Alphabet Stock Price, News & Analysis (NASDAQ:GOOG)

Alphabet trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GOOG."

Shares of Alphabet split before market open on Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly minted shares were payable to shareholders after the market closes on Wednesday, April 2nd 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Alphabet stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Alphabet declared that its board has approved a share buyback program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to repurchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares buyback programs are usually a sign that the company's management believes its stock is undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, July, 25th. The information services provider reported $14.21 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $11.49 by $2.72. The information services provider had revenue of $38.94 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $38.21 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 20.15% and a net margin of 23.43%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 19.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same quarter last year, the company earned $11.75 EPS. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October 24th 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

26 equities research analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Alphabet's shares. Their predictions range from $1,140.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,379.7692 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 12.2% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

26 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 2 hold ratings and 24 buy ratings for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

News headlines about GOOG stock have been trending negative on Friday, according to InfoTrie. The research firm rates the sentiment of news coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a daily sentiment score of -2.9 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news headlines about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent news coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View News Stories for Alphabet.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Snap (SNAP), Zoom Video Communications (ZM), Match Group (MTCH), Yandex (YNDX), Weibo (WB), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Trade Desk (TTD), Line (LN), 58.com (WUBA) and Sabre (SABR).

Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include Netflix (NFLX), Alibaba Group (BABA), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Walt Disney (DIS), Intel (INTC), Visa (V), Starbucks (SBUX), Bank of America (BAC) and Boeing (BA).

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Vanguard Group Inc. (3.27%), BlackRock Inc. (2.91%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.66%), Northern Trust Corp (0.61%), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (0.54%) and Invesco Ltd. (0.54%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Janus Henderson Group PLC, Morgan Stanley, Egerton Capital UK LLP, Amundi Pioneer Asset Management Inc., Maplelane Capital LLC, Jennison Associates LLC, UBS Asset Management Americas Inc. and Farallon Capital Management LLC. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Nuveen Asset Management LLC, Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD, Investec Asset Management LTD, BlackRock Inc., PenderFund Capital Management Ltd., Vanguard Group Inc., Polen Capital Management LLC and Invesco Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet.

Shares of GOOG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,229.9301.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $852.83 billion and generates $136.82 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $30.74 billion in net income (profit) each year or $47.51 on an earnings per share basis. Alphabet employs 98,771 workers across the globe.View Additional Information About Alphabet.

The official website for Alphabet is http://www.google.com/.

Alphabet's mailing address is 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 650-253-0000.