Alphabet (GOOG) Return on Equity [ROE] (2015 - 2026)
Alphabet (GOOG) reported Return on Equity [ROE] of 35.76% for Q3 2026, up 2.62 percentage points from 33.14% a year earlier but down 7.87 percentage points from the prior quarter.
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Alphabet (GOOG) Return on Equity [ROE] (2015 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
For FY2025, Alphabet posted Return on Equity [ROE] of 35.70%, up 2.80 percentage points from FY2024.
- Return on Equity [ROE] has increased for three consecutive years, with a five-year change of +16.71 percentage points (FY2020 to FY2025).
- By year, Return on Equity [ROE] came in at 32.91% in FY2024 (+5.55 pp), 27.36% in FY2023 (+3.73 pp), 23.62% in FY2022 (-8.45 pp) and 32.07% in FY2021 (+13.07 pp).
- Five-year quarterly Return on Equity [ROE] spans a low of 22.66% in Q1 2023 and a high of 43.64% in Q2 2026.
- Year over year, Return on Equity [ROE] has now increased in each of the last 12 quarters, with an average year-over-year change of +4.11 percentage points over the last eight quarters.
- The high point for year-over-year Return on Equity [ROE] in five years was Q4 2021 (a gain of 12.15 percentage points); the low point was Q4 2022 (a drop of 7.12 percentage points).
- Per Business Quant data, the three quarters before Q3 2026 came in at 43.64% (Q2 2026), 35.84% (Q1 2026) and 32.95% (Q4 2025).
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Sep 30, 2026 | 35.76% |
| Jun 30, 2026 | 43.64% |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 35.84% |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 32.95% |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 33.14% |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 32.64% |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 33.12% |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 31.33% |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 30.66% |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 29.53% |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 28.60% |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 26.52% |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 24.70% |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 23.09% |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 22.66% |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 23.53% |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 26.32% |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 28.27% |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 29.48% |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 30.65% |
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Alphabet Return on Equity [ROE] API
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Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
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https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GOOG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "return-on-equity-[roe]", "ticker": "GOOG", "period": "max", "api_key": "YOUR_API_KEY"}
data = requests.get(url, params=params).json()const res = await fetch("https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=return-on-equity-%5Broe%5D&ticker=GOOG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();