers 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 provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, 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 Google Play and YouTube; and devices, as well as the provision of YouTube consumer subscription services, such as YouTube TV, YouTube Music and Premium, NFL Sunday Ticket, and Google One. The Google Cloud segment offers consumption-based fees and subscriptions for AI solutions, including AI infrastructure, Vertex AI platform, and Gemini enterprise. It also provides cybersecurity, and data and analytics services; Google Workspace that include cloud-based communication and collaboration tools for enterprises, such as Calendar, Gmail, Docs, Drive, and Meet; and other enterprise services. The Other Bets segment sells transportation and internet services. Alphabet Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Mountain View, California.

Who owns it

Insiders1.2%
Institutions80.4%
Public & other18.5%

7,297 institutional holders

Ownership breakdown from public market data.

Top holders

Blackrock Inc.7.62%
Vanguard Capital Management LLC6.45%
FMR, LLC4.03%
State Street Corporation3.86%
Geode Capital Management, LLC2.59%
Morgan Stanley2.06%
Vanguard Portfolio Management LLC1.65%
Invesco Ltd.1.54%

Largest institutional holders — last updated 3/31/2026.

Forensic scorecard

No major accounting red flags in the fundamentals we have — profit is backed by cash and returns look healthy.

Cash conversion1.28×

Over 3 years, operating cash flow fully covered reported profit — earnings are backed by real cash.

Net margin trend24.0% → 32.8%

Margin has expanded by about 8.8 points — the business is getting more profitable.

Return on equity31.8%

Latest ROE of 31.8% — capital is generating a healthy return.

Growth qualityrev 14% · PAT 34%

Profit growth is broadly tracking revenue growth — the earnings trend looks operational rather than one-off.

Computed by MarketChacha from reported figures (SEC XBRL). Education, not a rating or recommendation.

What's expected next

Next quarter

Rev $141.0B · EPS 3.34

Est. earnings growth +18.2%

Next fiscal year

Rev $605.5B · EPS 14.76

Est. earnings growth -28.5%

Analyst consensus estimates — not the company's own guidance.

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Financials at a glance

Source: SEC XBRL

Annual

Quarterly · last 8

Revenue (FY2025)

$402.8B

Net margin

32.8%

ROE

31.8%

Revenue CAGR (2y)

+14.5%

Profit CAGR (2y)

+33.8%

EPS (FY2025)

10.81

Net profit (FY2025)

$132.2B

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Why it moved

Jul 23, 2026
Alphabet shares fell sharply after the company raised its full-year 2026 CapEx guidance to $195-205 billion (from $180-190 billion) on its Q2 earnings call to accelerate AI infrastructure spending, despite beating revenue and EPS estimates with strong Google Cloud growth.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high
Jul 16, 2026
Alphabet shares fell after reports that Google is months behind schedule delivering its Gemini 3.5 Pro AI model, as the company works to improve capabilities especially in coding.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗· confidence: high
Jul 15, 2026
Alphabet shares rose after Warren Buffett said on CNBC that he personally initiated Berkshire Hathaway's large investment in the company and regretted not buying earlier.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗· confidence: high
Jun 29, 2026
Alphabet shares rose sharply as the company officially joined the Dow Jones Industrial Average today, replacing Verizon and triggering index-related buying.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high
Jun 22, 2026
Alphabet shares fell nearly 5% after reports that DeepMind's AlphaFold co-creator and Nobel laureate John Jumper is departing for rival Anthropic, heightening concerns about AI talent retention at Google.
source 1 ↗source 2 ↗source 3 ↗· confidence: high

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Financials

Yearly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin	ROE
FY2025	$402.8B	$132.2B	10.81	32.8%	31.8%
FY2024	$350.0B	$100.1B	8.04	28.6%	30.8%
FY2023	$307.4B	$73.8B	5.80	24.0%	26.0%

Quarterly

Period	Revenue	Net profit	EPS	Net margin
2026Q2	$119.8B	$112.1B*	9.11	93.6%
2026Q1	$109.9B	$62.6B	5.11	56.9%
2025Q3	$102.3B	$35.0B	2.87	34.2%
2025Q2	$96.4B	$28.2B	2.31	29.2%
2025Q1	$90.2B	$34.5B	2.81	38.3%
2024Q3	$88.3B	$26.3B	2.12	29.8%
2024Q2	$84.7B	$23.6B	1.89	27.9%
2024Q1	$80.5B	$23.7B	1.89	29.4%
2023Q3	$76.7B	$19.7B	1.55	25.7%
2023Q2	$74.6B	$18.4B	1.44	24.6%
2023Q1	$69.8B	$15.1B	1.17	21.6%

* Net profit includes one-off / non-operating items (e.g. a settlement or accounting gain), so it doesn’t reflect operating performance — net margin is hidden for that period.

Figures as reported, in reporting currency. Source: SEC XBRL.

Filings & announcements

2026

8-K — Executive/director change, Shareholder vote results, Exhibits
SEC6/11/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC6/5/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Security holder rights, Bylaw/charter change, Exhibits
SEC6/5/2026material
8-K — Material agreement, Reg FD disclosure, Other events, Exhibits
SEC6/4/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/21/2026material
8-K — Other events, Exhibits
SEC5/11/2026material
10-Q filing
SEC4/30/2026
8-K — Results of operations, Exhibits
SEC4/29/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC4/10/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC4/2/2026material
8-K — Executive/director change
SEC3/6/2026material

In the news

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