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Alphabet

GOOG
74
Internet Content & Information · Communication Services
Price
$341.75
+3.55 (+1.05%)
Market Cap
$4.15T
Exchange
NASDAQ
Winston Score
74
Winston is happy
A high-quality business with solid fundamentals.
Data as of Aug 23, 2026 · filings through Jun 30, 2026
How the score breaks down
Quality
Strong
Growth
Exceptional
Cash Flow
Good
Stability
Exceptional
Valuation
Mixed
Dividends
Mixed
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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)

Winston Score History

The full picture

Alphabet is the parent company of Google, the world's most widely used search engine. It also owns YouTube, the largest online video platform, and provides cloud computing services through Google Cloud. Its products serve billions of everyday users, businesses, and advertisers across nearly every country on Earth.

Most of Alphabet's revenue comes from selling digital advertising — when businesses pay to show ads on Google Search, YouTube, and other Google-owned platforms. Google Cloud adds a fast-growing stream of subscription and usage-based revenue from companies storing data and running software online. Alphabet operates globally and generates over $300 billion in annual revenue, with its dominance in search giving it a powerful competitive moat through data advantages and user habit. The biggest risk it faces is regulatory pressure, as governments in the US and Europe are actively investigating whether Google's control over online search and advertising is anti-competitive.

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Growth Profile

When traditional metrics don't capture the full picture, these are the signals growth stock investors use instead.

Revenue Growth

+24.2% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

Steady revenue growth

EPS Growth

+296.1% YoY

YoY Growth Rate

EPS growth accelerating

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

9.7%ownership

↓ Declining

Insider ownership declining — could be dilution or selling

Cash Runway

5+ years

Quarterly Free Cash Flow

↓ Burn rate worsening

$373.9B cash & investments at current burn rate

Heavy R&D investment

Alphabet is putting 15% of revenue into R&D and that number is rising. With 10+ years of cash runway, they have time to let it pay off.

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.

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Quality

Profit per sale
Gross Margin
61.6%
Premium pricing power — 61.6% gross margin
Profit after running costs
Operating Margin
34.0%
Excellent — 34.0% operating margin
Return on the money invested
ROCE
20.0%
Strong — 20.0% return on capital

ROIC between 15% and 25%. Every dollar invested in the business earns 15 to 25 cents back per year.

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Growth

Sales growth
Sales YoY
+20.1%
Fast-growing sales (+20.1% YoY)
Profit growth
EPS YoY
+112.4%
Earnings growing fast (+112.4% YoY)

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

How steady the profit is
EPS Consistency
8/8 quarters
Every recent quarter grew earnings vs last year

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Cash Flow

Profit that turns into cash
Cash Conversion
76%
Modest — 76% of profit becomes cash
Spare cash per sale
FCF Margin
11.9%
Modest free cash flow (11.9%)

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

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Stability

What it owes vs what it owns
Debt / Equity
0.15
Conservative — low debt load (0.15)
Covers its interest
Interest Cover
295.98x
Comfortably covers interest (296.0x)

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

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Valuation

Price vs profit
P/E Ratio (TTM)
17.0x
Fair value — P/E 17.0

P/E in the normal range. Price is roughly $15 for every $1 of yearly profit.

Cheaper or dearer next year
P/E vs Forward
-2.0
SLOWING
Earnings expected to fall — forward P/E higher than today

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Dividends

Dividend
Dividend Yield
0.25%
Small dividend — 0.25% yield

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

Dividend record
Dividend Growth
+4.9%
Dividend growing modestly (4.9% YoY)

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