Growth Metrics

Alphabet (GOOG) Capital Expenditures (2016 - 2025)

Alphabet (GOOG) has disclosed Capital Expenditures for 11 consecutive years, with -$27.9 billion as the latest value for Q4 2024.

  • On a quarterly basis, Capital Expenditures fell 102.46% to -$27.9 billion in Q4 2024 year-over-year; TTM through Dec 2024 was $10.3 billion, a 38.88% increase, with the full-year FY2025 number at $91.4 billion, up 785.6% from a year prior.
  • Capital Expenditures was -$27.9 billion for Q4 2024 at Alphabet, down from $13.1 billion in the prior quarter.
  • In the past five years, Capital Expenditures ranged from a high of $13.2 billion in Q2 2024 to a low of -$27.9 billion in Q4 2024.
  • A 5-year average of $4.8 billion and a median of $6.6 billion in 2021 define the central range for Capital Expenditures.
  • Peak YoY movement for Capital Expenditures: tumbled 281.66% in 2023, then surged 91.43% in 2024.
  • Alphabet's Capital Expenditures stood at $5.5 billion in 2020, then grew by 16.5% to $6.4 billion in 2021, then grew by 18.99% to $7.6 billion in 2022, then crashed by 281.66% to -$13.8 billion in 2023, then tumbled by 102.46% to -$27.9 billion in 2024.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GOOG's Capital Expenditures are -$27.9 billion (Q4 2024), $13.1 billion (Q3 2024), and $13.2 billion (Q2 2024).