Growth Metrics

Alphabet (GOOGL) FCF Margin (2016 - 2026)

Alphabet has reported FCF Margin over the past 13 years, most recently at 9.21% for Q1 2026.

  • Quarterly FCF Margin fell 1180.0% to 9.21% in Q1 2026 from the year-ago period, while the trailing twelve-month figure was 15.25% through Mar 2026, down 1730.0% year-over-year, with the annual reading at 18.19% for FY2025, 1466.0% down from the prior year.
  • FCF Margin was 9.21% for Q1 2026 at Alphabet, down from 21.57% in the prior quarter.
  • Over five years, FCF Margin peaked at 69.5% in Q4 2024 and troughed at 5.5% in Q2 2025.
  • The 5-year median for FCF Margin is 21.57% (2025), against an average of 24.33%.
  • Year-over-year, FCF Margin soared 3160bps in 2024 and then crashed -4793bps in 2025.
  • A 5-year view of FCF Margin shows it stood at 21.06% in 2022, then surged by 80bps to 37.9% in 2023, then surged by 83bps to 69.5% in 2024, then crashed by -69bps to 21.57% in 2025, then tumbled by -57bps to 9.21% in 2026.
  • Per Business Quant, the three most recent readings for GOOGL's FCF Margin are 9.21% (Q1 2026), 21.57% (Q4 2025), and 23.9% (Q3 2025).