Alphabet Inc. GOOG

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Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) Free cash flow margin

Alphabet Inc.'s free cash flow margin over the twelve months to 30 June 2026 was 12.0%, down 6.2 percentage points from fiscal 2025 (18.2%). Over the past ten years it has ranged from 16.7% (fiscal 2018) to 28.9% (fiscal 2016); the current reading is higher than 18% of that period. That is above the Internet Content & Information industry median of 1.75% and above the Communication Services sector median of 0.63%.

Free cash flow margin, annual

Annual

Period Free cash flow margin Change (points)
FY2025 18.2% (2.60)
FY2024 20.8% (1.82)
FY2023 22.6% 1.39
FY2022 21.2% (4.79)
FY2021 26.0% 2.54
FY2020 23.5% 4.33
FY2019 19.1% 2.45
FY2018 16.7% (4.88)
FY2017 21.6% (7.30)
FY2016 28.9% 6.66

Against its own ten years

Low 16.7% High 28.9%
Ten-year median 21.6%
Current reading's percentile 18

Free cash flow margin against peers

Company Free cash flow margin
RDDT Reddit Inc. compare 36.7%
MTCH Match Group Inc. compare 32.5%
PINS Pinterest, Inc. compare 28.1%
META Meta Platforms, Inc. compare 18.0%
SPOT Spotify Technology compare 17.7%
GOOGL Alphabet Inc. compare 12.0%
GOOG Alphabet Inc. 12.0%
SNAP Snap Inc. compare 11.1%
BIDU Baidu, Inc. compare 0.00%
Internet Content & Information industry median 1.75%
Communication Services sector median 0.63%
Market median 0.00%

What Free cash flow margin is

Free Cash Flow Margin tells an investor how much of each sale turns into cash the company keeps after paying for investment in its assets.

(Operating Cash Flow + Property, Plant, Equipment Change (Net) + Intangible Assets Change (Net)) ÷ Revenue

The full definition of Free cash flow margin →

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