Alphabet Inc (GOOGL)

Alphabet (GOOGL) screens as a quality growth-at-a-reasonable-price rather than a deep value: P/E 17.29 vs forward P/E 22.70 (market expects future earnings growth but at a higher multiple).

PEG of 1.22 suggests valuation is roughly aligned with expected growth (not cheap like classic value, but not stretched like high-growth moats paying extreme multiples).

Price-to-sales (P/S) is 9.38 and EV/sales is 17.27—these are premium revenue multiples, implying the market discounts some mix/efficiency risk or values ad/search durability and AI optionality.

Balance-sheet valuation shows P/B of 6.76, which is elevated versus typical value stocks; this is common for asset-light, high-ROE franchises—use ROE/ROIC to judge rather than P/B alone.

Cash flow valuation: P/FCF 17.27 and EV/EBITDA 78.61 are high; this points to expectations for strong operating leverage and/or that current operating earnings/EBITDA margin may be lower than normalized.

Profitability is strong: ROA 19.91%, ROE 23.01%, and ROIC 20.23% indicate the business converts capital efficiently—key for both value and growth investors.

Margins: gross margin 54.70%, operating margin 52.18%, and net/profit margin 33.96% (all high). This supports moat-like economics and resilience through cycles.

Earnings growth signals: EPS (ttm) 19.91%? (Note: EPS Y/Y TTM shown as 294.02%; EPS past 3/5Y is 112.71%). The dataset indicates a very strong recent acceleration in EPS, consistent with margin/efficiency improvements.

Revenue growth: Sales Y/Y TTM is 18.56% and sales past 3/5Y is 33.35% (the table shows both figures; overall message: healthy top-line growth).

Earnings quality/consistency: EPS surprise metric is 20.23% (positive) and EPS/Sales surprise shows 294.02%—this suggests the market may be revising expectations upward, though confirm with actual reports if trading on precision.

Forward EPS expectations: EPS next Y 15.15 and EPS this Y 16.61? (table shows EPS next Y 15.15 and EPS this Y 3.04—values appear inconsistent due to parsing; however, the key takeaway from provided growth fields is that future EPS growth is expected).

Multi-year growth: EPS next 5Y is 20.23% and EPS past 3/5Y is 112.71% (interpretable as cumulative/rolling growth in dataset)—the presence of a ~20% forward growth rate supports growth investor alignment if margins hold.

Sales momentum: Sales Q/Q 18.56% and EPS Q/Q 2.72%? (again slight parsing ambiguity, but both indicate the business is not deteriorating).

Revenue and earnings growth are occurring alongside very high operating margins—this is the best combination for compounding.

Liquidity is strong: Quick ratio 2.36 and current ratio 2.72 imply ample short-term coverage.

Leverage looks moderate: Debt/Eq 0.18 and LT Debt/Eq 0.18 are low—GOOGL is not dependent on heavy leverage to run the business.

Cash/sh is 19.92 and book/sh is 50.90 (high levels consistent with a mature cash-generating franchise).

Institutional risk: None indicated directly from the dataset (no distress metrics). The combination of high ROIC and low leverage supports financial durability.

Insider ownership is 0.01 (dataset shows 0.01%); insider signals are not a primary driver here—ownership is largely institutional.

Institutional ownership is 87.39% (high), which supports liquidity and continued analyst coverage but also implies the stock may be driven by index flows and consensus expectations.

Insider transactions are -0.01% and institution transactions are 1.62% (small changes), suggesting no extreme insider capitulation/accumulation visible in this snapshot.

Trend and valuation consistency: Price is 344.08 vs 52W high 426.50 and low 340.92—this looks like the stock is trading near the lower end of the last year range.

Performance: Perf YTD is 19.66% and Perf Year is 41.54%—the stock has been strong over longer windows, but it also shows near-term softness given the current price near the 52W low.

Volatility: volatility 39.83% with ATR (14) 2.36 indicates meaningful day-to-day movement; position sizing and entry discipline matter.

RSI (14) is 50.12, i.e., neutral momentum (not oversold, not overbought).

Beta 1.21 indicates the stock is more volatile than the market, which can cut both ways for a value entry.

Relative volume is 1.38 and short ratio is 1.21; indicates normal-to-elevated activity rather than a blow-off move.

Short float 1.85% and short interest are low (per dataset), suggesting less short-squeeze tailwind—the move likely follows fundamentals rather than positioning shocks.

SMA levels: Price 344.08 is above SMA20 339.83 and above SMA50 337.33 but below/near SMA200 426.50 (dataset SMA200 listed 426.50). Net: medium-term trend may be stabilizing, long-term trend may still be below the 200-day benchmark in this snapshot.