Alphabet Inc. Class A (GOOGL)
GOOGL · Communication Services ·
United States
Alphabet Inc. Class A (GOOGL) is a company in the Communication Services sector, based in United States. The stock is held in 23 ETFs we track – with its largest weight of 18.82 % in WTEL (msci-world-communication). Anyone holding one of these ETFs also owns a small indirect stake in Alphabet.
Very high ETF coverage: 23 of the 95 ETFs we cover hold Alphabet, spread across 12 indices. That puts the stock in more ETFs than 90.2 % of the 4,334 stocks we cover.
About Alphabet
Alphabet is the holding company of Google. Most of its revenue comes from advertising in Google Search, on YouTube and on partner websites; further businesses are Google Cloud, subscriptions, the Android platform and devices such as Pixel phones. Smaller ventures, including the self-driving car company Waymo, are reported as Other Bets. This page covers the Class A shares (GOOGL) with one vote per share. The Class C shares (GOOG) carry no vote, and the Class B shares with ten votes are not listed. Alphabet is based in Mountain View, California.
Price chart
Performance
| Year to date | +9.5 % | 1 year | +36.5 % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 month | -0.3 % | 3 months | -5.8 % |
| Calendar year 2025 | +65.3 % |
Measured in euros, Alphabet returned +11.6 % year to date and +39.7 % over one year. The gap to the dollar figures above comes from the exchange rate alone: each daily price is converted at the ECB euro reference rate for the same day.
Risk metrics
The close on Sep 16, 2026 was 14.8 % below the highest close since Jul 11, 2024, reached on May 13, 2026. Over the last 252 trading days, on days when the S&P 500 rose or fell 1 %, Alphabet moved on average 1.35 % in the same direction. The correlation of 0.55 shows how reliable that average is: the broad market explained part of the daily moves, but far from all.
Correlated with
The strongest co-movers on top, the most inverse below. Low or negative values improve portfolio diversification.
| Instrument | r | −1 … +1 |
|---|---|---|
| Alphabet Inc. Class C | +0.99 | |
| Amazon.com Inc. | +0.68 | |
| S&P 500 | +0.47 | |
| MSCI World | +0.42 | |
| Meta Platforms Inc Class A | +0.42 | |
| Euro STOXX 50 | +0.39 | |
| Heating oil | -0.33 | |
| Brent crude oil | -0.32 | |
| AbbVie Inc. | -0.30 |
Key financials
Latest reported fiscal year (FY2025, period end 2025-12-31) as filed with the SEC.
| Fiscal year | Revenue | Net income | Margin |
|---|---|---|---|
| FY2023 | 307.4 | 73.8 | 24.0 % |
| FY2024 | 350.0 | 100.1 | 28.6 % |
| FY2025 | 402.8 | 132.2 | 32.8 % |
Held in these ETFs
| ETF | Index | Weight | per €1,000 in the ETF |
|---|---|---|---|
| WTEL | msci-world-communication | 18.82 % | €188.20 |
| XUCM | msci-usa-communication | 17.38 % | €173.80 |
| XWTS | msci-world-communication | 17.37 % | €173.70 |
| CIND | dow-jones | 3.94 % | €39.40 |
| EXXT | nasdaq-100 | 3.24 % | €32.40 |
| XNAS | nasdaq-100 | 3.24 % | €32.40 |
| SPYL / SPY5 | sp500 | 3.09 % | €30.90 |
| SXR8 | sp500 | 3.09 % | €30.90 |
| XD9U / XD9D | msci-usa | 3.08 % | €30.80 |
| XDEM | msci-world-momentum | 2.78 % | €27.80 |
| SWWD | msci-world | 2.24 % | €22.40 |
| SPPW | msci-world | 2.24 % | €22.40 |
| EUNL | msci-world | 2.23 % | €22.30 |
| XDWD / XDWL | msci-world | 2.23 % | €22.30 |
| WIMI | msci-world-imi | 2.00 % | €20.00 |
| SPYY | msci-acwi | 1.98 % | €19.80 |
| IUSQ | msci-acwi | 1.96 % | €19.60 |
| SPYI / SPSA | msci-acwi-imi | 1.75 % | €17.50 |
| XDEQ | msci-world-quality | 1.66 % | €16.60 |
The last column turns the weight into euros: this much of €1,000 invested in one of these funds is allocated to Alphabet as of the fund's latest holdings list.
Weight in EUNL since 2019
In EUNL, a fund tracking the MSCI World, Alphabet had a weight of 0.88 % on Sep 30, 2019 and 2.23 % on Sep 16, 2026. Its share peaked at 2.33 % on Jun 30, 2026. The weight rises and falls with the stock's price relative to the other index members, and it also shifts when the index provider changes the composition.
How much Alphabet Inc. Class A overlaps with other holdings in a portfolio is shown by the Portfolio X-Ray and the ETF overlap check.
Stocks with similar ETF exposure
Names that reach a portfolio through largely the same funds as Alphabet — the figure counts the ETFs holding both.
Alphabet Inc. Class CGOOG · 22 shared ETFs · r +0.99
Meta Platforms Inc Class AMETA · 21 shared ETFs · r +0.42
AppLovin Corp. Class AAPP · 21 shared ETFs
Netflix Inc.NFLX · 21 shared ETFs
Take-Two Interactive Software Inc.TTWO · 20 shared ETFs
Warner Bros. Discovery Inc. Series AWBD · 20 shared ETFs
T-Mobile US Inc.TMUS · 20 shared ETFs
Comcast Corporation Class ACMCSA · 20 shared ETFs
Key figures side by side
| Stock | 1 year | Volatility p.a. | Net margin | Revenue growth |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alphabet | +36.5 % | 31.5 % | 32.8 % | +15.1 % |
| Alphabet | +35.0 % | 31.1 % | – | – |
| Meta Platforms Inc | -13.6 % | 37.7 % | 30.1 % | +22.2 % |
| AppLovin | -45.9 % | 82.9 % | 60.8 % | +70.0 % |
| Netflix | -36.4 % | 33.9 % | 24.3 % | +15.9 % |
| Take-Two Interactive Software | -14.5 % | 31.3 % | -4.5 % | +18.2 % |
| Warner Bros. Discovery | +53.8 % | 49.6 % | 1.9 % | -5.1 % |
| T-Mobile US | -25.8 % | 28.3 % | 12.4 % | +8.5 % |
| Comcast Corporation | -26.5 % | 29.8 % | 16.2 % | -0.0 % |
Return and volatility from our daily closing prices in US dollars; margin and growth from the latest SEC annual filing. Fiscal years do not all end on the same date.
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