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Alphabet Inc Class A

GOOGL#3 of 134 by buybacks

NASDAQ · Communication Services · Internet Content & Information · USA

abc.xyz
Buybacks · TTM to Jun 2026$32.1Blatest four quarters
Buyback yield0.7%repurchases ÷ market cap
Dividends · TTM to Jun 2026$10.3Bdividend yield 0.2%
Shareholder yield1.0%buybacks + dividends ÷ market cap
Shares outstanding · 5 yr−8.5%12.3B shares (2026)
Buybacks ÷ free cash flow60%payout incl. dividends 80%
Buybacks and dividends by fiscal year
Cash returned to shareholders, in USD. Fiscal years end in December.
Shares outstanding
Share count down 8.5% over roughly five years. Falling is what a real buyback looks like.
Quarterly repurchases
Last 8 reported quarters, in USD. Orange bars mark quarters where the company issued more shares than it bought.

Fiscal-year detail

From the cash-flow statement as reported, in USD. Negative repurchases mean net share issuance.

Fiscal yearRepurchasesDividendsFree cash flow
FY2025Dec 2025$45.7B$10.0B$73.3B
FY2024Dec 2024$62.2B$7.36B$72.8B
FY2023Dec 2023$61.5B$0$69.5B
FY2022Dec 2022$59.3B$0$60.0B
FY2021Dec 2021$50.3B—$67.0B
FY2020Dec 2020$31.1B—$42.8B
FY2019Dec 2019$18.4B—$31.0B

Repurchases in FY2025 were −26.5% versus the prior year.

About Alphabet Inc Class A

Alphabet Inc. offers various products and platforms in the United States, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, the Asia-Pacific, Canada, and Latin America. It operates through Google Services, Google Cloud, and Other Bets segments. The Google Services segment provides products and services, including ads, Android, Chrome, devices, Gmail, Google Drive, Google Maps, Google Photos, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. It is also involved in the sale of apps and in-app purchases and digital content in Google Play and YouTube;…

Market cap
$4.30T
P/E (trailing)
17.5×
Fiscal year end
December
ISIN
US02079K3059
Reporting currency
USD
Data updated
Oct 10, 2026
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