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Alphabet Inc.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
Signals align: quality at a discount to the sector
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4 of 5 met · composite in line with peers
Business quality, valuation against the sector, and position in the 52-week range — whether they line up or not.
Mixed signals
1 signal unavailable
Profitability
3/4
Debt & liquidity
1/3
Efficiency
1/2
Capital returns at Alphabet Inc. run well ahead of the sector: ROE of 35.7% sits +106% above the sector median of 17.3%, and ROIC of 24.9% exceeds the median by +143%, while Debt/EBITDA of 0.3× comes in -88% below the sector median of 2.5× — a balance sheet that carries far less strain than most peers. The F-Score of 5/9 reads as mixed: profitability sub-scores hold up, but efficiency and liquidity signals are softer. FCF yield of 1.3% trails the sector median of 5.3% by -76%, which matters because the market is not pricing this cheaply — the P/E of 17.3× sits -5% against a sector median of 18.3×. The forward picture is split: analysts forecast earnings growth, and the realized three-year EPS CAGR per SEC filings is strong, yet the beat rate over the last eight quarters is weak — consensus has tended to run ahead of actual results, so the market's forward models carry the usual optimistic tilt.
| Ticker | Name | F-Score | ROE | Revenue YoY | Op. margin |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CHTR | Charter Communications | 5/9 | 32% |
Quarter-by-quarter classification · a retrospective read by the current logic · not a price forecast
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. The method did not see these quarters in real time; this is the current logic applied to past reports.
The market prices in an earnings decline; analyst sentiment is steady; has not always beaten consensus.
Price against next year's expected earnings. The forward P/E already carries analyst optimism — read it alongside the “Versus consensus” line.
A forward P/E below the current one means the market expects earnings to grow; above it, to fall. The historical growth is realized figures from SEC filings, not a forecast.
The three-month change in the share of positive analyst ratings. This is sentiment, not an earnings-estimate revision, and not a call to act.
When Alphabet reports on 2026-10-27, track revenue year over year and free cash flow growth — FCF growth currently sits 176% below the sector median at 35.2%. A sustained recovery there would address one of the two weak signals dragging the F-Score to 5/9.
Alphabet's ROIC of 10.2× is 2.4× the sector median, but the leverage and liquidity pillar scored only 1/3. Pull the annual report on SEC EDGAR and check the liquidity disclosures and capital allocation commentary to understand what is compressing that sub-score.
Pick two or three companies from the Communication Services table in section 06 and line up one metric — FCF yield or Debt/EBITDA are natural candidates given Alphabet's 88% below-median debt load. No company in the table is ranked; the comparison is yours to draw.
Steps you can check yourself, based on the figures in this brief.
Piotroski F-Score: nine binary tests of financial strength from the annual report. A ✓ marks a test passed, a dot (·) a test failed.
Over 4 years: +4%+5%+1%
Over 4 years: 0.170.120.090.31
Over 4 years: +19%+14%+15%
The context on the right shows how each figure compares with the sector median. The trend below tracks the change over recent fiscal years.
Beat consensus in 8 of 8 recent quarters — the company clears estimates regularly (consensus is often set conservatively).
Last quarter's EPS against consensus, plus the estimated date of the next report.
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| 24% |
| CMCSA | Comcast | 6/9 | 22% | -0% | 17% |
| DIS | Disney | 7/9 | 12% | +3% | 19% |
| EA | Electronic Arts | 6/9 | 13% | +1% | 15% |
| FOXA | Fox Corporation | 5/9 | 15% | +5% | — |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. | 5/9 | 36% | +15% | 32% |
| META | Meta Platforms | 4/9 | 30% | +22% | 41% |
| NFLX | Netflix | 6/9 | 43% | +16% | 29% |
| NWSA | News Corporation | 4/9 | 7% | +7% | — |
| OMC | Omnicom | 3/9 | -1% | +10% | 3% |
| T | AT&T | 6/9 | 18% | +3% | 19% |
| TMUS | T-Mobile | 6/9 | 18% | +8% | 21% |
| TTWO | Take-Two Interactive | 7/9 | -11% | +18% | -2% |
| VZ | Verizon | 5/9 | 17% | +3% | 21% |
A sample of 14 companies in the sector including the target, alphabetical, unranked. Data from the latest SEC annual reports.
Rule-based classification of fundamentals against the sector. Not a price forecast and not investment advice.
A simplified retrospective read: no analyst forecast (not available historically); the source is the annual report as of the date, so neighbouring quarters can rest on the same data. Quarters with the same classification in a row are merged into one row — each row is one change in the read, not a separate quarter. One ticker is an illustration of the classification logic, not statistics. How we calculate →
The last few quarters are recent context, not a fixed rate. Consensus for near quarters is set low, so companies clear it routinely; over long horizons the forecasts run the other way, too high.
A description of what the market and analysts expect. Not a price forecast and not investment advice. Analyst forecasts run systematically optimistic over long horizons — read them with that discount.