Alphabet Past Earnings Performance

Past criteria checks 6/6

Alphabet has been growing earnings at an average annual rate of 17.8%, while the Interactive Media and Services industry saw earnings growing at 14.6% annually. Revenues have been growing at an average rate of 15.7% per year. Alphabet's return on equity is 30%, and it has net margins of 27.7%.

Key information

17.8%

Earnings growth rate

20.0%

EPS growth rate

Interactive Media and Services Industry Growth	12.5%
Revenue growth rate	15.7%
Return on equity	30.0%
Net Margin	27.7%
Last Earnings Update	30 Sep 2024

Recent past performance updates

Recent updates

Revenue & Expenses Breakdown

How Alphabet makes and spends money. Based on latest reported earnings, on an LTM basis.

Earnings and Revenue History

BVC:GOOGL Revenue, expenses and earnings (USD Millions)
Date	Revenue	Earnings	G+A Expenses	R&D Expenses
30 Sep 24	339,859	94,269	41,898	46,605
30 Jun 24	328,284	87,657	41,935	45,416
31 Mar 24	318,146	82,406	41,931	43,897
31 Dec 23	307,394	73,795	43,087	43,709
30 Sep 23	297,132	66,732	43,696	43,581
30 Jun 23	289,531	60,953	43,359	42,596
31 Mar 23	284,612	58,587	43,384	41,849
31 Dec 22	282,836	59,972	42,291	39,500
30 Sep 22	282,113	66,990	41,756	37,941
30 Jun 22	278,139	72,016	40,002	35,362
31 Mar 22	270,334	74,539	38,332	33,196
31 Dec 21	257,637	76,033	36,422	31,562
30 Sep 21	239,210	70,618	32,823	29,876
30 Jun 21	220,265	62,929	31,038	29,038
31 Mar 21	196,682	51,363	28,907	28,238
31 Dec 20	182,527	40,269	28,998	27,573
30 Sep 20	171,704	35,713	29,420	27,773
30 Jun 20	166,030	31,534	29,079	27,471
31 Mar 20	166,677	34,522	28,848	26,809
31 Dec 19	161,857	34,343	28,015	26,018
30 Sep 19	155,058	32,620	25,997	24,830
30 Jun 19	148,299	34,744	24,953	23,508
31 Mar 19	142,012	27,992	24,242	22,409
31 Dec 18	136,819	30,736	23,256	21,419
30 Sep 18	129,866	18,768	22,239	19,691
30 Jun 18	123,898	16,308	21,274	18,664
31 Mar 18	117,251	16,637	20,327	17,722
31 Dec 17	110,855	12,662	19,733	16,625
30 Sep 17	104,596	21,015	18,821	15,941
30 Jun 17	99,275	19,344	18,573	15,332
31 Mar 17	94,765	20,697	18,015	14,523
31 Dec 16	90,272	19,478	17,470	13,948
30 Sep 16	85,537	19,068	16,579	13,836
30 Jun 16	81,761	17,986	15,890	13,470
31 Mar 16	77,988	17,040	15,381	12,896
31 Dec 15	74,989	16,348	15,183	12,282
30 Sep 15	71,763	15,133	14,902	11,585
30 Jun 15	69,611	14,078	14,651	11,010
31 Mar 15	67,839	13,566	14,466	10,459
31 Dec 14	66,001	13,620	13,982	9,832
30 Sep 14	63,605	13,794	13,104	8,952
30 Jun 14	60,836	14,033	12,418	8,118
31 Mar 14	57,988	13,388	11,754	7,646
31 Dec 13	55,519	13,160	10,986	7,137

Quality Earnings: GOOGL has high quality earnings.

Growing Profit Margin: GOOGL's current net profit margins (27.7%) are higher than last year (22.5%).

Free Cash Flow vs Earnings Analysis

Past Earnings Growth Analysis

Earnings Trend: GOOGL's earnings have grown by 17.8% per year over the past 5 years.

Accelerating Growth: GOOGL's earnings growth over the past year (41.3%) exceeds its 5-year average (17.8% per year).

Earnings vs Industry: GOOGL earnings growth over the past year (41.3%) exceeded the Interactive Media and Services industry 9.4%.

Return on Equity

High ROE: GOOGL's Return on Equity (30%) is considered high.

Return on Assets

Return on Capital Employed

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Company Analysis and Financial Data Status

Data	Last Updated (UTC time)
Company Analysis	2024/12/20 22:32
End of Day Share Price	2024/12/20 00:00
Earnings	2024/09/30
Annual Earnings	2023/12/31

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Market Prices	30 years	Stock prices Dividends, Splits and Actions	ICE Market Data SEC Form S-1
Ownership	10 years	Top shareholders Insider trading	SEC Form 4 SEC Form 13D
Management	10 years	Leadership team Board of directors	SEC Form 10-K SEC Form DEF 14A
Key Developments	10 years	Company announcements	SEC Form 8-K

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Analyst Sources

Alphabet Inc. is covered by 97 analysts. 52 of those analysts submitted the estimates of revenue or earnings used as inputs to our report. Analysts submissions are updated throughout the day.

Analyst	Institution
David Heasman	Accountability Research Corporation
Richard Kramer	Arete Research Services LLP
Joseph Bonner	Argus Research Company