Alphabet Inc operates in the Information retrieval services sector.
In addition to historical fundamental analyses, the complete report available to purchase compares Alphabet Inc with three other
computer services in North America:
Fiserv, Inc.
(2020
sales of $14.85 billion
of which 37%
was Acceptance),
Cognizant Technology Solutions Corporation
($16.65 billion
of which 34%
was Financial Services), and
Facebook Incorporation
($85.97 billion
of which 100%
was ESSING, ETC).
Sales Analysis.
Sales were up sharply during the second
quarter of 2021 versus the previous year's second quarter.
During the second
quarter of 2021, sales at Alphabet Inc totalled
$61.88 billion.
This is
an increase of 61.6%
from the $38.30 billion in sales at the company during the second quarter of 2020.
This was the biggest same quarter rise in sales at Alphabet Inc in the previous 35 quarters.
During the first two
quarters of 2021, sales totalled $117.19 billion, which is
47.5% higher
than through the first two quarters of 2020.
Sales at Alphabet Inc appear to have some seasonality: during each of the previous 9
years, sales have been highest during the fourth quarter, which has accounted for
between 27.4% and 31.2%
of the annual
sales.
Alphabet Inc reported sales of $182.53 billion
for the
year ending
December of 2020.
This
represents
an
increase of 12.8%
versus 2019, when the company's sales were $161.86 billion.
Sales at Alphabet Inc have increased during each of the previous five years
(and since 2015, sales have increased a total of 143%).
Sales of Google Services saw an increase
of
12.7% in 2020, from
$161.20 billion to $181.69 billion.
Not all segments of Alphabet Inc experienced an increase in sales in 2020:
sales of Other Bets fell 0.3% to $657.00 million.
(However, this segment's sales were only a very small portion of the company's overall sales).