Historical annual and monthly returns for Alphabet Inc.(Class A) (GOOGL).
For Alphabet Inc.(Class A) (GOOGL), the strongest completed calendar year was 2005, when the stock returned 115.2%, while its weakest was 2008, with a return of -55.5%. Across the 21 completed calendar years from 2005 through 2025, its average annual return was 29.3% and its compounded annual return was 22.0%. GOOGL posted positive returns in 16 of those 21 years (76%). In 2025, the latest completed year, it returned 66.0%. In 2026 year to date, GOOGL has returned 9.7%.
Returns are calculated from the adjusted daily closing prices for Alphabet Inc.(Class A) (GOOGL). Annual returns measure the percentage change between the final available trading prices of consecutive calendar years. Monthly returns use the corresponding month-end observations. Adjusted prices account for stock splits and distributions when supplied by the market-data provider. Results are nominal and are not adjusted for inflation.
