Alphabet Inc. (GOOG): stock score 54/100

Alphabet Inc. (GOOG) scores 54 out of 100 (around average among 99 US stocks) on trend, stability, fundamentals, market backdrop and news tone. Every calculation step shown. Educational, not advice.

GOOG scores 54.2 out of 100 (around average), down 6.3 points from last week. Its stability adds the most (+4.4 points: forecast 30.0% vs normal 29.9%). Its news tone weighs on it most (-1.6 points: average FinBERT sentiment +0.032 over 354 articles). Our risk model is tested on the S&P 500 only.

How the score is built

Trend: 46/100 (-0.7 points)

  1. Price is -7.4% vs its 100-day average → higher than 15% of the comparison group → 15
  2. 12-1 month momentum +33.6% → higher than 78% of the comparison group → 78
  3. Average of the two → trend score 46.5

Tested in our research: the trend rule did not hold up out of sample.

Stability: 72/100 (+4.4 points)

  1. Forecast 30.0% vs normal 29.9% → ratio 1.00
  2. Ratio is higher than 28% of the comparison group → 100 minus 28 → stability 72.2 (bigger expected swings than usual → lower stability)

A machine-learning volatility model beat HAR for the S&P 500 (p = 0.04); not yet tested on single stocks. This component uses HAR.

Fundamentals: 59/100 (+1.9 points)

  1. Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +23.1% → higher than 90% of the comparison group → 90
  2. Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +1.9 pp → higher than 71% of the comparison group → 71
  3. Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +2.8 pp → higher than 17% of the comparison group (lower is better) → 17
  4. Average of available items → fundamentals score 59.3

Not yet tested in our research.

Market backdrop: 51/100 (+0.2 points)

  1. VIX in its 5-year range: 60 after inverting (lower VIX → higher)
  2. Breadth vs its 5-year range → 45
  3. Credit trend vs its 5-year range → 15
  4. Yield curve vs its 5-year range → 83
  5. Average → backdrop score 50.8 (same for every stock)

Tested in our research: cross-asset indicators did not improve forecasts.

News tone: 42/100 (-1.6 points)

  1. Average FinBERT sentiment +0.032 over 354 articles; shrunk towards 0 for few articles → tone +0.032
  2. Tone vs this stock's own past year → news score 42.3

Tested in our research: news sentiment made predictions slightly worse.

GOOG score history (weekly)

Week endingScoreBandTrendStabilityFundamentals
2026-10-2254Around average467259
2026-10-1657Around average577260
2026-10-0960Around average656160
2026-10-0254Around average615360
2026-09-2557Around average576160
2026-09-1855Around average566760
2026-09-1158Around average457260
2026-09-0465Above average517961
2026-08-2860Above average564861
2026-08-2158Around average574261
2026-08-1448Around average542961
2026-08-0752Around average645261

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Questions

What is Alphabet Inc.'s (GOOG) Quantooo score today?

GOOG scores 54 out of 100 on 2026-10-22, around average among 99 US stocks. It ranks 31st of 99 overall and 8th of 21 in Technology. It was 61 a week earlier.

What raises and lowers GOOG's score?

Stability adds the most (72/100, +4.4 points) and news tone weighs on it most (42/100, -1.6 points). The score is 50 plus each part's weighted distance from 50.

Is GOOG stock volatile right now?

Our volatility model (HAR) expects annualised swings of 30.0% over the next 20 trading days, against a normal level of 29.9% for GOOG: about as calm as usual for this stock. Its stability score is 72/100 compared with the other 99 US stocks.

How are Alphabet Inc.'s fundamentals changing?

Revenue growth vs a year earlier: +23.1%; Operating-margin change vs a year earlier: +1.9 pp; Change in leverage (1 - equity/assets) vs a year earlier: +2.8 pp. Fundamentals score: 59/100. From the 10-Q filed 2026-07-23 (period to 2026-06-30).

Does the score predict GOOG's share price?

No. The score describes the stock's recent data; it is not a forecast of the share price. Our own tests found no reliable ability to rank stocks by future returns, and every test, including the failures, is published. Educational, not investment advice.

Sector: Technology. Data as of 2026-10-22. Scores describe data; they are not recommendations or predictions. Educational, not investment advice.