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Alphabet Inc. - Class C Capital Stock (GOOG) Dec 2025 Filing Analysis
How durable is the business?
Alphabet strengthened its technology moat by introducing its seventh-generation custom AI chip (Ironwood) and integrating Gemini models across all products with over 500 million users. (1 expanding)
“our own custom-built Tensor Processing Units (TPUs), such as Ironwood, our seventh-generation TPU... Gemini 3, our most intelligent AI model yet.”
Google Services remains the primary revenue engine, growing 12.4% YoY to $342.7 billion. However, its share of total revenue decreased from 87.1% to 85.1% as other segments grew faster. (1 contracting)
“Google Services total 2024: 304,930; 2025: 342,721”
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What could break the thesis?
Accrued legal and regulatory fines increased from $9.8 billion in 2024 to $15.6 billion in 2025, primarily due to a new $3.5 billion European Commission fine and other legal accruals. (1 intensifying)
“As of December 31, 2025, we had short-term accrued legal and regulatory fines and settlements of $15.6 billion. This amount primarily included EC fines, in addition to accruals related to other legal matters.”
Commitments have grown substantially. Future lease payments for data centers not yet commenced reached $52.7 billion as of Dec 2025, and a new $9.9 billion power purchase agreement was signed in Jan 2026. (1 intensifying)
“As of December 31, 2025, we have entered into leases primarily related to data centers that have not yet commenced with short-term and long-term future lease payments of $5.8 billion and $52.7 billion, respectively... In January 2026, we executed a power purchase agreement... resulting in future payments... of $9.9 billion.”
R&D expenses jumped from $49.3 billion in 2024 to $61.1 billion in 2025 (a 24% increase), outpacing the 15% revenue growth. Total operating expenses rose 22% year-over-year. (1 intensifying)
“Research and development expenses increased $11.8 billion from 2024 to 2025, primarily driven by increases in employee compensation expenses of $6.9 billion and depreciation expense of $2.4 billion.”
Operating losses for Other Bets widened from $4.4 billion in 2024 to $7.5 billion in 2025, largely due to a $2.1 billion compensation charge for Waymo. Alphabet also committed another $16 billion to Waymo in early 2026. (1 intensifying)
“Other Bets operating loss increased $3.1 billion from 2024 to 2025. The increase in operating loss was primarily driven by an increase in employee compensation expenses largely due to an increase in a valuation-based compensation charge related to Waymo.”
The balance of unrecognized tax benefits decreased from $12.6 billion in 2024 to $11.5 billion in 2025, following settlements with tax authorities. (1 easing)
“Ending gross unrecognized tax benefits [for 2025]: $11,512 [million]... Decreases related to settlement with tax authorities: $(2,183) [million].”
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