Google's stock price is well over double today compared to five years ago--and that's even after the recent volatility. It is quite far ahead of the S&P 500 over those five years.
If you think that's "not great for investors", then I don't know what to tell you.
It's a little hard to eyeball, but profits per employee has been on a long upward trend too, except for 2019, where it fell substantially, but note the revenue gains above--that didn't just magically appear [2].
If you think that's "not great for investors", then I don't know what to tell you.
It's a little hard to eyeball, but profits per employee has been on a long upward trend too, except for 2019, where it fell substantially, but note the revenue gains above--that didn't just magically appear [2].
[1] https://www.statista.com/statistics/266206/googles-annual-gl... [2] https://www.theinformation.com/articles/after-hiring-binges-...