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Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) FCF Margin (2014 - 2026)

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Alphabet (GOOG) posted FCF Margin of -4.89% for Q2 2026, down 10.38 percentage points from 5.50% a year earlier and down 14.09 percentage points from the prior quarter.

Analysis

Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) FCF Margin (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends

For the trailing twelve months through Jun 30, 2026, FCF Margin at Alphabet was 11.95%, down 6.02 percentage points year-over-year; for FY2025, it was 18.19%, down 2.60 percentage points from FY2024.

  • Annual FCF Margin shows a five-year change of -5.28 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
  • In prior years, Alphabet's FCF Margin was 20.79% in FY2024 (-1.82 pp), 22.61% in FY2023 (+1.39 pp), 21.22% in FY2022 (-4.79 pp) and 26.01% in FY2021 (+2.54 pp).
  • The Q2 2026 figure stands as the lowest quarterly FCF Margin in data going back to Q4 2014.
  • On a year-over-year basis, FCF Margin has declined in each of the last three quarters, with an average year-over-year change of -3.20 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
  • The strongest year-over-year quarter for FCF Margin in the past five years was Q4 2024, with a gain of 16.60 percentage points; the weakest was Q2 2024, with a drop of 13.32 percentage points.
  • According to Business Quant data, FCF Margin for the three prior quarters was 9.21% (Q1 2026), 21.57% (Q4 2025) and 23.90% (Q3 2025).
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Historic Data

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DateValue
Jun 30, 2026 -4.89%
Mar 31, 2026 9.21%
Dec 31, 2025 21.57%
Sep 30, 2025 23.90%
Jun 30, 2025 5.50%
Mar 31, 2025 21.00%
Dec 31, 2024 25.75%
Sep 30, 2024 19.98%
Jun 30, 2024 15.88%
Mar 31, 2024 20.90%
Dec 31, 2023 9.15%
Sep 30, 2023 29.47%
Jun 30, 2023 29.19%
Mar 31, 2023 24.68%
Dec 31, 2022 21.06%
Sep 30, 2022 23.27%
Jun 30, 2022 18.07%
Mar 31, 2022 22.53%
Dec 31, 2021 24.63%
Sep 30, 2021 28.75%
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