Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL)
Communication Services · end-of-day data as of Oct 16, 2026
The average 12-month analyst price target for GOOGL is $425.23, 24.9% above the last close of $340.59 on Oct 16, 2026; targets range from $351.63 to $505.19. Rating consensus: Buy.
Snapshot
- P/E17.1x
- P/E vs sector-12.9%
- P/E vs own-26.3%
- Target upside+24.9%
- ConsensusBuy
- Market cap$4.14T
- FCF yield+1.3%
- Insiders-$233K
- Earnings in12d
- News
Why it moved
Alphabet Inc. (GOOGL) fell 2.5% on Oct 16, 2026.
The market (SPY) fell 1.1%; Communication Services stocks fell 1.0%. Most of the move is specific to GOOGL.
20 stories on the day (30-day average 20.4).
- Alphabet's Cloud Surge and AI Dominance Overshadow Capex Fears and Keep Me Buying
- Prediction: Alphabet Will Be a Larger Company Than Apple by the End of 2027
- ROSEN, TRUSTED INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Alphabet Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action - GOOGL, GOOG
Market = SPY. Sector = equal-weight average of the tracked companies in the same sector, net of the market.
Price and events
Last close $340.59 · +35.8% over 1y · E earnings · D dividend · S split · A analyst rating change
Technicals
- Trendsideways
- Sector▼ -1.3%
- MAs20▼ 50▼ 100▼ 200▲
- Above MAs1 of 4 above
- MA20×50Golden 4d ago
- RSI44
- Support-1.0%
- Resistance+3.6%
- Off 52w high-15.3%
- Off ATH-15.3%
- 52w range$340.59
- Bollingerlower half
- MACD-0.17
- ATR+2.6%
- Volume1.1x
Analyst price targets
28 firms with a target in the last 12 months · last close $340.59 · as of Oct 16, 2026
Strong buy 13 · Buy 44 · Hold 5 · Sell 0 · Strong sell 0
Revenue and free cash flow
Q2 FY2026: Revenue +24.2% year over year, free cash flow -4.9% of revenue, operating margin 34.0%.
| Q2 FY2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $120B | 9.11 | -$5.86B | 61.6% | 34.0% | 93.7% |
| Q1 FY2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $110B | 5.11 | $10.12B | 62.4% | 36.1% | 56.9% |
| Q4 FY2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $114B | 2.82 | $24.55B | 59.8% | 31.7% | 30.3% |
| Q3 FY2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $102B | 2.87 | $24.46B | 59.6% | 30.5% | 34.2% |
| Q2 FY2025 | Jun 30, 2025 | $96.43B | 2.31 | $5.3B | 59.5% | 32.4% | 29.2% |
| Q1 FY2025 | Mar 31, 2025 | $90.23B | 2.81 | $18.95B | 59.7% | 33.9% | 38.3% |
| Q4 FY2024 | Dec 31, 2024 | $96.47B | 2.15 | $24.84B | 57.9% | 32.1% | 27.5% |
| Q3 FY2024 | Sep 30, 2024 | $88.27B | 2.12 | $17.64B | 58.7% | 32.3% | 29.8% |
Peers
| 20D | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | | $340.59 | -2.5% | -15.3% | +24.9% | 17.1 | $4.14T | |
| 2 |  | $336.91 | -2.3% | -15.5% | +21.0% | 16.9 | $4.12T | |
| 3 |  | $709.33 | -3.7% | -8.8% | +11.8% | 26.7 | $1.81T | |
| 4 |  | $70.53 | -2.9% | -43.2% | +33.0% | 22.2 | $294B | |
| 5 |  | $110.59 | -0.1% | -3.8% | +15.8% | 22.8 | $191B | |
| 6 |  | $44.79 | +0.9% | -11.6% | +7.8% | 11.7 | $186B | |
| 7 |  | $189.15 | -2.0% | -29.1% | +37.1% | 99.0 | $81.96B | |
| 8 |  | $156.14 | -2.0% | -39.7% | +30.4% | 36.3 | $30.02B |
Data as of Oct 16, 2026 close.
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