- Prev close
- $283.93
- Day range
- $283.00 – $289.22
- From 52-wk high
- -29.8%
GOOG slipped 1.9% in a session where the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.0%, and the move lines up more with a sector pullback than with company-specific deterioration. The backdrop is still fundamentally solid, but the 14.9 PE and 17.7 forward PE mean good growth is already partly priced in.
GOOG
ALPHABET INC-CL C
As of Nov 5, 2026
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The stock fell 1.9% while the S&P 500 rose 1.9% and the Nasdaq 100 rose 1.9%, so the weakness was not a broad-market effect. The same-session peer set was also weak — GOOGL -2.2%, META -4.0%, RDDT -7.9%, and PINS -6.7% — which points primarily to a sector-wide de-risking in internet and ad-tech rather than a GOOG-specific event.
Volatility check
This looks like ordinary but real volatility for a high-beta large cap, not a breakdown in fundamentals: beta is 1.25, revenue is +22.2% YoY TTM and +24.6% YoY in the latest quarter, and EPS is +91.9% YoY TTM. Margins are still strong at gross +60.9%, operating +33.2%, and net +50.0%, so the business is not showing deterioration. The valuation is not cheap at PE 14.9, forward PE 17.7, and PEG 0.88 — a PEG of 0.88 means the P/E is below the growth rate, but the market is still paying for durable expansion, which can amplify reactions when the group weakens. Analyst consensus is also firmly positive, with 20 strong-positive, 41 positive, 7 neutral, 0 negative, and 0 strong-negative ratings, so there is no sign of a consensus downgrade cycle.
Earnings setup
The next earnings date is 2027-02-02. The facts provided do not include analyst consensus revenue or EPS estimates for that report, so I cannot state expected growth or margin change for the print. What the market will likely focus on is whether revenue growth stays near the recent +24.6% YoY pace, whether EPS can keep up with the +91.9% YoY TTM trend, and whether operating margin can hold around +33.2%. The provided facts do not show a prior post-earnings reaction pattern, so there is no reliable history here to cite.
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