NASDAQ:GOOGAlphabet Stock Price, Forecast & News

Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when COVID-19 (Coronavirus) reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization. Since then, GOOG stock has increased by 23.7% and is now trading at $1,503.0299. View which stocks have been most impacted by Coronavirus.

28 Wall Street analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating, 26 buy ratings and 1 strong buy rating for the stock, resulting in a consensus recommendation of "Buy." View analyst ratings for Alphabet.

Alphabet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, July 30th 2020. View our earnings forecast for Alphabet.

Alphabet will be holding an earnings conference call on Thursday, July 30th at 12:00 AM Eastern. Interested parties can register for or listen to the call using this link or dial in at Not Available.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The information services provider reported $9.87 EPS for the quarter, missing the Zacks' consensus estimate of $11.27 by $1.40. The information services provider earned $41.16 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $40.29 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 17.43% and a net margin of 20.71%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 13.3% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the prior year, the business earned $9.50 earnings per share. View Alphabet's earnings history.

Alphabet shares 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 issued to shareholders after the closing bell 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.

28 analysts have issued twelve-month price objectives for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,360.00 to $1,800.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,594.50 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 6.1% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Alphabet.

Press coverage about GOOG stock has trended positive this week, InfoTrie Sentiment reports. InfoTrie identifies negative and positive media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to positive five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a news impact score of 2.5 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near term. View the latest news about Alphabet.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), CLEAR CHANNEL O/SH (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI), MDC Partners (MDCA) and Harte Hanks (HHS). View all competitors.

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), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), Bank of America (BAC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM) and Boeing (BA).

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by a variety of retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), Factory Mutual Insurance Co. (0.02%), WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.02%), Gateway Investment Advisers LLC (0.02%), MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd (0.01%) and Whittier Trust Co. (0.01%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, 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 Manning & Napier Group LLC, WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST, Hexavest Inc., Gateway Investment Advisers LLC, IFM Investors Pty Ltd, MERIAN GLOBAL INVESTORS UK Ltd, Factory Mutual Insurance Co., and Wesbanco Bank Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, and John L Hennessy. View insider buying and selling activity for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was bought by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, James Hambro & Partners, Whittier Trust Co., Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, Forte Capital LLC ADV, Vista Wealth Management Group LLC, and Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc.. View insider buying and selling activity 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 $1,503.03.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.03 trillion and generates $161.86 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $34.34 billion in net income (profit) each year or $51.56 on an earnings per share basis. Alphabet employs 98,771 workers across the globe.

The official website for Alphabet is 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.