Here's Why Alphabet (GOOGL) is a Strong Growth Stock

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Why This 1 Growth Stock Should Be On Your Watchlist

Growth investors build their portfolios around companies that are financially strong and have a bright future, and the Growth Style Score helps take projected and historical earnings, sales, and cash flow into account to uncover stocks that will see long-term, sustainable growth.

Alphabet (GOOGL)

Alphabet is one of the most innovative companies in the modern technological age. Over the last few years, the company has evolved from primarily being a search-engine provider to cloud computing, ad-based video and music streaming, autonomous vehicles, healthcare providers and others. In the online search arena, Google has a monopoly with more than 94% of the online search volume and market.

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GOOGL boasts a Growth Style Score of A and VGM Score of A, and holds a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) rating. Its bottom-line is projected to rise 18.5% year-over-year for 2025, while Wall Street anticipates its top line to improve by 10.7%.

Two analysts revised their earnings estimate upwards in the last 60 days for fiscal 2025. The Zacks Consensus Estimate has increased $0.04 to $9.53 per share. GOOGL boasts an average earnings surprise of 14.6%.

On a historic basis, Alphabet has generated cash flow growth of 19.3%, and is expected to report cash flow expansion of 34.6% this year.

With solid fundamentals, a good Zacks Rank, and top-tier Growth and VGM Style Scores, GOOGL should be on investors' short lists.

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