NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Inc Class C Stock Price, News, & Analysis

Alphabet Inc Class C trades on the NASDAQ under the ticker symbol "GOOG."

Alphabet Inc Class C shares split on the morning of Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly created shares were issued to shareholders after the closing bell on Wednesday, April 2nd 2014. An investor that had 100 shares of Alphabet Inc Class C stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

Alphabet Inc Class C announced that its board has initiated a stock buyback plan on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which authorizes the company to repurchase $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization authorizes the company to reacquire shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock repurchase plans are usually a sign that the company's management believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc Class C (NASDAQ:GOOG) issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, July, 23rd. The information services provider reported $11.75 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $9.66 by $2.09. The information services provider had revenue of $32.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $32.13 billion. Alphabet Inc Class C had a net margin of 13.16% and a return on equity of 18.24%. The firm's revenue for the quarter was up 25.6% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $5.01 earnings per share. View Alphabet Inc Class C's Earnings History.

Alphabet Inc Class C is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Thursday, October, 25th 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet Inc Class C.

28 analysts have issued 1 year target prices for Alphabet Inc Class C's shares. Their predictions range from $995.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they expect Alphabet Inc Class C's share price to reach $1,250.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 3.5% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet Inc Class C.

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

Some companies that are related to Alphabet Inc Class C include Alphabet Inc Class A (GOOGL), Facebook, Inc. Common Stock (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Red Hat (RHT), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Weibo (WB), Snap (SNAP), Match Group (MTCH), Yandex (YNDX), Line (LN), 58.com (WUBA), FactSet Research Systems (FDS), Tripadvisor Inc Common Stock (TRIP) and Stars Group (TSG).

News articles about GOOG stock have trended somewhat positive this week, according to Accern Sentiment Analysis. The research firm identifies positive and negative news coverage by reviewing more than twenty million news and blog sources. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to one, with scores nearest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet Inc Class C earned a news impact score of 0.11 on Accern's scale. They also gave media headlines about the information services provider an impact score of 45.59 out of 100, indicating that recent news coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. View Recent Headlines for Alphabet Inc Class C.

Alphabet Inc Class C's stock is owned by many different of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (2.77%), FMR LLC (1.63%), Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.52%), Janus Henderson Group PLC (0.48%), Morgan Stanley (0.42%) and Baillie Gifford & Co. (0.34%). Company insiders that own Alphabet Inc Class C stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, Diane B Greene, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr, Lawrence Page, Sergey Brin, Shirley M Tilghman and Sundar Pichai. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alphabet Inc Class C.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including OppenheimerFunds Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board, Russell Investments Group Ltd., Epoch Investment Partners Inc., Wells Fargo & Company MN, Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA, Millennium Management LLC and TD Asset Management Inc.. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet Inc Class C company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr and Sundar Pichai. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet Inc Class C.

GOOG stock was purchased by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Private Advisor Group LLC, Cornerstone Wealth Management LLC, Moneta Group Investment Advisors LLC, BlackRock Inc., Salem Investment Counselors Inc., Jennison Associates LLC, California Public Employees Retirement System and Voya Investment Management LLC. View Insider Buying and Selling for Alphabet Inc Class C.

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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,207.77.

Alphabet Inc Class C has a market capitalization of $861.31 billion and generates $110.86 billion in revenue each year. The information services provider earns $12.66 billion in net income (profit) each year or $32.05 on an earnings per share basis.

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