Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL) — the peer cohort
As of 2026-09-24 — scores re-bake nightly. Cohort = shared Closelook index membership first, then sector. Diary readings, not advice.
Alphabet Inc Class A ranks 11 of 16 in its cohort on the Closelook composite (58/100) — the cohort is led by Kanzhun Ltd ADR at 70/100.
| Name | Composite | Momentum | Quality | Valuation | Signal | Off 52w high |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOOGL Alphabet Inc Class A | 58 | 52 | 77 | 37 | watch | 17.3% |
| WDAY Workday Inc | 65 | 74 | 62 | 47 | bull | 23% |
| INTU Intuit Inc | 64 | 18 | 84 | 64 | bear | 59% |
| PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. | 64 | 76 | 90 | 12 | bull | 7.6% |
| CRM Salesforce.com Inc | 64 | 73 | 73 | 58 | bull | 11.5% |
| RDDT Reddit, Inc. | 62 | 30 | 84 | 35 | bear | 46.3% |
| TWLO Twilio Inc | 62 | 97 | 42 | 30 | watch | 1.9% |
| MNDY Monday.Com Ltd | 60 | 46 | 49 | 54 | bear | 60.8% |
| VEEV Veeva Systems Inc Class A | 60 | 87 | 74 | 32 | bull | 12.8% |
| OKTA Okta Inc | 58 | 99 | 48 | 22 | bull | 0.9% |
| MSFT Microsoft Corporation | 57 | 79 | 83 | 30 | bull | 9.2% |
| QCOM Qualcomm Incorporated | 57 | 50 | 76 | 51 | neutral | 23.8% |
| SAP SAP SE ADR | 57 | 59 | 75 | 38 | bull | 25.1% |
| BZ Kanzhun Ltd ADR | 70 | 41 | 81 | 84 | info | 41.9% |
| META Meta Platforms Inc. | 59 | 75 | 82 | 39 | bull | 5.7% |
| SPOT Spotify Technology SA | 55 | 49 | 67 | 35 | bull | 31.5% |
Scores are relative readings across the Closelook coverage universe — methodology in the company-scoring explainer. Signal lights come from the nightly signal board.
FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24
Quick answers
Who are Alphabet Inc Class A's peers in the Closelook universe?
The cohort is drawn from shared Closelook index membership first, then sector: Workday Inc (WDAY), Intuit Inc (INTU), Palantir Technologies Inc. (PLTR), Salesforce.com Inc (CRM), Reddit, Inc. (RDDT), Twilio Inc (TWLO), Monday.Com Ltd (MNDY), Veeva Systems Inc Class A (VEEV) and others.
How does GOOGL score against its peers?
Alphabet Inc Class A's composite reads 58/100, ranking 11 of 16 in its cohort as of 2026-09-24; the cohort's highest composite is Kanzhun Ltd ADR at 70/100. Closelook scores are research diary readings, not ratings or advice.
Mentioned on Closelook
Where GOOGL appears in the diary — 20 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.
Long reads
- The Agentic Winners 25
- AI Economy — Three Futures for 2030, and the One the Model Leaves Out
The capital stock that the extreme scenario needs — 56% above its no-AI path by 2030, 14% in the substantial case — is being ordered now, and the ordering is itself a demand shock the model does not carry: Alphabet’s…
- Google and RSI — The Loop Nobody Has Closed
A DeepMind executive had already described Alphabet’s 2026 capital spending of $195–205 billion as a precursor to recursive self-improvement, because the loop needs compute to run experiments.
- Pattern 03 — NVIDIA Strategic Authority Investment
Three rhythmic series run alongside the dated events: Hyperscaler earnings (MSFT / GOOGL / META / AMZN, quarterly) — capex disclosures set NVIDIA's tape.
- AI Bull Market — The 2026 Verification Phase
Jan 29 Google (GOOGL) Gemini / GCP ROI Metric: Must show Google Cloud growth >35% to justify its massive AI CapEx.
Dailies
- AI Credit — Oracle invokes force majeure on a New Mexico data center; the 30-year hits 5.45%
Oracle's 2055 bond yielded 7.73% on Wednesday, up 24bp in five days and from 6.99% in June; Nvidia's 2050 bond rose 10.6bp to 6.26%, Alphabet's 2060 bond 9.7bp to 6.07%
- Yields — the 10-year is back above 5% on a hot PMI and a hawkish Fed; chips fall, software is bought
Meta $755.68 (+2.59%, high $760.49) into tonight's Connect keynote at 23:00 UTC; against Alphabet $341.33 (-2.80%), Amazon $250.50 (-1.76%), Apple $336.88 (-0.84%); MAGS -0.29%
- AI Search — The Owners of the Facts Are Down 20–40%, the Answer Boxes Sit Near Their Highs
Only Meta, 3.8% below its high after an 11.3% month, and Alphabet own every link in the chain — the content, the moat and the answer box.
- Nasdaq - a record close in the worst month of a midterm year, right after the bulls gave up
- Nasdaq — a record print at 27,272, chips extend, software sold from its highs; AMD joins the trillion club
Mega-caps split three-two: Meta $750.98 (+1.3%, high $757.27) into Connect tomorrow, Apple $342.97 (+1.2%) after touching $345.34 — its 52-week high — and Alphabet $357.12 (+0.6%); against Microsoft −1.3% and Amazon $255.19 (−1.3%)
- Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69
Software sits the relief out: the software ETF flat at $105.41, Microsoft −0.5% to $494.39, ServiceNow −0.8%, Amazon flat, Alphabet +0.3%, Apple +0.4%; the security names hold — Palo Alto +1.2%, Cloudflare +0.8%, CrowdStrike +0.5%…
- AI trade — sellers of compute sold, buyers bought: chips −5.6%, software +5%, SoftBank +7% in Tokyo
Microsoft, Alphabet and Meta — the three that buy the most compute — closed up 2% to 3%.
- Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their lines
The security group keeps its bid — CrowdStrike +2.9%, SentinelOne +2.3%, Zscaler +1.8% — and the buyers of compute give some back: Alphabet −1.6%, Amazon −1.5%, Apple −1.0%, Microsoft −0.8%.
Related in the Closelook universe
same Closelook index seat first, then Internet Content & Information. Scored names rank on their Closelook score; names without one rank on trend state — above or below their 50- and 200-day averages — never on a score they do not carry.
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- MNDY Monday.Com Ltd
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- OKTA Okta Inc
- MSFT Microsoft Corporation
- QCOM Qualcomm Incorporated
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