Alphabet Inc

GOOGL

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ISIN null / Valor 29798540

NASDAQ (2026-09-18)

USD 349.54+0.64%

Alphabet Inc
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About company

Alphabet Inc., established as the parent company of Google, operates as a conglomerate holding company overseeing a collection of businesses, with Google being its largest and most well-known entity. Alphabet was created to provide a more structured organization for Google's expansive range of internet products and services, as well as to foster growth and innovation within its more speculative ventures, such as Life Sciences (focused on health technologies like glucose-sensing contact lenses) and Calico (dedicated to longevity research). Under this new structure, Alphabet aims to enhance management efficiency and focus by allowing its diverse subsidiaries to operate independently, each led by strong CEOs, while still benefiting from Alphabet's overarching strategic vision and resources. This reorganization also introduced segment reporting to improve transparency, with Google's financials being reported separately from those of other Alphabet businesses. Alphabet Inc. trades on the Nasdaq stock exchange under the symbols GOOGL and GOOG, continuing Google's legacy while aiming to push the boundaries of technology and innovation further.

Summarized from source with an LLMView SourceSector: Technology

Top-line

Revenues: $119.8B, +24% YoY (23% constant currency). Google Services: $94.5B, +15% (Search & other +17%; subscriptions, platforms & devices +15%; YouTube ads +13%).

Cloud acceleration

Google Cloud revenue: $24.8B, +82% YoY, driven by GCP enterprise AI solutions and infrastructure plus core GCP services; segment operating income rose to $8.8B.

Profitability & EPS

Operating income: $40.77B (+30% YoY); operating margin 34% (up 2 percentage points). Net income available to common: $112.107B (+298% YoY). Diluted EPS: $9.11 (+294% YoY).

Other income impact

Other income (expense), net included a $98.0B net gain primarily from unrealized equity securities gains — this increased net income and boosted EPS materially (release noted a $77.1B after‑tax effect and ~$6.26 per share on EPS).

Cash flow, balance sheet & capital actions

Net cash from operations in Q2: $39.1B; capex (purchases of property & equipment) in Q2: $44.9B, producing a negative free cash flow for the quarter of $5.9B and TTM free cash flow of $53.3B. Cash, cash equivalents and marketable securities totaled $242.5B at June 30, 2026.

Financing & dividends

Equity capital raise (June 2026) net proceeds $49.6B (combination of Class A/C and mandatory convertible preferred); issued senior unsecured notes net $20.3B. Board declared quarterly dividends: $12.15 per share on each Series A/B mandatory convertible preferred and $0.22 per common share.

Costs, investments & workforce

Quarterly costs and expenses rose to $79.0B (R&D $18.2B, up notably). Capital investment and AI R&D are emphasized—Alphabet headcount increased to 198,933 employees.

Other Bets & corporate items

Other Bets revenue was essentially flat ($382M) while Other Bets operating loss widened to $1.8B. Alphabet-level activities (shared AI R&D) increased, reducing consolidated operating income relative to segment totals.

Product & AI traction

Management highlighted broad AI adoption: near 90% of Fortune 100 using Gemini Enterprise, Gemini App ~950M monthly active users, Gemini processing ~22B API tokens/minute; YouTube engagement cited (1.7B unique viewers for World Cup‑related videos).

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