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Alphabet Inc. Class A
Alphabet Inc. Class A
Class A GOOGL-USA
Overview
05 Overview
Valuation
17 Valuation
Profitability
21 Profitability
Statement Analysis
27 Statement Analysis
M&A
31 M&A
Company Overview
33 Supply Chain
74 Event Calendar
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83 Alphabet, Inc.(GOOGL-US), Morgan Stanley Technology, Media and Telecom Conference, 8-March-2022 1:20 PM ET
Broker Research
99 Comprehensive Technical and Fundamental Analysis for GOOGL. This reports includes The Investment Rate, a
macroeconomic leading indicator, and Market Analysis. (Stock Traders Daily) 10 pages
109 Comprehensive Technical and Fundamental Analysis for GOOG. This reports includes The Investment Rate, a
macroeconomic leading indicator, and Market Analysis. (Stock Traders Daily) 10 pages
Overview
Alphabet Inc. Class A (GOOGL) $2,534.60 Next Rpt Date: 26 Apr '22 Report as of 16 Apr '22
Profile
Alphabet, Inc. is a holding company, which engages in the business of acquisition and operation of different companies. It operates
through the Google and Other Bets segments. The Google segment includes its main Internet products such as ads, Android,
Chrome, hardware, Google Cloud, Google Maps, Google Play, Search, and YouTube. The Other Bets segment consists of
businesses such as Access, Calico, CapitalG, GV, Verily, Waymo, and X. The company was founded by Lawrence E. Page and
Sergey Mikhaylovich Brin on October 2, 2015 and is headquartered in Mountain View, CA.
$2,534.60
YTD -12.5%
3M -9.1%
1Y 13.1%
Beta 1.31
FY1 PE 21.9x
Key Items
Trading Information Valuation 5Y Trend Current vs. Ind vs. Bmrk
Current Price $2,534.60 P/E (LTM) 22.6 0.8 1.4
52 Wk Range $2,193.62 - 3,030.93 P/E (NTM) 20.8 0.7 1.3
Avg Daily Vol (3m) 1.91 (M)
P/Sales 6.7 1.1 3.9
Short Int (% of Float) 0.7%
P/Bk 6.7 0.9 2.8
P/CF 18.6 0.9 1.8
Key Statistics EV/EBITDA 17.2 0.8 1.4
Mkt Value (B) $1,721
EV/Sales 6.1 1.0 2.9
Ent Value (B) $1,595
Basic Shares (M) 661.1 Profitability (%) 10Y Trend LTM Ind Bmrk
Dividend (Ann) $0.00 Gross Margin 56.9 54.6 26.7
Div Yld 0.0% EBITDA Margin 35.3 27.1 17.6
EBIT Margin 30.5 19.0 11.6
Event Calendar
01 Feb '22 05:00 PM Q4 2021 Earnings Call 30.7 27.7 75,325 72,271
26 Oct '21 04:30 PM Q3 2021 Earnings Call 28.0 23.7 65,118 63,529
27 Jul '21 04:30 PM Q2 2021 Earnings Call 27.3 19.2 61,880 56,190
Enterprise Value
Fiscal Date Dec '21 Sep '21 Jun '21 Mar '21 Dec '20
Basic Market Capitalization 1,917,098.3 1,774,424.8 1,649,655.5 1,386,127.6 1,183,171.3
Diluted Market Capitalization 48,886.4 52,621.2 53,489.8 50,683.2 33,806.3
ITM Convertible Debt - - - - -
ITM Convertible Preferred - - - - -
Stock Compensation 48,886.4 52,621.2 53,489.8 50,683.2 33,806.3
Fully Diluted Market Capitalization 1,965,984.7 1,827,046.0 1,703,145.3 1,436,810.8 1,216,977.6
ST Debt Total 113.0 249.0 117.0 1,090.0 1,100.0
Net LT Debt Total 14,817.0 14,288.0 14,328.0 13,887.0 13,932.0
Total Debt 14,930.0 14,537.0 14,445.0 14,977.0 15,032.0
Market Capitalization 1,965,984.7 1,827,046.0 1,703,145.3 1,436,810.8 1,216,977.6
+ Total Debt 14,930.0 14,537.0 14,445.0 14,977.0 15,032.0
- ITM Convertible Debt - - - - -
- Cash Equivalents 139,649.0 142,003.0 135,863.0 135,104.0 136,694.0
+ Total Preferred - - - - -
- ITM Convertible Preferred - - - - -
- Invest. in Unconsold. Subs. 1,500.0 1,500.0 1,600.0 1,600.0 1,400.0
+ Non-Controlling Interest 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
+ Pension Liabilities - - - - -
Enterprise Value 1,839,765.7 1,698,080.0 1,580,127.3 1,315,083.8 1,093,915.6
All figures in millions of USD. Source: FactSet Equity Capital Structure, FactSet DCS, FactSet Fundamentals
Key Estimates
Earnings Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '21 Mar '22E Jun '22E Sep '22E
EPS - GAAP 112.20 116.00 136.05 30.69 25.66 27.39 29.65
Growth (%) 91.4 3.4 17.3 37.6 -2.4 0.5 5.9
EPS - Non GAAP 112.20 117.23 136.75 30.69 25.84 28.25 30.32
Growth (%) 91.4 4.5 16.7 37.6 -1.7 3.6 8.3
Income Statement (B) Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '21 Mar '22E Jun '22E Sep '22E
Sales 257.6 302.8 349.3 75.3 68.1 71.9 75.8
Growth (%) 41.2 17.5 15.4 32.4 23.2 16.2 16.4
EBITDA 106.5 121.9 140.9 29.3 27.5 29.6 31.4
Growth (%) 56.9 14.5 15.6 29.6 20.1 13.3 11.5
Operating Income 78.7 88.5 103.4 21.9 19.6 20.7 22.5
Growth (%) 90.9 12.5 16.9 39.8 19.4 6.9 6.8
Net Income 76.0 77.1 89.7 20.6 17.4 18.4 19.9
Growth (%) 88.8 1.3 16.4 35.6 -3.0 -0.5 5.3
Per Share Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '21 Mar '22E Jun '22E Sep '22E
Dividends per Share 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00 0.00
Cash Flow per Share 135.25 157.08 182.30 36.41 38.75 36.65 39.47
Free Cash Flow per Share 98.89 122.95 147.99 27.59 30.70 26.93 33.52
Book Value per Share 374.18 444.01 533.37 379.20 389.66 402.96 417.76
Corporate Information
Ownership Summary
FLOAT 99.6%
Shares Out 300,755,000
Short Interest 2,011,650
INSIDER 0.4%
Inst. Ownership 79.3%
North American 64.0%
Non-North American 15.2%
Inst Ownership as % of Float 79.6%
Top 10 Inst. Holders 28.2%
Institutions Position (000) % O/S % Port 3M Chg (000) Mkt Value (USD)
The Vanguard Group, Inc. 21,731 7.2 1.2 40 55,078,900,000
BlackRock Fund Advisors 13,143 4.4 1.1 157 33,312,900,000
Fidelity Management & Research Co. LLC 12,400 4.1 2.5 -84 31,429,700,000
SSgA Funds Management, Inc. 11,253 3.7 1.4 157 28,521,300,000
T. Rowe Price Associates, Inc. (Inves... 6,964 2.3 1.7 -365 17,651,100,000
Geode Capital Management LLC 5,323 1.8 1.5 116 13,490,700,000
Wellington Management Co. LLP 4,383 1.5 1.7 -286 11,109,100,000
Northern Trust Investments, Inc.(Inve... 3,673 1.2 1.6 -10 9,309,030,000
Capital Research & Management Co. (Gl... 3,255 1.1 1.6 -515 8,249,950,000
Massachusetts Financial Services Co. 2,826 0.9 1.8 20 7,162,680,000
BlackRock Investment Management (UK) ... 2,276 0.8 1.0 -66 5,769,600,000
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney LLC (Inve... 2,142 0.7 1.3 31 5,430,310,000
Insiders Position (000) % O/S % Port 3M Chg (000) Mkt Value (USD)
SCHMIDT ERIC E 396 0.1 11.3 380 1,004,550,000
Wellcome Trust Ltd. (Direct Investments) 150 0.0 3.7 0 380,190,000
DOERR JOHN L 146 0.0 6.9 0 369,023,000
SHRIRAM RAM KAVITARK 134 0.0 47.6 -10 339,730,000
Investmentaktiengesellschaft fur lang... 124 0.0 14.8 -0 314,815,000
FY Ending Guidance # of Ests Mean Low High Std Dev 3 Mo. Rev
Dec '21 - - 112.20 - - -
Dec '22E - 47 116.00 83.95 136.53 9.31
Dec '23E - 46 136.05 94.04 166.40 11.94
Dec '24E - 20 155.83 131.47 184.79 12.77
Latest 12 Mo. - - 25.66 19.67 29.57 -
Next 12 Mo. - - 121.71 86.83 145.04 -
FQ Ending Guidance # of Ests Mean Low High Std Dev 3 Mo. Rev
Dec '21 - - 30.69 - - -
Mar '22E - 40 25.66 19.67 29.57 2.13
Jun '22E - 38 27.39 16.01 32.63 2.90
Sep '22E - 38 29.65 20.95 35.29 2.39
Dec '22E - 37 33.19 23.06 37.34 2.56
Mar '23E - 12 29.77 21.90 34.15 3.22
Jun '23E - 12 31.19 23.30 34.69 3.28
Sep '23E - 12 33.71 23.53 37.92 3.63
Dec '23E - 11 37.50 25.31 42.62 4.46
Actuals 10Y Trend Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E Dec '25E
Sales 257.6 302.8 349.3 401.7 466.0
Google Services 237.5 279.9 318.5 359.7 410.3
Google Advertising 209.5 243.7 276.5 311.6 347.2
> Google Properties 177.8 208.0 237.5 271.6 308.9
>> Google Search & Other Advertising 149.0 173.7 195.7 218.0 239.2
> Google Network Members' Properties 31.7 35.3 38.0 40.8 42.6
>> YouTube Advertising 28.8 35.9 44.3 53.6 67.5
Google Other 28.0 31.5 35.5 39.9 50.8
Google Cloud 19.2 26.6 35.5 44.5 50.3
Growth (%) 10Y Trend Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E Dec '25E
Sales 41.2 17.5 15.4 15.0 16.0
Google Services 40.9 17.8 13.8 12.9 14.1
Google Advertising 83.5 16.3 13.4 12.7 11.4
> Google Properties 43.6 17.0 14.2 14.3 13.7
>> Google Search & Other Advertising 43.1 16.6 12.6 11.4 9.7
> Google Network Members' Properties 37.3 11.3 7.7 7.2 4.6
>> YouTube Advertising 45.9 24.5 23.4 21.1 25.8
Google Other 29.1 12.5 12.6 12.5 27.1
Google Cloud 47.1 38.3 33.7 25.1 13.2
Estimate Table
Sales (B)
FY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Q1 (Mar) 16.5 20.1 31.1 36.3 41.2 55.3 68.1 78.8 90.9
Q2 (Jun) 17.5 20.9 32.7 38.9 38.3 61.9 71.9 82.9 95.2
Q3 (Sep) 18.3 22.3 33.7 40.5 46.2 65.1 75.8 86.3 98.0
Q4 (Dec) 21.2 25.9 39.3 46.1 56.9 75.3 86.7 98.3 113.9
Fiscal Year 73.5 89.2 136.8 161.9 182.5 257.6 302.8 349.3 401.7
EV/Sales (x) 6.4 7.2 4.6 5.1 6.0 7.2 5.3 4.6 4.0
CY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Cal. Year 73.5 89.2 136.8 161.9 182.5 257.6 302.8 349.3 401.7
EV/Sales (x) 6.4 7.2 4.6 5.1 6.0 7.2 5.3 4.6 4.0
Growth (YoY%)
FY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Q1 (Mar) 18.4 22.2 54.8 16.7 13.3 34.4 23.2 15.7 15.4
Q2 (Jun) 22.1 19.4 56.1 19.3 -1.7 61.6 16.2 15.3 14.9
Q3 (Sep) 20.9 21.9 51.5 20.0 14.0 41.0 16.4 13.9 13.6
Q4 (Dec) 22.8 22.0 51.8 17.3 23.5 32.4 15.1 13.4 15.8
Fiscal Year 21.2 21.4 53.4 18.3 12.8 41.2 17.5 15.4 15.0
CY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Cal. Year 21.2 21.4 53.4 18.3 12.8 41.2 17.5 15.4 15.0
Estimate Table
EPS
FY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Q1 (Mar) 7.50 7.73 13.33 9.50 9.87 26.29 25.66 29.77 34.38
Q2 (Jun) 8.42 5.01 11.75 14.21 10.13 27.26 27.39 31.19 36.84
Q3 (Sep) 9.06 9.57 13.06 10.12 16.40 27.99 29.65 33.71 41.47
Q4 (Dec) 7.56 9.70 12.77 15.35 22.30 30.69 33.19 37.50 46.51
Fiscal Year 34.73 35.90 43.70 49.16 58.61 112.20 116.00 136.05 155.83
P/E (x) 22.8 29.3 23.9 27.2 29.9 25.8 21.9 18.6 16.3
CY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Cal. Year 34.73 35.90 43.70 49.16 58.61 112.20 116.00 136.05 155.83
P/E (x) 22.8 29.3 23.9 27.2 29.9 25.8 21.9 18.6 16.3
Growth (YoY%)
FY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Q1 (Mar) 14.2 3.1 72.4 -28.7 3.9 166.4 -2.4 16.0 15.5
Q2 (Jun) 20.5 -40.5 134.5 20.9 -28.7 169.1 0.5 13.9 18.1
Q3 (Sep) 23.3 5.6 36.5 -22.5 62.1 70.7 5.9 13.7 23.0
Q4 (Dec) -12.8 28.3 31.6 20.2 45.3 37.6 8.1 13.0 24.0
Fiscal Year 17.4 3.4 21.7 12.5 19.2 91.4 3.4 17.3 14.5
CY Ending Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E
Cal. Year 17.4 3.4 21.7 12.5 19.2 91.4 3.4 17.3 14.5
Valuation Summary
Valuation 5Y Trend Current 5Y High 5Y Low 5Y Avg vs. Ind vs. Bmrk
P/E LTM 22.6 65.5 20.5 35.1 0.8 1.1
P/E NTM 20.8 32.9 18.4 25.7 0.7 1.1
P/Sales 6.7 10.1 4.4 6.9 1.1 2.7
P/Sales NTM 5.3 7.8 3.5 5.7 1.0 2.3
P/Bk 6.7 8.5 3.4 5.4 0.9 1.7
P/Bk NTM 5.4 6.7 2.8 4.4 0.9 1.5
P/CF 18.6 27.3 12.9 19.7 0.9 1.3
P/CF NTM 15.4 22.2 13.1 18.4 0.8 1.1
EV/EBITDA 17.2 29.2 12.5 19.7 0.8 1.1
EV/EBITDA NTM 12.0 16.9 8.5 12.7 0.7 0.9
EV/Sales 6.1 9.4 3.7 6.1 1.0 2.0
EV/Sales NTM 4.9 6.9 3.0 5.1 0.9 1.8
Price to Earnings
Valuation Multiples
Financial Valuation Ratios Dec '20A Dec '21A Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E Dec '25E
EV/Sales 8.75 6.20 5.27 4.57 3.97 3.42
EV/EBITDA 29.14 17.53 13.08 11.32 9.77 8.42
EV/EBIT 38.86 20.30 18.02 15.42 13.10 11.19
EBITDA/Interest Expense 405.51 263.02 60.96 70.44 77.71 -
EBIT/Interest Expense 304.05 227.07 44.26 51.72 57.98 -
EBITDA-CapEx/Interest Expense 240.47 191.81 45.69 54.23 60.74 -
Total Debt/EBITDA 0.51 0.31 - - - -
Total Debt/EV 0.02 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.01 -
Price to Earnings 43.24 22.59 21.85 18.63 16.27 13.62
Financial Summary Dec '20A Dec '21A Dec '22E Dec '23E Dec '24E Dec '25E
Revenue 182.35 257.49 302.83 349.34 401.74 465.95
Gross Income 97.62 146.55 169.61 195.73 223.52 256.73
EBITDA 54,744.0 91,006.0 121,925.0 140,887.2 163,200.7 189,476.6
EBIT 41.05 78.57 88.52 103.44 121.76 142.50
Net Income 40,269.0 76,033.0 77,054.4 89,668.1 103,239.7 125,911.9
Profitability Ratios
Profitability (%) 10Y Trend Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Gross Margin 60.8 58.9 56.5 55.5 53.5 56.9
Operating Margin 25.8 26.2 23.0 22.0 22.5 30.5
Pretax Margin 26.9 24.5 25.5 24.6 26.4 35.2
Net Margin 21.7 11.4 22.4 21.3 22.1 29.5
ROA 12.4 6.9 14.3 13.5 13.5 22.4
ROE 15.0 8.7 18.6 18.1 19.0 32.1
ROTC 17.3 19.4 18.7 17.8 17.5 29.6
ROIC 14.7 8.5 18.2 17.3 17.4 28.9
Efficiency 10Y Trend Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Revenue/Employee (000) 1,245 1,386 1,387 1,357 1,348 1,645
Net Income/Employee (000) 270.3 158.1 311.2 288.8 297.6 485.8
Receivables Turnover (x) 6.4 6.7 6.9 6.6 6.2 7.2
Days of Sales Outstanding 57.2 54.1 53.2 55.0 58.9 50.8
Inventory Turnover (x) 262.2 89.6 64.2 68.3 98.1 116.9
Days of Inventory on Hand 1.4 4.1 5.7 5.3 3.7 3.1
Payables Turnover (x) 17.8 17.8 15.9 14.4 15.2 19.2
Days of Payables Outstanding 20.5 20.5 22.9 25.3 24.1 19.0
Total Asset Turnover (x) 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7
Working Capital Turnover (x) 1.0 1.1 1.4 1.5 1.6 2.1
Credit Ratios
Liquidity Analysis 10Y Trend Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Current Ratio 6.29 5.14 3.92 3.37 3.07 2.93
Quick Ratio 6.27 5.11 3.89 3.35 3.05 2.91
Cash Ratio 5.15 4.21 3.15 2.65 2.41 2.17
Credit Analysis 10Y Trend Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Interest Coverage (EBITDA) 236.5 330.0 355.8 472.5 405.5 263.0
Interest Coverage (EBIT) 186.9 185.0 153.1 132.9 116.3 154.4
Fixed Chg Coverage 186.9 185.0 153.1 132.9 116.3 154.4
CFO/Int Exp 290.6 340.3 420.8 545.2 482.4 264.9
Total Debt/EBITDA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.2
Net Debt/EBITDA -2.8 -2.7 -2.6 -2.2 -2.0 -1.2
Net Debt/(EBITDA-CapEx) -4.3 -4.3 -6.8 -4.4 -3.4 -1.7
LT Debt/EBITDA 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.5 0.3
Total Debt/Total Equity 2.8 2.6 2.3 7.9 12.5 11.3
Total Debt/Total Capital 2.8 2.5 2.2 7.3 11.1 10.2
Total Debt/Total Assets 2.3 2.0 1.7 5.8 8.7 7.9
Net Debt/FFO -2.5 -3.5 -2.4 -1.9 -1.7 -1.2
LT Debt/FFO 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 0.4 0.3
FCF/Total Debt 6.6 6.0 5.7 1.9 1.5 2.4
CFO/Total Debt 9.2 9.3 12.0 3.4 2.3 3.2
Dec '14 Dec '15 Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 LTM
Asset Turnover 0.54 0.53 0.57 0.61 0.64 0.63 0.61 0.76 0.76
x Operating Margin 25.4 24.4 25.8 26.2 23.0 22.0 22.5 30.5 30.5
x Interest Burden 1.03 1.09 1.04 0.94 1.11 1.12 1.17 1.15 1.15
x Tax Burden 0.81 0.81 0.81 0.47 0.88 0.87 0.84 0.84 0.84
= ROA 11.5 11.4 12.4 6.9 14.3 13.5 13.5 22.4 22.4
x Equity Leverage 1.26 1.24 1.21 1.25 1.30 1.34 1.40 1.43 1.43
= ROE 14.5 14.1 15.0 8.7 18.6 18.1 19.0 32.1 32.1
x Earnings Retention 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
= Reinvestment Rate 14.5 14.1 15.0 8.7 18.6 18.1 19.0 32.1 32.1
Financial Statement
Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 10Y Trend 5Y CAGR 10Y CAGR
Sales/Revenues 111.0 137.0 161.4 182.4 257.5 23.5% 21.1%
COGS incl. D&A 45.6 59.5 71.9 84.7 110.9 25.9% 23.7%
Gross Inc 65.4 77.4 89.5 97.6 146.5 21.8% 19.5%
SG&A 36.4 45.9 54.0 56.6 68.0 16.7% 18.5%
Other Oper Expense 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -
EBIT(Operating Income) 29.1 31.5 35.5 41.0 78.6 27.7% 20.5%
Nonop Inc (Exp) - Net 1.1 4.4 3.1 2.0 2.1 7.5% 6.6%
Interest Expense 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.1 0.3 22.8% 19.6%
Unusual Exp (Inc) - Net 2.9 0.9 -1.2 -5.2 -10.4 - -
Pretax Income 27.2 34.9 39.6 48.1 90.7 30.3% 22.1%
Income Taxes 14.5 4.2 5.3 7.8 14.7 25.8% 19.0%
Minority Interest 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 - -
Net Income 12.7 30.7 34.3 40.3 76.0 31.3% 22.8%
EPS (recurring) 20.842 44.599 47.964 53.357 101.456 29.1% 20.4%
EPS (diluted) 17.996 43.704 49.163 58.613 112.197 32.1% 22.4%
EBITDA 36.0 40.6 47.3 54.7 91.0 25.4% 20.5%
Financial Statement
Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 10Y Trend 5Y CAGR 10Y CAGR
Curr Assets 124.3 135.7 152.6 174.3 188.1 12.3% 13.6%
Cash & ST Inv 101.9 109.1 119.7 136.7 139.6 10.1% 12.1%
Accounts Receivable 18.7 21.2 27.5 31.4 40.3 23.1% 20.6%
Inventories 0.7 1.1 1.0 0.7 1.2 34.3% -
Other Current Assets 3.0 4.2 4.4 5.5 7.1 9.0% 13.7%
Curr Liabilities 24.2 34.6 45.2 56.8 64.3 30.8% 21.8%
STD & Curr Port LT Debt 0.0 0.0 1.2 2.8 2.3 - 6.6%
Accounts Payable 3.1 4.4 5.6 5.6 6.0 24.2% 26.2%
Income Tax Payable 0.9 0.1 0.3 1.5 0.8 7.8% 15.2%
Other Current Liabilities 20.2 30.2 38.2 47.0 55.1 31.2% 23.1%
Total Debt 4.0 4.0 16.0 27.9 28.5 48.6% 21.1%
Total Assets 197.3 232.8 275.9 319.6 359.3 16.5% 17.3%
Total Liabilities 44.8 55.2 74.5 97.1 107.6 30.5% 22.3%
Shrhldrs Equity 152.5 177.6 201.4 222.5 251.6 12.6% 15.8%
BVPS 219.496 255.376 292.651 329.586 380.044 13.6% 15.5%
Use of Cash
Cash and Liabilities Dec '16 Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21
Cash and Short Term Investments 86.3 101.9 109.1 119.7 136.7 139.6
Share Repurchase -3.7 -4.8 -9.1 -18.4 -31.1 -50.3
Dividends 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Debt Servicing -10.2 -4.5 -6.9 -0.7 -2.2 -21.8
Net Change in Reporting Period Cash (FX adjusted) -3.6 -2.2 6.0 1.8 8.0 -5.5
Cash Flow Increases/Decreases 1.7 2.4 15.5 20.6 29.6 46.6
Cash Received (Paid) from Debt Activity -1.5 -0.2 -0.2 -0.4 9.5 -1.6
Dividends Paid 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
Cash Received (Paid) from Change in Equity -3.7 -4.8 -9.1 -18.4 -31.1 -50.3
Financial Statement
Dec '17 Dec '18 Dec '19 Dec '20 Dec '21 10Y Trend 5Y CAGR 10Y CAGR
Net Income 12,662 30,736 34,343 40,269 76,033 31.3% 22.8%
Deprec & Amort 6,915 9,035 11,781 13,697 12,441 15.2% 21.0%
Other Funds 8,010 2,514 7,404 7,941 2,893 -16.6% 3.7%
Changes in Wk Cap 9,246 4,908 819 1,827 -1,523 - -
Operating Cash Flow 37,091 47,971 54,520 65,124 91,652 20.5% 20.2%
Cap Ex -13,184 -25,139 -23,548 -22,281 -24,640 - -
Other Investing, Total -18,217 -3,365 -5,943 -10,492 -10,883 - -
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vacancies as a result of removal or an enlargement of the board
Board is authorized to adopt, amend or repeal bylaws without
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tomer,Partne Blizzard Software
r
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tomer,Partne Software
r
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tomer,Partne ve Data and
r Services
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tomer,Partne Software
r
Supplier,Part 5 NVIDIA USA Specialized - -8.05 -20.42 -7.47 -21.08 -2.73 31.82 801.21
ner Semiconduct
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tomer,Partne Engineering
r Software
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e Services
Supplier,Cus 8 JFrog USA Design and - 5.23 -7.21 16.44 -3.21 -25.42 -51.74 -
tomer,Partne Engineering
r Software
Supplier,Cus 9 Warner Bros. USA Entertainmen - 1.84 -0.56 -0.56 -20.21 0.20 -34.21 -12.05
tomer Discovery A t and
Programmin
g Providers
Customer 10 Unity USA Marketing - -1.72 -9.90 15.33 -24.41 -36.79 -12.55 -
Software and
Advertising
Services
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2W TR 1M TR 3M TR 6M TR 1Y TR
Rel Type Rel Rank Company Ctry Industry 2W Corr. 1M Corr. 3M Corr. 6M Corr. 1Y Corr. Corr. Corr. Corr. Corr. Corr.
Supplier,C 1 Activision USA Games 0.94 0.60 -0.14 -0.64 -0.83 0.97 0.49 -0.15 -0.64 -0.83
ustomer,P Blizzard Software
artner
Supplier,C 2 Zynga A USA Games 0.97 0.91 0.64 -0.66 -0.81 0.97 0.91 0.64 -0.66 -0.81
ustomer,P Software
artner
Supplier,C 3 IAC/Intera USA Consumer 0.86 0.70 0.28 0.59 -0.44 0.86 0.70 0.28 0.59 -0.44
ustomer,P ctive Data and
artner Services
Supplier,C 4 Roblox A USA Games 0.89 0.81 0.35 0.75 0.27 0.89 0.81 0.35 0.75 0.27
ustomer,P Software
artner
Supplier,P 5 NVIDIA USA Specialize 0.99 0.95 0.85 0.80 0.85 0.99 0.95 0.85 0.80 0.85
artner d
Semicond
uctors
Supplier,C 6 Atlassian AUS Design 0.96 0.88 0.64 0.81 0.87 0.96 0.88 0.64 0.81 0.87
ustomer,P A and
artner Engineerin
g Software
Customer 7 Equifax USA Administra 0.96 0.79 0.70 0.85 0.74 0.96 0.79 0.70 0.85 0.75
tive
Services
Supplier,C 8 JFrog USA Design 0.70 0.54 0.67 0.79 -0.48 0.70 0.54 0.67 0.79 -0.48
ustomer,P and
artner Engineerin
g Software
Supplier,C 9 Warner USA Entertainm -0.06 0.41 0.30 -0.24 -0.77 -0.06 0.41 0.30 -0.24 -0.77
ustomer Bros. ent and
Discovery Programm
A ing
Providers
Customer 10 Unity USA Marketing 0.89 0.81 0.51 0.80 0.73 0.89 0.81 0.51 0.80 0.73
Software and
Advertisin
g Services
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08 Apr '22
6:46a TEAM Supplier,Customer,Partner Atlassian Corp. provides financial targets at
Investor Day (7-Apr, post-close) ($292.97, 0.00)
04 Apr '22
9:53p ATVI Supplier,Customer,Partner Regulators looking beyond effect of
Microsoft-Activision deal on competitors - The
Information ($80.73, 0.00)
31 Mar '22
4:26p ATVI Supplier,Customer,Partner Activision Blizzard CEO Kotick denies that any
improprieties occurred at meeting with trader --
CNBC ($80.11, 0.00)
4:21p ATVI Supplier,Customer,Partner US authorities investigating trading in Activision
Blizzard are looking at least one meeting involving
CEO Bobby Kotick and a trader -- WSJ, CNBC
($80.11, 0.00)
11:46a ATVI Supplier,Customer,Partner FTC being pressured by four senators to review
Activision Blizzard-Microsoft merger 0 WSJ
($80.54, +0.18)
29 Mar '22
3:05p ATVI Supplier,Customer,Partner Activision Blizzard announces federal court to
approve its settlement with the EEOC ($80.52,
+0.51)
23 Mar '22
1:56p NVDA Supplier,Partner Follow-up: NVIDIA CEO says company will
consider Intel for manufacturing -- Bloomberg
($258.18, -7.06)
11:46a NVDA Supplier,Partner Nvidia reportedly interested in exploring Intel as a
foundry -- Reuters, citing CEO comments ($49.30,
+0.91)
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People familiar with the matter tell the Nikkei that Japan has asked companies including Google, Meta, and
Twitter to register their global headquarters as well as their local units by the end of March or explain why they
can't by the middle of April. (The implication is that the date references are for this year.)
The article says that the registrations are already required by law, but most tech firms have only been registering
their Japanese operations, which the government thinks makes it hard to determine appropriate taxes, since
these companies can use the internet to provide their services from anywhere.
A Meta spokesman tells the Nikkei that the company isn't "in continuous business in Japan," implying that Meta
believes it hasn't been violating the law; a lawyer familiar with the issue tells the Nikkei that such an
interpretation is "unreasonable" on Meta's part.
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Today, Fitbit received clearance from the FDA for our new PPG (photoplethysmography) algorithm to identify
atrial fibrillation (AFib). The algorithm will power our new Irregular Heart Rhythm Notifications feature on Fitbit.
Editor's note: This comment was posted at 21:17 ET for the record.
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Cover Story
A look at Macron's presidency
As change enveloped the political landscape in the US and Europe, French President Macron was
elected with a centrist outlook
Leaders:
Various factors are creating potential for recession
High energy prices, Fed tightening, and Omicron in China are raising concerns they could create a
recessionary environment
What could replace the smartphone
Apple's smartphone is now fifteen years old and has taken over much of daily computing
activities, as it ages, what will replace it (AAPL)
It's possible war crimes in Ukraine will go without charges
Some believe gathering evidence of war crimes in Ukraine is necessary even if those responsible
might never be held accountable
Business:
Developments in virtual and augmented reality hardware
Large tech firms are increasing their focus on developing augmented reality and virtual reality
products anticipating potential market growth (AAPL, GOOG)
Could Musk's investment in Twitter be a stretch for him
Recent announcement that Elon Musk has become the largest shareholder in Twitter has brought
about a lot of speculation around his plans (TWTR)
Chinese oversight body relaxes restrictions on accounting review
In a change from the past, regulators in China are allowing American regulators to review
accounting papers for Chinese companies listed in the US
A look at returns from managers with MBA's
Economists studied the returns generated by CEO's with an MBA five years after taking on the
role
Potential impact of Bain Capital purchasing Toshiba
If Bain Capital were to buy out Toshiba it would be the latest change for a Japanese company that
has declined over the recent past
Finance and Economics:
Labor shortage in high income nations
As the Fed struggles with what they view as an excessively tight labor market in the US, a
shortage of labor appears to be occurring in other high income nations
US home prices rise again
A review of the current housing price surge and how it may be different from the previous
The HDFC Bank acquisition
As a result of a recent merger announcement, India will have one of the world's largest private
sector banks
Volatility in the British pound
Recently the British pound has been more sensitive to economic events
The start of Fed balance sheet runoff
The Fed looks to begin reducing the size of it's holdings
Stocks remain resilient while bonds imply a slowing economy
Why stocks might be holding up even as bonds have seen losses
Seeking more current economic indicators in China
Recent economic data in China was good, however, a lot has changed for the economy since
those measurements were taken
Cover Story
How Ukraine is fighting the war
An interview with President Zelensky about Ukraine's approach to fighting and the potential
implications for European security should they emerge with a victory.
Leaders:
A look at Florida's expansion
Report highlighting Florida's population growth and economic development over the recent past.
Expectations of UK dissolution may be over done
Without a plan and Boris Johnson's approval, movements for member countries away from the
United Kingdom seem less likely to succeed than many anticipate.
Product promotion with social media influencers
Some social influencers earn substantial income as they are changing the way products are
promoted. (CL, NKE)
Business:
Social media influencers wield marketing power
Influencers are impacting how board rooms think about marketing as they have become a channel
to young consumers who trust their opinions, now they are also coming under regulatory scrutiny
in China. (FB, SNAP)
Impact of recent lockdowns in Shanghai on business
A lockdown in Shanghai over the past several days will likely not be good for businesses.
Apps regulation
A variety of groups globally are pushing Google and Apple to change the way they conduct
business in their app stores. (AAPL, GOOG)
Resurgence of IT consulting in India
Recent changes in demand for technology generated by remote work, cloud computing, and
digitization have renewed growth for India's IT consultants. (INFY, WIT)
Vietnam's largest conglomerate
As Vietnam's economy has become more open, one conglomerate, Vingroup, now accounts for
almost 2% of GDP.
Finance and Economics:
US natural gas producers try to help Europe
As Europe seeks to reduce it's reliance on natural gas from Russia, US fracking companies may
not be able to help in the near term.
Impact of sanctions on the Russian economy
Economic sanctions on Russia don't appear to be having as harsh an impact as many may
believe.
Taxing unrealized capital gains
President Biden's recent proposal to levy a minimum income tax on individuals worth more than
$100M includes taxing appreciation of investments.
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Computer & Internet Services, Software & Programming
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Subjects: Media Summaries, Economist Summary
Justice Department endorses antitrust legislation targeting dominant platforms - WSJ
Tuesday, March 29, 2022 02:21:11 AM (GMT)
The WSJ reports that the DoJ has sent a letter to leaders of the Senate Judiciary Committee saying, "The
Department views the rise of dominant platforms as presenting a threat to open markets and competition, with
risks for consumers, businesses, innovation, resiliency, global competitiveness, and our democracy."
The WSJ reports that this is the first time that the Biden administration has spoken so strongly in favor of the
idea of preventing companies like Amazon, Google, and Apple from favoring their own products and services
over those of competitors.
Reference Links:
Wall Street Journal
Industries: Unspecified, Retail (Internet & Catalog), Computer Hardware, Computer & Internet Services
Primary Identifiers: AAPL-US, AMZN-US, GOOGL-US
Related Identifiers: AAPL-US, AMZN-US, GOOGL-US
Subjects: Antitrust (DOJ, FTC, EC, etc.), Articles, Reports, Conjecture, ESG, Leadership & Governance, Media
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CORPORATE PARTICIPANTS
Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc.
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All right. Good morning, everyone. It's great to see everyone live. Welcome to day two of our 2022 Morgan
Stanley TMT Conference. We are thrilled today to have Ruth Porat with us, the CFO of Alphabet and Google. It is
great to see you live.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc.
It's great to be back here.
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Unverified Participant
We have a lot to talk about. Let me do all the disclaimers first. Please know that all important disclosures,
including personal holdings disclosures and Morgan Stanley disclosures, appear on the Morgan Stanley public
website at www.morganstanley.com/researchdisclosures, and they're also available at the registration desk.
Some of the statements made today by Alphabet may be considered forward-looking. These statements involve a
number of risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially. Any forward-looking
statements that Ms. Porat makes are based on assumptions as of today, and Alphabet undertakes no obligation
to update them. Please refer to Alphabet's Form 10-K for discussions of the risk factors that may impact actual
results.
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Q
We have a lot to talk about. There are always a lot of things going on in the world, things going on with Alphabet,
and it's always good to connect with you. You're approaching your seven-year anniversary at Alphabet in a couple
of months from now. I wanted to sort of – I always like to start with this question with you and talk about
investment in innovation. When you sort of step back at the key priorities at Alphabet for where you're most
focused on innovating for users, advertisers, and the ecosystem, where are you most excited for what happens
next?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
So, there is a lot to talk about. Look, at the highest level, when we talk about investments, when we approach our
investments, it's unchanged from what you and I have talked about over the years. We start with investing for
long-term growth, and within that, every product area looks at how they can optimize within their portfolio. And we
focus on investing for operational excellence, everything around trust, privacy, cybersecurity, content moderation.
To the heart of your question, I think there are a couple of areas to call out. First and foremost is AI. About five
years ago, Sundar said that we were moving from mobile first to AI first. And that AI we would be able to apply
across our products to really enhance experiences for everyone in the ecosystem, users, advertisers, merchants,
governments, you name it.
And you can see that in everything from Search and Ads to YouTube and hardware. But if you focus, for example,
on Search, as hopefully many of you remember about a year or two ago, Sundar at I/O said that Search remains
our biggest moonshot. And what we're really excited about with AI is the ability to make Search more humanlike,
more conversational. We've talked about MUM and how that enables you to actually have a more humanlike
interaction. You'll be seeing us, for example, with Lens, where you can take a photo of a bike and then just literally
query, how do I fix this? And so, we still think there's a lot to run as a result of the enhancements with AI.
The other obvious area is cloud and everything that's going on there. The number of times I said we still think
we're in early innings with cloud, super excited about the opportunity and, again, the progress, the momentum
that we've seen. And that's not just GCP, it's also with Workspace. And when you think about the importance of
productivity tools in particular is we're moving to this hybrid work environment, super excited about what's going
on there.
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Q
Okay. AI, machine learning, cloud, a lot of focus. Let me go back to Search. You talked about Search. You talked
a lot over the years about just the runway there and the innovation there. I think over the last year or so, the retail
category of Search has been particularly strong. You've called it out in conference calls, our AlphaWise data
show, there's a rising number of people starting on Google within e-commerce. Advertisers and merchants seem
more pleased than ever. Maybe just – can you bring it down, maybe double down for me a little bit? Can you give
us a couple of examples of specific improvements you've made within the retail search category that have driven
this user growth, the merchant spending and the overall more transactions for customers?
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Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Absolutely. So, we did talk about it quite a bit on the Q4 call. It was an important contributor to results. And when
we talk about retail, we obviously talk about ads as well as the broader set of experiences, all that Bill Ready is
doing with commerce. And really excited about the effort that he's been leading. And I'd say that a couple of the
things that are really important from our perspective is, one, really connecting users to merchants, and all that
we're doing to create the best place for users and merchants. It is about building this open ecosystem. So, the
way we work as an example with Shopify and Square. And again, it's the open ecosystem that's important, and
then using technology in ways to enable [ph] user (05:02) search. So, Lens again is a great example. It's bringing
all of those to bear, whether it's in the commerce discussion that we just went through or all that we can do across
the platform.
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Q
The open ecosystem or Lens or all the partnerships, are there examples of learnings you've had within retail
search that you think could be applicable to other categories as you think about health care, travel, any of the
other categories just because as we're thinking about what happens next in Search, which categories are you
most focused on?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Yeah, I love that question. When I think about what – the way we describe what we're doing in retail and
commerce, it is about creating the best experience for users and providers, merchants in the instance of all that
Bill is doing. And so if you take that very simple framework and you say, what are we doing, for example, in
travel? It's the same concept. It's about creating the best experience for users and everyone in the ecosystem. So
for example, with users, the question is where do I go for inspiration for best pricing price comparison for
booking? And that's what we're looking to do, which is create access to updated, relevant, timely information so
that you can go on that entire user journey in the most effective way. Similarly, for travel providers, the notion is
how can you have this seamless connection to users? How can we create this open, highly competitive, vibrant
ecosystem so that you can connect to users? So, it's a very similar concept as we described in commerce.
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Q
Okay. Well, anxious to see that innovation to come then. Let's talk about YouTube a little bit. Again, strong year
for YouTube in 2021. Contributions we think from both branded advertisers and direct response advertisers, $29
billion of revenue growing over 40%. Two-part question on YouTube, sort of similar to Search. Can you give us
some examples of innovation that sort of spurred that strength in YouTube throughout 2021? And as now you sit
here and look ahead to 2022 and 2023, what are the areas of potential improvements you see on YouTube to
come to sort of keep that growth going?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
So, I think there are sort of two parts to your question as I hear it. One is given you cited the year-on-year growth,
obviously, as we talked about throughout last year in many respects, that growth reflects how challenging 2020
was as much as anything. So, we had the benefit of lapping. We called it out throughout last year, and that was
an important driver of what those numbers look like. That being said, the team does continue to focus on
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innovation and different new opportunities, whether it's Shorts or Shopping. And so, we do continue to iterate and
look at opportunities within YouTube, building on this strong base that we have.
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Q
Okay. Let's talk about Shorts, then. There's a lot of discussion about the creator economy and all big platform sort
of trying to address the creator economy in short-form video. For YouTube Shorts, you have Shorts receiving 15
billion daily views, 5 trillion all-time views, probably higher now since that blog came out. Susan has spoken quite
a bit about the importance of the creator economy. Maybe just help us understand how you look to differentiate
YouTube and the creator economy for both creators versus other platforms as well as how do you ensure that
you're getting users engagement and monetizing those Shorts?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
So, it's still early in Shorts to state the obvious, but I think when we look at it, we're starting with a strong base.
The YouTube Partner Program was started about 15 years ago and it was a way to provide support to creators so
they could build thriving businesses, basically, on YouTube. We have 2 million creators who are building
businesses through the Partner Program. And as we look at extending this to Shorts, we're still experimenting
with what's the best approach to monetization. So, as many of you are aware, we did create $100 million fund for
creators. That's one of the early iterations, but it is early and we're continuing to look at what monetization is. I
would say one of the other important elements of YouTube generally and as it relates to Shorts is the investments
that we continue to make in content moderation and really protecting what is a healthy, appropriate, vibrant
ecosystem.
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Q
YouTube, it's fascinating. And when I – we're putting together these questions, I look at all the questions over the
years on YouTube and there's been a lot of different strategies. YouTube, when you have billions of users, trillions
of hours of content, there's a lot of opportunities. And we've gone from a subscriptions, premium video, music
content, YouTube TV, Shorts, creator economy, Shopping. There's a lot. As you look back at the last five years on
YouTube, can you give us an example of one or two of the strategies that maybe didn't quite scale as well as you
hoped? Why did that happen and what did that teach you about sort of what works well and what does not work
well on YouTube?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Yeah, it's important because we talk a lot about successes as much what you do is what you don't do and the
whole notion of prioritizing within each of our product areas, I would say one of the areas that we iterated quite a
bit was what we were doing with YouTube Originals.
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Q
Right.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
And so, originally we thought, let's take YouTube Originals and create this as a really interesting offering as part
of our subscription offering. We then said, let's open it up for the ad-supported part of YouTube and sort of iterate
it there as well. And I think you went through a great list of different areas that the team is working on. And our
view was if we're thinking about highest and best use where to focus, that wasn't going to end up being the kind of
the long run. And so, you've seen us pivot some of our efforts to other areas. And these types of calls are hard. I
think we learn how we build on the strength of what the content community is, the creator community is. And so
again, trying to be responsive to what we're seeing from users and creators and where they really want to be. And
so that'd be one example.
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Q
Okay. It's a good example. There's a lot of macro uncertainty through these difficult times right now. Can you just
– to level set the best you can, can you talk to us about your exposure to Russia and Ukraine and how that's sort
of impacting the business?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Well, most important, it is obviously, it's just devastating to see and it's such a human tragedy. So, we're focused
intensely on everything we can do to be in support of people in Ukraine. And that's everything from how do we get
the right information to them, how do we shut down attempts at disinformation campaigns? It's intense work 24/7
on cybersecurity and attempts to disrupt. It is the humanitarian relief work through Google.org and Googlers
broadly is looking at how to protects Googlers and their families, extended families both in Ukraine and in Russia.
So, that is a big part of it. We have stopped advertising within Russia, and so there is no doubt an economic cost
to this. It's both in revenues. And I would say also as you see the strengthening dollar, the foreign exchange
headwind that that implies, but for us the most important focus area is making sure we're doing what we can in
support of people in Ukraine.
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Q
Okay. I want to talk about privacy and regulation a little bit. Another recurring topic we have covered pretty much
every year. Maybe just with all the changes that are going on, both – changes that Alphabet is making and
changes other platforms are making, regulatory headwind changes, et cetera. Just maybe talk to us
philosophically about what Alphabet is most focused on in the changes that you've sort of written about in some of
the blog posts. And what steps are you taking to minimize the friction for advertisers throughout any of these
privacy changes you may implement?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Yeah. That's the key part of the questions. I think I've said in this room that one of the important approaches we
have is to continue to raise the bar on ourselves on privacy. It is very clear that this is core to all of our users and
then it's a responsibility we have to make sure that we continue to use technology as we can to up the bar on
privacy. And at the same time, we want to make sure that we continue to support and open ad supported
ecosystem. And so, getting that right is where our teams have been intensely focused.
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Okay. On the cloud, [ph] so maybe the (13:59) cloud and the other area that you talked about as an area of
investment in innovation. 2021, we had about high-40s growth in the Cloud segment, about $19 billion of revenue.
And we think GCP is growing even faster than that within the mix, I think you've said that a couple of the quarters
in the past. So, very impressive growth in a competitive cloud space. As you sort of look back at the last two or
three years, the changes you've made in the Cloud segment, what have sort of been some of the key executional
areas that have driven that growth? And how do you think about further low hanging fruit to come?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Well, one of the most important is bringing in Thomas Kurian to run it and have him lay out the vision and bring in
the team that he did. And I'm really excited about the announcement we made this morning that we signed a
definitive agreement to acquire Mandiant, extraordinary player in cybersecurity, really adding to all that we do in
cybersecurity and is going to enable us to provide this end-to-end solution in this very important area. And again,
it goes to our commitment around cybersecurity, but also all that we're doing in cloud.
So, I would say, if he breaks down his approach and what the team is doing, the investments and the focus, it
starts with, let's make sure we've got the depth and breadth within industry verticals so that we can address the
idiosyncratic needs within each industry, whether it's finance versus retail versus healthcare. And so they build
those out. Very consistent with that, building out the product engineering team, we said I think on the last call that
we've introduced more than 2,000 new products in 2021 alone, again enriching the overall offering of cloud.
We continue to build out our go-to-market organization. We've continued to build out partnerships for distribution.
We've continued to build out what we're doing with our cloud region so that we really have this fantastic global
infrastructure to support our customers. So, it's really that full breadth and then when we step back and say, okay,
how do we continue to differentiate? What we do keep hearing is so much public sector, private sector, it's our
data analytics and AI. It is all that we're able to offer in cybersecurity and look forward to extending that even
further. It is the strength of what we do around cybersecurity. And it's again what we're doing with Workspace and
the ability to actually help companies and the public sector as they transform that work experience.
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The future looks very good for cloud, too. We look at the backlog, $51 billion backlog is the latest figures, there's a
lot of hopeful growth to come. And when I look at the segment, it still looks like there's about $3 billion of losses in
2021. Now, if I compare the size of Google Cloud to some of your peers at that point, the losses are larger.
Question is, is that a fair comparison? Are there factors that are different from a go-to-market, a revenue mix
perspective and investment philosophy as to why we should not make that analogy? Or how do you think about
the profitability of cloud versus your peers at this point?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Yeah. So I think the way we look at it is, we're obviously not competing against our peers at the scale they were
then, we're competing against them at the scale they are now in a market that is accelerating. And our view is,
we've said repeatedly, as we continue to think it's early innings and we want to make sure that we continue to
invest aggressively in the business, so that we have the capability to deliver on this accelerating opportunity. So,
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we don't view it as a guidepost. We want to make sure we're investing commensurate with the opportunity and as
I've said repeatedly, we are going to continue to invest aggressively given the opportunity that we see. We, of
course, remain focused on what is that longer term path to profitability. But to be really clear, in the near-term,
we're continuing to invest across the board to support cloud.
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Okay. Let's talk about expenses then for the total company, and 2020 and 2021 were years – yeah, it's a good
segue. Yeah, 2020, 2021 were years really unlike any other when we think about remote work, teams operating
really efficiently at home from around the globe. I know as of April the teams in the Bay Area are going to be
coming back a few days a week. So there is a return to work action in motion. But I guess as you sort of you look
at learnings over the last two years with all the OpEx reductions and sort of what happened, are there any areas
where you see structural potential for productivity to be higher, efficiency to be higher, OpEx levels to be lower
going forward? Just learnings from working remotely?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
So, there definitely are advantages to working remotely and I think we've all experienced it. Our view is that there
are advantages to working remotely but there are also tremendous advantages to being together which is why we
were early to say, we think hybrid is the way to go and we continue to believe that. At the highest level in your
question, yes, we are focused on efficiencies. We always will be and you see it in some of the comments we
make – technical infrastructure or other areas that continues to be a key focus.
But we're also looking to invest consistent with what we believe is important given the opportunities that we see.
And you saw that in the fourth quarter, in particular headcounts, we added 6,500 people in the fourth quarter and I
tried to be very clear that we intend to continue to hire aggressively and it's because we see opportunity across
the board. I've mentioned cloud already, the opportunity we see there but it's true in Google Services as well. It's
– everything that we're seeing with the investments to support better experiences in search, the application of AI
in ads, it's about what we're doing in YouTube and hardware. So across the board, we're seeing opportunities and
we want to make sure we're setting ourselves up to continue to really extend that really by investing where we see
it makes sense.
So you're going to see it really in OpEx and in CapEx. In CapEx on the call I indicated, we're continuing to build
out our technical infrastructure globally. That's primarily servers but also data centers. And then as it relates to
office facilities, we've continued to add – so even though we're hybrid when you add for example, 6,500 in one
quarter, people have often said to me, so why did you buy new space as well. Our view is that it's more efficient. It
gives us control over the space to do what we want. And so we added in the first quarter in New York we made an
acquisition, in London and hopefully you saw in Poland as well earlier this week. So in Q1, about $4 billion in
CapEx around office facilities. And we think again, that sets us up really well for the kind of growth that we hope to
execute against.
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That's helpful. 6,500 employees in the fourth quarter and I think 21,000 for the year in a highly competitive labor
market. I'm sometimes asked by investors, how do they even hire that many people in a year? So let me maybe
pop up in the hood a little bit, help us out, as you're thinking about hiring, as you're thinking about bringing all
these people on to the platform, is it project based? Is it segment based, like what – how does the actual hiring
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process work and what safeguards and checks do you have in place to ensure that as you're hiring all these
people, you're still getting a good return from them to deliver return for shareholders?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
So, on hiring and overall planning, we start first with what we call OKRs, objectives and key results. We've talked
a lot about how committed Google is to really setting out what are your OKRs each year and then really marking
to market your progress throughout the year and frankly discussing it with the entire company. That starts the
capital allocation discussion and then within every product area and function we look at, so what are the
resources that you need, head count being an important part of it to deliver against those OKRs.
And then throughout the year, we have the quarterly financial review, the check in out of which flows, are you
executing against the metrics that were preordained by the business leaders and the functional leaders as you go
throughout the year. And so, yes, there's rigor around it. And yes, it's an important question because we want to
make sure we're onboarding great talent, giving people an extraordinary experience and having them deliver
effectively and it's really all parts of it.
Part of the hiring and part of your question goes to, we're really pleased and proud to continue to be an incredible
magnet for talent. We had more than 5 million applications last year. And so a large part of this is the rigor
around, okay, 5 million applications. How do we then leverage the global team? And everybody has a role in
hiring because people and compute are two of the most important ingredients to then deliver these magical
experiences. So that's a big part of it. I think that a large part is the work people get to do. But I would also say
that some of the return to office decisions that we've made. So for example, we're really proud of the fact that
we've opened up the number of locations. In particular, across the US so that we can attract more diverse talent.
We're really increasing in Atlanta, in Chicago, in New York, in DC. And so, thinking through what is your footprint
and we have the luxury of that given the skills that we have to hire in so many different places and still have large,
cohesive teams. But that's important giving people agency like four weeks work from anywhere, thinking about
how do you do hybrid, I think those are additive to continuing to be a great magnet for talent.
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Okay. And I remember in the early days when you came to Alphabet, you talked about really making sure the
managers are more accountable to the projects, the targets, everything else. So I'm sure that's part of it as well
where the project leaders who are being given these heads, there's firm mandates on ROI and ensuring that
you're clearing ROI goals, right.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Well, there, everybody is looking at what are the metrics and milestones along the way and it really varies from,
the earliest stage research to sort of earlier stage to all the way through to more sort of consistent established.
But we're trying to make sure that we're running it in the most responsible way.
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Safeguards are in place.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Safeguards.
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And the capital return point, we saw Alphabet buy back $50 billion of stock in 2021. That's about $110 billion since
2018 total. The share count has declined by about 5%, even through dilution over that period, yet still have quite a
bit of cash, $140 billion of cash and marketable securities. We think you're going to generate about $85 billion to
$100 billion a year going forward. It's a good preamble to this. Remind us again how you think philosophically
about capital allocation strategy, dividends versus share repurchases and how do you arrive at the size of the
buybacks?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Yeah, carefully, I would think. So capital allocation starts with – the primary use of capital is organic growth,
everything we've just talked about investing in the business. The second part is M&A and strategic equity
investments, and then we turn to the question of capital allocation.
On the strategic equity investments, you've seen the benefit of those in other income and expense over the last
couple of years, OI&E, and we've called out that most of those are unrealized. So, with market volatility, obviously
those can go up, and those can go down. So that's an OI&E.
More broadly, to your question on sizing of program, we do look at this consistently with our board, and we look at
size, as well as form of capital return. I'm really pleased that we're able to have taken it up as much as we have. I
think if you had gone back to that 2018 when we were having this conversation and I had said we would be here,
you may have questioned it.
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Yeah.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
But we've kind of made this steady march forward. And at this point, we think that share repurchase continues to
be the right answer for us. So we do consistently look at, as I said, both size and form.
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Okay. Let's talk about sort of the more – the emerging pieces. I guess hardware is not really emerging, but it is
sort of a question I get asked by investors. What's the hardware strategy? So maybe let me sort of ask a three-
parter on hardware. Biggest learnings from hardware for you, the overall hardware strategy, and how does
ambient compute fit into the hardware strategy for where you would like the Android ecosystem to go the next
three to five years?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
So, overall, what we've seen is that when we bring together the best of AI and software and hardware, we can
create a really important sort of benchmark and work with the ecosystem more broadly and showing kind of what
is the art of the possible, whether it's – how it's used or photography or other elements of it.
And so that was the initial goal and remains the goal is that we continue to support the broader ecosystem and we
have the opportunity to – with our product, to demonstrate some of the capabilities. It was, I think, really exciting
for us to finally have the system on a chip, that's past the Pixel 6 and the implications of that and sort of the
functionality of the phone, that was an important learning and continuing to invest there as a result.
And then to your question about ambient computing, the whole notion is to be as useful and helpful to you
wherever you may happen to be. And so adding Fitbit as an example to the family is like whether you're with your
phone or with a watch or in the car, it's this notion of constantly being able to be as responsive as needed. And so
that's the way we're continuing, the team's continuing to work against the program.
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Okay. Let's talk about Waymo, autonomous driving. There's a – this has sort of been a I would say, sort of a
snail's pace relative to what we thought from an autonomous perspective. It's a very difficult engineering
challenge, a lot of regulatory challenges, et cetera. You now had Waymo One, rider-only product out for a little
over a year now.
So I guess the question is, as you sort of look at progress you made with Waymo and Waymo One, where have
you come the farthest? And what are sort of the biggest areas of incremental investment you need to make on
Waymo to sort of get autonomous driving to where you want it to be?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
So it is a tough engineering challenge. And when you look at the more than 1 million lives lost on the road, that's
what motivated this. We've talked about that here before and continues to do so, and we're making sure that
we're doing this in a really safe way. So we – at this point, we've had tens of thousands of rides, we are starting to
charge here in San Francisco which is a step in the right direction.
We're testing in New York. We're testing in other cities, so that we can see what happens in different climates and
different topography and so continuing to make progress with safety, continuing to be kind of the number one,
two, three priority. We are also building out Waymo Via which is with around logistics and we have some
partnerships there, for example with UPS and so it's − we're continuing to iterate on this one.
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Okay. Emerging markets have been a pretty consistent focus over the years. I want to ask you about India and
Africa, you have a lot of initiatives in those markets, YouTube, Android, hardware, payments, cloud, investments
with Reliance, the entrepreneur fund. I guess as you and the executive teams sort of envision where you would
like India and Africa to go. How should we think about investments there and how do you think about those
markets developing maybe differently than some of the more developed markets like the US and Europe?
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Yeah. All important. It goes back to my first comment which is we invest for long term growth and we shorthand
call this the NBU markets, the next billion users and so have been very focused on ensuring that we're investing
for the next billion users. And your point, like how is this different? Yes, it's different. Many – in many markets
younger mobile-first and so it's voice before tax. So there are a lot of elements of it that are different. And so what
we did in India is we created a $10 billion India digitization fund and the notion was really to invest in that
ecosystem to build it out and it's about confidence in where India actually can go. And as you said, with Reliance,
with Airtel, with Jio – Reliance we've made some investments and are looking to develop products that is specific
to the market and potentially more broadly in NBU.
In Africa, we announced, I think it was late last year, $1 billion commitment to invest across Africa. And very
similarly, it's very exciting when you look at a lot of the innovation that's coming out of there. We have some AI
engineers there as well, payments, that's some of the innovation that really points to the rest of the world. So our
view is we need to be where the next billion users are and as part of our mission, organize the world's information,
make it accessible and useful for everyone. It is the core part of it. And as you're thinking long-term, of course, it's
a key initiative. I have sized it for you to give a little dimension.
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Okay. I want to close, look at – look over the years at the questions. A year ago, I don't think we externally had
any idea that the retail search category would have this type of really acceleration even through lots of large
numbers. YouTube surprised us for a good part of the year. As you sit here now, what sort of excites you most
about 2022, that one year from now, we're going to be sitting here and I'm saying, wow, this aspect of Alphabet
really surprised everyone, and we're just not paying enough attention to it at this point.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc. A
Well, I think I've hit on sort of the key areas that we're focused on. AI is one of those opportunities where it just
continues to build on itself. And as we have an extraordinary team, just as they continue to explore, it continues to
go deeper, whether we're talking about MUMs and it's – what does that mean for search or whether you look at
some of things like Performance Max and Ads or Smart Bidding. Across the board, the opportunity in cloud to
work with enterprise, every enterprise needs to think about how do they interact with their customers, how do they
think about efficiency, how do they think about risk analytics? And so this will continue to, I think, surprise or guide
the way. So, excited about that.
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All right. Can't wait to watch that and we'll be talking about it over the course of the year.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc.
Great.
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Ruth M. Porat
Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President, Alphabet, Inc.
Thank you so much.
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Thanks.
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Management & Board
Alphabet Inc. Class A (GOOGL)$2,534.60 Next Rpt Date: 26 Apr '22Report as of 16 Apr '22
Management
Ruth M. Porat, MBA Chief Financial Officer & Senior Vice President 64 7 0.000 $655,000 $50,890,683
John Kent Walker, Jr. President-Global Affairs & Chief Legal Officer - - - - -
Board Members
Sundar Pichai, MBA Chief Executive Officer & Director 49 5 0.004 $2,015,385 $7,425,547
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is weak. Waiting for a turn higher may be more data tells us to have a stop loss in place at 2665.84.
intelligent than trying to catch a falling knife. In any 2658.16 is the first level of resistance above 2534.6,
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also tells us to set a stop loss @ 2650.48 in case the for additional declines unless resistance breaks
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resistance 2658.16 would be breaking higher, so a database. Usually revised trading indicators will
buy signal would exist. update at the beginning of the next trading session.
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support levels. Review the trading plans below. We like tight stops.
Technical Summary: 2534.6 , 2551.33, 2656.39, 2658.16, 2913.25, 3160.91, Where 2534.6 = the recent
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2551.33, with an upside target of 2656.39. The data n/a. We should have a stop loss in place at 2558.7
also tells us to set a stop loss @ 2543.96 in case the though in case the stock begins to move against the
stock turns against the trade. 2551.33 is the first trade. By rule, any test of resistance is a short signal.
level of resistance above 2534.6, and by rule, any In this case, if resistance, 2551.33, is being tested a
break above resistance is a buy signal. In this case, short signal would exist. Because this plan is a short
2551.33, initial resistance, would be breaking plan based on a test of resistance it is referred to as
higher, so a buy signal would exist. Because this a Short Resistance Plan.
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2551.33, with an upside target of 2581.18. The data 2530.90. We should have a stop loss in place at
also tells us to set a stop loss @ 2545.38 in case the 2557.28 though in case the stock begins to move
stock turns against the trade. 2551.33 is the first against the trade. By rule, any test of resistance is a
level of resistance above 2534.6, and by rule, any short signal. In this case, if resistance, 2551.33, is
break above resistance is a buy signal. In this case, being tested a short signal would exist. Because this
2551.33, initial resistance, would be breaking plan is a short plan based on a test of resistance it is
higher, so a buy signal would exist. Because this referred to as a Short Resistance Plan.
plan is based on a break of resistance, it is referred
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GOOG
Apr 15
2022
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Start with the longer term
trading plans
Technical Summary
P1 0 0 2654.65
NASDAQ RUSSELL
Buy near support, sell or short near resistance, and take advantage of the opportunities this stock
provides. The BLUE dot is the current price, the RED dots are resistance levels, and the GREEN are
support levels. Review the trading plans below. We like tight stops.
Technical Summary: 2545.06 , 2654.65, 2909.32, 3152.75, Where 2545.06 = the recent price
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Current stock price
Support level Find a Stock to Buy or Short
Resistance level
Buy This Stock - Long Term Trades Short This Stock - Long Term Trades
There is no current Support Plan to trigger a buy of The technical summary data is suggesting a short of
this stock at this time. This usually means that there GOOG as it gets near 2654.65, but the downside
are no clear support levels at this time, so buying target is not available from the current data. This
the stock as it falls could be considered catching a tells us to hold that position if it is triggered until a
falling knife. Buy signals only exist if resistance new downside target has been established (updates
breaks higher. occur at the beginning of every trading session) or
This often is a signal that the stock you are watching until the position has been stopped. The summary
is weak. Waiting for a turn higher may be more data tells us to have a stop loss in place at 2662.32.
intelligent than trying to catch a falling knife. In any 2654.65 is the first level of resistance above
case, new support levels are usually revised to the 2545.06, and by rule, any test of resistance is a
database at the beginning of the next trading short signal. In this case, if resistance 2654.65 is
session. being tested, so a short signal would exist.
GOOG - (Long) Resistance Plan GOOG - (Short) Support Plan
Buy over 2654.65, target 2909.32, stop loss @ 2646.98 NONE.
If 2654.65 begins to break higher, the technical There is no current Support Plan to trigger a short
summary data will suggest a buy of GOOG over at this time. Shorts should be based n tests of
2654.65, with an upside target of 2909.32. The data resistance levels. In this case, the door is wide open
also tells us to set a stop loss @ 2646.98 in case the for additional declines unless resistance breaks
stock turns against us. 2654.65 is the first level of higher...
resistance above 2545.06, and by rule, any break Please use the resistance plan as a short-indicator
above resistance is a buy signal. In this case, until new support levels have been added to the
resistance 2654.65 would be breaking higher, so a database. Usually revised trading indicators will
buy signal would exist. update at the beginning of the next trading session.
Buy near support, sell or short near resistance, and take advantage of the opportunities this stock
provides. The BLUE dot is the current price, the RED dots are resistance levels, and the GREEN are
support levels. Review the trading plans below. We like tight stops.
Technical Summary: 2545.06 , 2567.70, 2654.65, 2672.96, 2909.32, 3152.75, Where 2545.06 = the
recent price
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Stock Finder
Current stock price
Support level Find a Stock to Buy or Short
Resistance level
Buy This Stock - Swing Trades Short This Stock - Swing Trades
If 2567.70 begins to break higher, the technical The technical summary data is suggesting a short of
summary data tells us to buy GOOG just over GOOG if it tests 2567.70 with a downside target of
2567.70, with an upside target of 2654.65. The data n/a. We should have a stop loss in place at 2575.12
also tells us to set a stop loss @ 2560.28 in case the though in case the stock begins to move against the
stock turns against the trade. 2567.70 is the first trade. By rule, any test of resistance is a short signal.
level of resistance above 2545.06, and by rule, any In this case, if resistance, 2567.70, is being tested a
break above resistance is a buy signal. In this case, short signal would exist. Because this plan is a short
2567.70, initial resistance, would be breaking plan based on a test of resistance it is referred to as
higher, so a buy signal would exist. Because this a Short Resistance Plan.
plan is based on a break of resistance, it is referred
to as a Long Resistance Plan.
Day Trading Plans for GOOG
April 15, 2022, 2:27 pm ET
Buy near support, sell or short near resistance, and take advantage of the opportunities this stock
provides. The BLUE dot is the current price, the RED dots are resistance levels, and the GREEN are
support levels. Review the trading plans below. We like tight stops.
Technical Summary: 2545.06 , 2546.95, 2567.70, 2595.44, 2654.65, 2672.96, 2909.32, 3152.75, Where
2545.06 = the recent price
Legend
Stock Finder
Current stock price
Support level Find a Stock to Buy or Short
Resistance level
Buy This Stock - Day Trades Short This Stock - Day Trades
If 2546.95 begins to break higher, the technical The technical summary data is suggesting a short of
summary data tells us to buy GOOG just over GOOG if it tests 2546.95 with a downside target of
2546.95, with an upside target of 2567.70. The data n/a. We should have a stop loss in place at 2552.89
also tells us to set a stop loss @ 2541.01 in case the though in case the stock begins to move against the
stock turns against the trade. 2546.95 is the first trade. By rule, any test of resistance is a short signal.
level of resistance above 2545.06, and by rule, any In this case, if resistance, 2546.95, is being tested a
break above resistance is a buy signal. In this case, short signal would exist. Because this plan is a short
2546.95, initial resistance, would be breaking plan based on a test of resistance it is referred to as
higher, so a buy signal would exist. Because this a Short Resistance Plan.
plan is based on a break of resistance, it is referred
to as a Long Resistance Plan.
Fundamental Charts
Find the Fundamental Charts for GOOG below. With a focus on earnings growth valuation, these charts
help define the underlying company.
GOOG PEG
DEFENSE WINS CHAMPIONSHIPS
EVITAR CORTE, A TAIL RISK HEDGE FROM STOCK TRADERS DAILY, HAS HELPED
PORTFOLIOS PROTECT THEMSELVES FROM MARKET CRASHES SINCE 2000.
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