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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Cash Flow Statement
Quarterly Data

The cash flow statement provides information about a company cash receipts and cash payments during an accounting period, showing how these cash flows link the ending cash balance to the beginning balance shown on the company balance sheet.

The cash flow statement consists of three parts: cash flows provided by (used in) operating activities, cash flows provided by (used in) investing activities, and cash flows provided by (used in) financing activities.

Alphabet Inc., consolidated cash flow statement (quarterly data)

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3 months ended: Sep 30, 2026 Jun 30, 2026 Mar 31, 2026 Dec 31, 2025 Sep 30, 2025 Jun 30, 2025 Mar 31, 2025 Dec 31, 2024 Sep 30, 2024 Jun 30, 2024 Mar 31, 2024 Dec 31, 2023 Sep 30, 2023 Jun 30, 2023 Mar 31, 2023 Dec 31, 2022 Sep 30, 2022 Jun 30, 2022 Mar 31, 2022 Dec 31, 2021 Sep 30, 2021 Jun 30, 2021 Mar 31, 2021
Net income 26,468 112,193 62,578 34,455 34,979 28,196 34,540 26,536 26,301 23,619 23,662 20,687 19,689 18,368 15,051 13,624 13,910 16,002 16,436 20,642 18,936 18,525 17,930
Depreciation of property and equipment 8,369 7,104 6,482 6,040 5,611 4,998 4,487 4,205 3,985 3,708 3,413 1,936 4,551 2,824 2,635 4,065 3,933 3,698 3,591 3,215 3,085 2,730 2,525
Stock-based compensation expense 8,630 7,957 6,751 7,071 6,368 5,998 5,516 5,810 5,846 5,865 5,264 5,659 5,743 5,774 5,284 5,100 4,976 4,782 4,504 3,954 3,874 3,803 3,745
Deferred income taxes 5,539 20,618 6,920 1,218 8,726 (444) (1,152) (1,448) (1,071) (3,157) 419 (1,670) (1,824) (2,415) (1,854) (1,924) (1,920) (2,147) (2,090) 1,616 (1,287) 379 1,100
(Gain) loss on debt and equity securities, net 9,048 (98,999) (36,804) (2,354) (10,855) (1,451) (9,960) 67 (1,981) 1,024 (1,781) (471) 869 509 (84) 1,663 1,378 1,041 1,437 (2,478) (2,158) (2,883) (4,751)
Other 1,664 1,896 1,265 1,265 (198) 560 481 827 1,407 851 334 3,045 (489) 670 1,104 797 280 263 331 210 283 207 (27)
Accounts receivable, net (3,917) (6,541) (363) (5,197) (2,381) (2,839) 1,638 (4,570) (1,431) (3,057) 3,167 (6,518) (2,821) (2,948) 4,454 (4,615) (97) (1,969) 4,364 (5,819) (2,409) (3,661) 2,794
Inventory (3,220) (7,739) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Income taxes, net (3,702) 203 8,101 66 (858) (9,631) 7,197 379 (1,908) (3,900) 3,011 (9,869) 1,872 4,451 4,069 1,446 (609) (4,073) 3,820 (3,369) 3,041 (1,082) 785
Other assets (7,807) (6,547) (3,403) (482) (1,293) (1,479) (1,288) 937 (802) (532) (1,000) 740 (1,624) (513) (746) (778) (2,647) (845) (776) (399) (1,255) (199) 7
Accounts payable (165) 2,330 (240) 1,678 (444) 553 (880) 401 521 1,561 (2,124) 427 223 1,119 (1,105) (28) 1,907 1,201 (2,373) 1,157 238 (130) (982)
Accrued expenses and other liabilities (1,168) 6,310 (6,002) 6,740 7,759 3,485 (5,045) 5,205 (1,190) (122) (5,054) 4,317 3,657 459 (4,496) 3,424 2,210 1,497 (3,216) 4,541 2,562 3,731 (3,530)
Accrued revenue share — — — 799 319 (335) 116 581 381 419 (322) 797 103 184 (602) 577 (80) (114) (828) 1,296 357 473 (444)
Deferred revenue 2,551 284 505 1,103 681 136 500 183 640 361 (141) (165) 707 184 (201) 263 112 86 (94) 368 272 (3) 137
Changes in assets and liabilities, net of effects of acquisitions (17,428) (11,700) (1,402) 4,707 3,783 (10,110) 2,238 3,116 (3,789) (5,270) (2,463) (10,271) 2,117 2,936 1,373 289 796 (4,217) 897 (2,225) 2,806 (871) (1,233)
Adjustments 15,822 (73,124) (16,788) 17,947 13,435 (449) 1,610 12,577 4,397 3,021 5,186 (1,772) 10,967 10,298 8,458 9,990 9,443 3,420 8,670 4,292 6,603 3,365 1,359
Net cash provided by operating activities 42,290 39,069 45,790 52,402 48,414 27,747 36,150 39,113 30,698 26,640 28,848 18,915 30,656 28,666 23,509 23,614 23,353 19,422 25,106 24,934 25,539 21,890 19,289
Purchases of property and equipment (51,355) (44,924) (35,674) (27,851) (23,953) (22,446) (17,197) (14,276) (13,061) (13,186) (12,012) (11,019) (8,055) (6,888) (6,289) (7,595) (7,276) (6,828) (9,786) (6,383) (6,819) (5,496) (5,942)
Purchases of marketable securities (39,987) (45,439) (31,041) (42,939) (20,964) (21,417) (18,453) (21,645) (22,023) (22,327) (20,684) (28,436) (13,833) (21,362) (14,227) (11,621) (17,054) (21,737) (28,462) (40,090) (34,497) (24,183) (36,426)
Maturities and sales of marketable securities 21,820 28,695 38,001 21,939 20,371 20,585 20,345 21,649 23,202 33,592 24,985 34,030 15,593 18,722 18,327 13,735 28,713 25,595 29,779 36,168 31,459 21,419 39,248
Purchases of non-marketable securities (2,109) (21,145) (906) (2,404) (1,000) (1,354) (958) (1,800) (1,035) (993) (1,206) (851) (663) (887) (626) (903) (364) (488) (776) (770) (656) (766) (646)
Maturities and sales of non-marketable securities 208 819 848 171 323 614 259 150 127 292 313 204 562 145 36 19 6 113 12 344 334 237 19
Acquisitions, net of cash acquired, and purchases of intangibles assets (406) (76) (33,621) (167) (1,072) (13) (340) (91) (2,753) (26) (61) (29) (126) (298) (42) (84) (5,649) (1,063) (173) (385) (259) (308) (1,666)
Other investing activities 480 (363) (996) (525) (1,482) (513) 150 (167) (2,468) (133) 101 (66) (628) (232) (125) 222 791 221 355 100 388 23 30
Net cash used in investing activities (71,349) (82,433) (63,389) (51,776) (27,777) (24,544) (16,194) (16,180) (18,011) (2,781) (8,564) (6,167) (7,150) (10,800) (2,946) (6,227) (833) (4,187) (9,051) (11,016) (10,050) (9,074) (5,383)
Net payments related to stock-based award activities (5,368) (6,573) (5,483) (5,166) (3,270) (2,621) (3,110) (3,049) (3,003) (3,209) (2,929) (2,680) (2,432) (2,736) (1,989) (2,079) (2,041) (2,264) (2,916) (2,923) (2,602) (2,453) (2,184)
Repurchases of stock — — — (5,499) (11,504) (13,638) (15,068) (15,551) (15,291) (15,684) (15,696) (16,191) (15,787) (14,969) (14,557) (15,407) (15,392) (15,197) (13,300) (13,473) (12,610) (12,796) (11,395)
Dividend payments on preferred and common stock (2,936) (2,689) (2,542) (2,536) (2,536) (2,543) (2,434) (2,442) (2,455) (2,466) — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of common stock, net of costs 12,371 30,499 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of mandatory convertible preferred stock, net of costs — 19,063 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Proceeds from issuance of debt, net of costs 28,996 24,847 31,379 26,562 6,624 26,846 4,532 4,895 3,819 2,893 1,982 1,492 1,248 1,123 6,927 8,550 15,094 12,806 16,422 6,250 6,350 6,699 900
Repayments of debt (3,626) (3,776) (1,477) (6,333) (7,697) (13,876) (4,521) (3,750) (3,449) (2,423) (3,079) (1,929) (1,414) (1,255) (6,952) (8,718) (15,768) (13,162) (16,420) (6,365) (6,392) (7,741) (937)
Proceeds from sale of interest in consolidated entities, net — 558 3,200 — — — 400 861 285 — 8 — 3 2 3 25 10 — — — — 300 10
Other financing activities — (686) — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — —
Net cash provided by (used in) financing activities 29,437 61,243 25,077 7,028 (18,383) (5,832) (20,201) (19,036) (20,094) (20,889) (19,714) (19,308) (18,382) (17,835) (16,568) (17,629) (18,097) (17,817) (16,214) (16,511) (15,254) (15,991) (13,606)
Effect of exchange rate changes on cash and cash equivalents 45 (31) (123) (36) (200) 401 43 (390) 141 (238) (125) (94) (351) (26) 50 137 (375) (368) 100 (181) (146) 183 (143)
Net increase (decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 423 17,848 7,355 7,618 2,054 (2,228) (202) 3,507 (7,266) 2,732 445 (6,654) 4,773 5 4,045 (105) 4,048 (2,950) (59) (2,774) 89 (2,992) 157

Based on: 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2026-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2025-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2025-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2024-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2024-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2023-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2023-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2022-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2022-03-31), 10-K (reporting date: 2021-12-31), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-09-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-06-30), 10-Q (reporting date: 2021-03-31).


Operating cash flow exhibits a long-term growth trajectory, increasing from a range of 19 billion to 25 billion US dollars per quarter in 2021 to peaks exceeding 52 billion US dollars by late 2025. While net income shows significant volatility, particularly in the first half of 2026 with a spike to 112.19 billion US dollars in June 2026, the net cash provided by operating activities remains more stable, reflecting the cushioning effect of non-cash adjustments such as depreciation and stock-based compensation.

Capital Expenditure Trends
A consistent and aggressive increase in the purchases of property and equipment is observed. Expenditures rose from approximately 6 billion US dollars per quarter in early 2021 to over 51 billion US dollars by September 30, 2026. This represents a substantial escalation in capital investment over the analyzed period, indicating a strategic shift toward heavy infrastructure expansion.
Investment Portfolio Management
Investing activities are characterized by significant volatility in marketable securities. A notable trend emerges in early 2026, where massive realized or unrealized losses on debt and equity securities occurred, peaking at a loss of 98.99 billion US dollars in June 2026. This coincides with a period of high liquidity movement, with marketable security purchases and maturities fluctuating significantly to manage cash reserves.
Shareholder Return Strategy
A transition in the method of returning value to shareholders is evident. Repurchases of stock were a primary tool from 2021 through 2024, typically ranging between 11 billion and 16 billion US dollars per quarter. Beginning in June 2024, the company initiated regular dividend payments of approximately 2.4 billion to 2.9 billion US dollars per quarter, while stock repurchases ceased entirely by early 2026.
Financing and Capital Structure
Financing activities shifted from being consistently cash-reductive to cash-generative in 2026. This reversal was driven by substantial proceeds from the issuance of common stock (30.49 billion US dollars) and mandatory convertible preferred stock (19.06 billion US dollars) in June 2026, alongside increased debt issuance. These activities suggest a strategic recapitalization to fund the accelerated capital expenditures observed in the investing section.

The overall cash position reflects a company in a phase of intense capital expansion. The ability to generate strong operating cash flow has been leveraged to fund growing infrastructure costs, while the financing strategy evolved from equity reduction via buybacks to equity expansion and dividend initiation to support a larger balance sheet.

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