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Alphabet Inc. GOOG
Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) earns a Piotroski F-score of 5/9 (mixed financial health), with an Altman Z″ in the safe zone. It pays a dividend yielding 0.24% (safety: safe). FY2025 revenue was $402.8B at a 32.8% net margin.
Quality score trend · recomputed for each fiscal year
Each year's score is computed from that year's filing — a rising Piotroski F or Altman Z″ means improving financial health, a fall is worth a look.
Analyst price target
Recent analyst actions
| Date | Firm | Rating |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-23 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
| 2026-07-23 | TD Cowen | Buy (reit) |
| 2026-07-23 | Oppenheimer | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-06-09 | TD Cowen | Buy (main) |
| 2026-05-15 | Oppenheimer | Outperform (main) |
| 2026-04-30 | JP Morgan | Overweight (main) |
Wall Street analyst consensus — a sentiment gauge, not our scoring.
Forward estimates · earnings calendar →
Consensus analyst estimates and scheduled dates — forward-looking, may change.
Smart money · insiders, last 12 months
Open-market insider purchases minus sells (SEC Form 4) — real buying with their own money is a bullish “smart money” signal; grants and option exercises are excluded.
How it ranks in Services · percentile among 982 companies
Percentile vs other Services companies we cover — e.g. “stronger than 90%” means only 10% score higher on that measure.
Piotroski F breakdown · 5/9 tests passed
- Positive return on assets
- Positive operating cash flow
- Rising ROA
- Cash flow exceeds net income
- Lower long-term debt
- Rising current ratio
- No share dilution
- Rising gross margin
- Rising asset turnover
Altman Z″ components · safe zone
| Component | Value |
|---|---|
| Working capital / assets | 0.174 |
| Retained earnings / assets | 0.544 |
| EBIT / assets | 0.217 |
| Equity / liabilities | 2.307 |
Sector peers · similar-size Services companies compare side by side →
| Ticker | Company | Piotroski F | Altman Z″ | P / E | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. | 5/9 | 6.79 | 31.1 | +15.1% |
| META | Meta Platforms, Inc. | 4/9 | 5.34 | 23.1 | +22.2% |
| BIDU | Baidu, Inc. | 1/9 | 3.98 | — | +1.2% |
| FLUT | Flutter Entertainment plc | 3/9 | 1.35 | — | +16.6% |
| GDS | GDS Holdings Ltd | 7/9 | 1.26 | — | +10.8% |
| SNAP | Snap Inc | 4/9 | -3.13 | — | +10.6% |
| APP | AppLovin Corp | 8/9 | 7.86 | 48.1 | +70% |
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. 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.
FAQ
Is GOOG financially healthy?
Alphabet Inc.'s Piotroski F-score is 5/9 (8–9 is excellent, 0–3 weak), and its Altman Z″ distress score is in the safe zone.
Does GOOG pay a dividend, and is it safe?
Yes. Alphabet Inc. pays a dividend yielding about 0.24% with a 7.6% payout ratio, rated “safe” for safety.
How profitable is GOOG?
In FY2025, Alphabet Inc. had a net margin of 32.8% and a return on equity of 31.8%.
Is GOOG overvalued or undervalued?
Alphabet Inc. trades at about 31.7× trailing earnings — above its 10-year norm (10-year range 21.9×–626.5×, median 28.6×). Stocktoria reports the data, not buy/sell advice.
What is the analyst price target for GOOG?
The average Wall-Street price target for Alphabet Inc. is $421.79, about 23.2% above the recent price, from 14 analysts (consensus: strong buy).
Is GOOG a good stock to buy?
Stocktoria doesn't give buy or sell advice, but here is the data on Alphabet Inc.: a Piotroski F-score of 5/9, an Altman Z″ in the safe zone, a P/E of about 31.1×, a dividend yield of 0.24%. Weigh these quality and valuation signals against your own goals.
Computed from company filings · US · as of 2025-12-31. Facts plus Stocktoria's own computed scores — not investment advice.