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Overview · 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, hardware, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is a…
Management team
- Ms. Amie Thuener O'Toole · Corporate Controller, Chief Accounting Officer & VPFind on LinkedIn
- Ms. Anat Ashkenazi · Senior VP & CFOFind on LinkedIn
- Mr. Philipp Schindler · Senior Vice President & Chief Business Officer of GoogleFind on LinkedIn
- Dr. Prabhakar Raghavan · Senior Vice President of Knowledge and Information - GoogleFind on LinkedIn
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Moneyta sentiment
Where the published evidence leans after the desk debated it, not a rating or a recommendation.
−0.5 on a −2 to +2 scale.
What builds the score
Solid bars are analyst rubric scores; faded bars are computed directly from data. Claims dropped in debate count for nothing; weakened claims count at half weight.
Editor's note
Written after the debate settled. The rest of the page is the evidence behind it.
The evidence balance is Cautious ( -0.5 of a possible +2 ) with high confidence. Revenues rose from $ 109,896,000,000 in Q1 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-03-31) to $ 119,796,000,000 in Q2 2026 (fiscal quarter ended 2026-06-30), while net income increased from $ 62,578,000,000 to $ 112,193,000,000 and diluted EPS moved from $ 5.11 to $ 9.11 over the same quarters. Operating income was roughly flat to slightly higher at $ 39,696,000,000 in Q1 2026 versus $ 40,770,000,000 in Q2 2026, even as cost of revenue and R&D rose to $ 45,943,000,000 and $ 18,219,000,000 respectively in Q2 2026.
Balance-sheet aggregates expanded between 2026-03-31 and 2026-06-30: assets grew to $ 921,983,000,000 from $ 703,919,000,000, liabilities rose to $ 281,503,000,000 from $ 225,173,000,000, and stockholders’ equity increased to $ 640,480,000,000 from $ 478,746,000,000. Cash and cash equivalents increased to $ 55,911,000,000 and reported long-term debt noncurrent rose to $ 98,165,000,000 as of 2026-06-30; trailing operating income and OCF inputs used in valuation are $ 142,965,000,000 and $ 134,297,000,000 on a TTM basis, and the trailing EPS of $ 19.40 implies a trailing P/E of 18.01 at the market price of $ 349.39 (as of 2026-09-14).
How this note was made
every stage ran before the note was writtenAnalyst desk
Mercer, Oakes, Nash, Ellis, Yates, Talbot and Archer. The desk: named AI agents, not people. Each reads one slice of the evidence and nothing else (no outside knowledge, no browsing), so every finding traces to a source you can open.
Reads the XBRL figures companies file with the SEC (revenue, margins, income, debt and share count, quarter by quarter) and reports which way the trend is running.
Revenues increased from $109,896,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to $119,796,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo).
XBRL companyfacts · 0001652044-26-000048Net income rose from $62,578,000,000 in fiscal Q1 2026 (2026-01-01 to 2026-03-31, 3mo) to $112,193,000,000 in fiscal Q2 2026 (2026-04-01 to 2026-06-30, 3mo), and diluted EPS increased from $5.11 to $9.11 over the same quarters.
XBRL companyfacts · 0001652044-26-000048Reads the filings themselves, above all the year-over-year diff of Item 1A risk factors: which risks a company added, dropped or quietly reworded since its last annual report.
Which filings the desk reads
The desk reads the annual 10-K in full: its risk factors, and how they changed since last year. Quarterly 10-Qs and event filings (8-Ks, insider Form 4s) are listed for context but not read line by line: the 10-K is where the material risk disclosures live. A brand-new company, or one we have only just begun tracking, may have no annual report on file yet; its risk analysis fills in once that lands.
The Form 10-K filed 5 February 2026 includes a newly emphasized risk that "AI is quickly reshaping the advertising industry" and that there is "no assurance that we will adapt effectively and competitively" to changes in advertising formats and delivery (10-K filed 5 February 2026).
Item 1A risk-factor diff · 0001652044-26-000018 vs 0001652044-25-000014The Form 10-K filed 5 February 2026 states the company is investing in AI-optimized infrastructure, explicitly naming its custom TPUs, and discloses that such investments and expansion into new businesses and technologies are "inherently risky" and could "divert management attention and harm our business."
Item 1A risk-factor diff · 0001652044-26-000018 vs 0001652044-25-000014Reads the signal panel above (momentum, volatility, drawdown, relative strength and beta) and ranks each against the whole research universe rather than judging it in isolation.
Momentum measured as 'momentum_12_1' is +70.7% and ranks in the 90th percentile of the 559-stock research universe.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-14weakened in debateShorter-term momentum is mixed: 'momentum_6m' is +15.6% (66th percentile) while 'momentum_3m' is -2.9%.
Moneyta signal set · 2026-09-14weakened in debateReads which funds hold the name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings, to show the exposure you may already carry through index funds.
13F-reported institutional holdings totaled $1,294.20B as of the period ended 2026-03-31, with 5,578 institutional holders reported.
13F holdings · 5578 filers · as of 2026-03-31The 13F report shows total institutional value declined 10.0% quarter-over-quarter for the period ended 2026-03-31.
13F holdings · 5578 filers · as of 2026-03-31Reads recent headlines that are genuinely about this company, ignoring rating chatter and market-wide stories. Findings argue in the debate but never move the sentiment score.
kalkinemedia published a company-specific piece on 14 September 2026 focused on Alphabet's renewed emphasis on subscribers.
News · kalkinemedia.com · 2026-09-14GuruFocus published a stock-focused note on 14 September 2026 that compares a valuation metric for Alphabet to its market price.
News · gurufocus.com · 2026-09-14Reads parsed Forms 3/4/5: who bought or sold, at what size, and whether a 10b5-1 plan was involved. Flags clustered open-market officer buying; treats plan sales as routine and never counts a fund or 10%-holder as an officer.
Sundar Pichai reported a sale (code F) of 3,703 shares for "$1.3M" on 25 August 2026 (filing reports value "$1.3M" and shares "3703").
Form 4 · Pichai Sundar (Chief Executive Officer) · $0 code C · 2026-08-25Philipp Schindler reported a sale (code F) of 2,015 shares for "$694k" on 25 August 2026 (filing reports value "$694k" and shares "2015").
Form 4 · Schindler Philipp (SVP, Chief Business Officer) · $0 code C · 2026-08-25Reads the implied-expectations math built from the company's own filings (the growth rate today's price would justify, and the multiples beside it) and argues whether the market's bar looks high or low for this business. Never turns the math into a target.
The market price used in this analysis was $349.39 as of 2026-09-14.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeAlphabet reported cash and cash equivalents of $55,911,000,000 as of 2026-06-30 in the inputs to this valuation.
Valuation inputs · SEC XBRL + stored EOD closeDebate and risk review
A bull and a bear contest the claims and the chair rules on each; the risk review stress-tests what survived.
A bull and a bear argue the analysts' claims across two rounds, then a chair rules on each one. Only what survives feeds the score. The argument is shown, not hidden, so you can judge the reasoning yourself.
Recent quarterly filings show clear, contemporaneous strength in core operating results and the balance sheet: revenues, net income, diluted EPS, and total assets/equity increased meaningfully quarter-over-quarter (fundamentals-0, fundamentals-1, fundamentals-5). Market- and valuation-related signals further support a favorable read when taken with those fundamentals: strong 12-month momentum, price above key moving averages with a golden cross, and a trailing P/E near 18 based on reported EPS (market-0, market-2, valuation-5). The bear points rely heavily on risk disclosures and headline items that are routinely included in SEC filings and therefore may be more about legal completeness than immediate operating impairment; those filings flag plausible risks (filings-0, filings-1, filings-2, filings-3) but do not negate the contemporaneous earnings and balance-sheet expansion reported for the quarter. Elevated volatility and drawdowns are real (market-3, market-4), yet institutional and ETF footprint metrics show significant investor participation and positioning that align with the company’s scale in major indices (ownership-0, ownership-3, ownership-4). Financial advisors often suggest weighing contemporaneous hard financial results and balance-sheet strength alongside risk disclosures; here, the strongest, directly reported evidence (quarterly results and balance-sheet growth) supports a favorable informational read while the filing and market-noise items warrant monitoring rather than being taken as dispositive on their own.
Chair's verdict, claim by claim
Fragility · computed, not argued
balanced0.37
40 surviving claims rest on 15 distinct sources; the heaviest analyst carries 18% of them, and 98% of what the desk raised survived the debate.
The computed fragility indicates this read is moderately concentrated: a small set of sources supports many claims and one analyst contributes a noticeably larger share, so individual source or analyst errors could materially change the picture. High survival through debate suggests internal consistency, but the reliance on relatively few distinct sources and a dominant analyst reduces the independent weight you should place on any single claim.
Peer context · computed, not argued
12-1 momentum ranks 1st of 6 in Internet Content & Information (as of 2026-09-14).
90-day volatility ranks 5th of 6 in Internet Content & Information (as of 2026-09-14).
Disconfirming evidence · base rates · falsifiers
Context
Outside consensus, and where this name already sits in your own portfolio.
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What this was built from
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7 filings· 2 cited
SEC XBRL filings
Quarterly figures as filed with the SEC, read straight from EDGAR's structured data, not retyped or estimated.
Read by Mercer+0.4 to the score
13 documents· 2 cited
SEC filing documents
The filings themselves, including the year-over-year comparison of Item 1A risk factors.
Read by Oakes−0.8 to the score
1 signal set
Moneyta signal set
Computed from our own end-of-day price history and ranked against the whole research universe. No AI involved.
Read by Nash−0.1 to the score
3 holdings records· 1 cited
Fund holdings
Which funds hold this name and at what weight, plus insider Form 4 filings.
Read by Ellis+0.2 to the score
3 headlines· 2 cited
News coverage
Recent headlines about this company, rating chatter excluded and nothing published after the report date.
Read by Yatesnothing survived
9 filings· 2 cited
Insider filings
Parsed Forms 3/4/5 from EDGAR: named insiders, share counts, prices, and 10b5-1 plan state, with stated and inferred flags kept apart.
Read by Talbot−0.8 to the score
1 computation
Valuation inputs
TTM cash-flow figures from the company's own XBRL filings, priced with the stored closing price. Implied growth and multiples only; no fair-value dollar figure reaches the desk, by design.
Read by Archercontext only
1 record· 0 cited
Company profile
Sector, industry and company details.
1 record· 0 cited
Analyst consensus
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Written by AI, checked against sources
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