NASDAQ:GOOGAlphabet Stock Price, Forecast & News

Alphabet's stock was trading at $1,215.41 on March 11th, 2020 when Coronavirus reached pandemic status according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Since then, GOOG stock has increased by 26.8% and is now trading at $1,541.74. 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) announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, April, 28th. The information services provider reported $9.87 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing analysts' consensus estimates of $11.27 by $1.40. The information services provider had revenue of $41.16 billion for 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 business's revenue was up 13.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $9.50 earnings per share. View Alphabet's earnings history.

Alphabet shares split on the morning of Thursday, April 3rd 2014. The 2-1 split was announced on Monday, February 10th 2014. The newly minted shares were distributed 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 brokers have issued 1-year target prices for Alphabet's stock. Their forecasts range from $1,360.00 to $1,800.00. On average, they expect Alphabet's share price to reach $1,584.75 in the next year. This suggests a possible upside of 2.8% from the stock's current price. View analysts' price targets for Alphabet.

Headlines about GOOG stock have been trending very negative this week, according to InfoTrie Sentiment. The research firm identifies positive and negative media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of publicly-traded companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores nearest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of -3.2 on InfoTrie's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the information services provider a news buzz of 0.0 out of 10, indicating that recent media coverage is extremely unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next few days. 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 many different retail and institutional investors. Top institutional investors include Envestnet Asset Management Inc. (0.03%), WELLCOME TRUST LTD THE as trustee of the WELLCOME TRUST (0.02%), Whittier Trust Co. (0.01%), State of Alaska Department of Revenue (0.01%), DNB Asset Management AS (0.01%) and Confluence Investment Management LLC (0.00%). 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., Renaissance Investment Group LLC, Richard P Slaughter Associates Inc, Confluence Investment Management LLC, Thomasville National Bank, and Carnegie Capital Asset Management LLC. 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 acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Envestnet Asset Management Inc., Canandaigua National Corp, Whittier Trust Co., Platte River Wealth Advisors LLC, Forte Capital LLC ADV, Whittier Trust Co. of Nevada Inc., DNB Asset Management AS, and State of Alaska Department of Revenue. 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 $1,541.74.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.05 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.