Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Short-term Investments (2014 - 2026)
Alphabet's Short-term Investments came in at $186.56 billion for Q2 2026, up 151.7% from $74.11 billion a year earlier and up 110.1% from the prior quarter.
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Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Short-term Investments (2014 - 2026) Analysis & Trends
At the end of FY2025, Alphabet's Short-term Investments was $96.14 billion, up 33.2% from FY2024.
- Short-term Investments carries a five-year compound annual growth rate of -2.7% (FY2020 to FY2025).
- Going back by year, Short-term Investments was $72.19 billion in FY2024 (-16.9%), $86.87 billion in FY2023 (-5.5%), $91.88 billion in FY2022 (-22.6%) and $118.7 billion in FY2021 (+7.7%).
- The Q2 2026 figure represents the highest quarterly Short-term Investments in data going back to Q4 2014.
- Year-over-year, Short-term Investments has increased for five consecutive quarters, with growth averaging 20.4% over the last eight quarters.
- The fastest year-over-year change in Short-term Investments over five years came in Q2 2026 (growth of 151.7%), and the weakest in Q4 2022 (a decline of 22.6%).
- Business Quant data shows GOOG's Short-term Investments at $88.78 billion (Q1 2026), $96.14 billion (Q4 2025) and $75.41 billion (Q3 2025) in the three quarters before Q2 2026.
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| Date | Value |
|---|---|
| Jun 30, 2026 | 186.56 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 88.78 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2025 | 96.14 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 75.41 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2025 | 74.11 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2025 | 72.06 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2024 | 72.19 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2024 | 73.27 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2024 | 73.50 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2024 | 83.60 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2023 | 86.87 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2023 | 89.23 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2023 | 92.40 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2023 | 89.18 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2022 | 91.88 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2022 | 94.28 Bn |
| Jun 30, 2022 | 107.06 Bn |
| Mar 31, 2022 | 113.08 Bn |
| Dec 31, 2021 | 118.70 Bn |
| Sep 30, 2021 | 118.28 Bn |
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Alphabet Inc. Short-term Investments API
Pull this series into your own models, spreadsheets and apps with the Business Quant
Historical Metrics API. The request below matches the chart above — change the
frequency, period or values and it follows. Swap YOUR_API_KEY for your own key.
https://data.businessquant.com/historic?slug=short-term-investments&ticker=GOOG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEYimport requests
url = "https://data.businessquant.com/historic"
params = {"slug": "short-term-investments", "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=short-term-investments&ticker=GOOG&period=max&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY");
const data = await res.json();