Alphabet (GOOG) Share-based Compensation (2014 - 2026)

Alphabet (GOOG) has 13 years of Share-based Compensation data on file, last reported at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026.

• Share-based Compensation for Q1 2026 came in at $6.8 billion, up 22.39% year-over-year; the trailing twelve-month figure through Mar 2026 was $26.2 billion (up 13.68% YoY), and the FY2025 annual result was $25.0 billion, up 9.52% from the prior year.
• Share-based Compensation declined to $6.8 billion in Q1 2026 per GOOG's latest filing, from $7.1 billion in the prior quarter.
• Over five years, Share-based Compensation peaked at $7.1 billion in Q4 2025 and troughed at $17.0 million in Q2 2023.
• A 5-year average of $5.3 billion and a median of $5.7 billion in 2023 frame the typical range for Share-based Compensation.
• The sharpest annual moves came in 2023 and 2024: Share-based Compensation tumbled 99.64% in 2023, then soared 34400.0% in 2024.
• A 5-year view of Share-based Compensation shows it stood at $5.1 billion in 2022, then climbed by 10.96% to $5.7 billion in 2023, then increased by 2.67% to $5.8 billion in 2024, then increased by 21.7% to $7.1 billion in 2025, then slipped by 4.53% to $6.8 billion in 2026.
• Business Quant data shows GOOG's Share-based Compensation at $6.8 billion in Q1 2026, $7.1 billion in Q4 2025, and $6.4 billion in Q3 2025.