Alphabet Inc. (GOOG)
Alphabet Inc.
Scored against other Communication Services stocks, not a fixed scale.
The quick read
Alphabet is right in the middle: the good and the not-so-good roughly cancel out.
- What's working
- It's been growing faster than most other media and telecom companies over the past year.
- Worth watching
- Its price is high compared with other media and telecom companies, given its sales and profits.
Analyst price target
~12-month · 14 analystsPublished targets from Wall Street analysts (public data) — what analysts expect over roughly a year. This is not a StockGlow forecast and not a recommendation. Analyst targets are frequently wrong.
About Alphabet Inc.
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…
- Sector
- Communication Services
- Industry
- Internet Content & Information
- Employees
- 198,933
- Headquarters
- Mountain View, CA
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What’s behind the score
Valuation
P/E 16.9 — lower than 53% of Communication Services peers
P/B 6.6 — lower than 42% of Communication Services peers
P/S 9.2 — lower than 11% of Communication Services peers
EV/EBITDA 23.2 — lower than 26% of Communication Services peers
EV/Revenue 9.0 — lower than 11% of Communication Services peers
PEG 1.2 — lower than 50% of Communication Services peers
FCF yield 0.6% — higher than 11% of Communication Services peers
Profitability & quality
Gross margin 60.9% — higher than 63% of Communication Services peers
Operating margin 34.0% — higher than 89% of Communication Services peers
Net margin 54.8% — higher than 95% of Communication Services peers
ROE 48.7% — higher than 89% of Communication Services peers
ROA 13.0% — higher than 84% of Communication Services peers
Free cash flow is 9% of reported net income
Financial health
Debt/equity 0.2 — lower than 79% of Communication Services peers
Current ratio 2.72 — higher than 84% of Communication Services peers
Quick ratio 2.47 — higher than 84% of Communication Services peers
Cash/debt 2.01 — higher than 89% of Communication Services peers
Debt/EBITDA 0.70 — lower than 71% of Communication Services peers
Growth
Revenue growth 24.2% YoY — higher than 84% of Communication Services peers
Earnings growth 294.0% YoY — higher than 100% of Communication Services peers
Ownership & investor activity
Payout ratio 4.3% — typical for Communication Services peers
Net insider buying, +1.6% of insider shares
Institutions net sold, -9.9% of shares held
Insiders hold 0.5% of shares outstanding
Momentum
Below its 50- & 200-day averages
58% of the way from its 52-week low to high