Alphabet Stock Forecast, Price & News

21 Wall Street research analysts have issued "buy," "hold," and "sell" ratings for Alphabet in the last year. There are currently 1 hold rating and 20 buy ratings for the stock. The consensus among Wall Street research analysts is that investors should "buy" Alphabet stock.
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Alphabet saw a increase in short interest in the month of January. As of January 15th, there was short interest totaling 2,150,000 shares, an increase of 20.1% from the December 31st total of 1,790,000 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,670,000 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.3 days. Approximately 0.7% of the company's stock are sold short.
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Alphabet is scheduled to release its next quarterly earnings announcement on Tuesday, April 27th 2021.
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Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) announced its earnings results on Monday, February, 1st. The information services provider reported $22.30 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping the Zacks' consensus estimate of $15.91 by $6.39. The information services provider had revenue of $56.90 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $52.86 billion. Alphabet had a trailing twelve-month return on equity of 17.31% and a net margin of 20.80%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 23.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period last year, the firm posted $15.35 EPS.
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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 67.6% and is now trading at $2,036.86.
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Alphabet's stock split on 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 stock prior to the split would have 200 shares after the split.

21 brokerages have issued twelve-month target prices for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,725.00 to $2,600.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's stock price to reach $2,198.13 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 7.9% from the stock's current price.
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4,614 employees have rated Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai on Glassdoor.com. Sundar Pichai has an approval rating of 94% among Alphabet's employees. This puts Sundar Pichai in the top 30% of approval ratings compared to other CEOs of publicly-traded companies.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Omnicom Group (OMC), The Interpublic Group of Companies (IPG), Lamar Advertising (LAMR), Clear Channel Outdoor (CCO), National CineMedia (NCMI) and MDC Partners (MDCA).
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Based on aggregate information from My MarketBeat watchlists, some companies that other Alphabet investors own include Netflix (NFLX), NVIDIA (NVDA), Tesla (TSLA), Alibaba Group (BABA), The Walt Disney (DIS), Visa (V), Intel (INTC), JPMorgan Chase & Co. (JPM), salesforce.com (CRM) and Mastercard (MA).

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 shareholders include BlackRock Inc. (2.89%), Price T Rowe Associates Inc. MD (1.99%), FMR LLC (1.15%), Northern Trust Corp (0.57%), Alliancebernstein L.P. (0.55%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.49%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, Capitalg Lp, David C Drummond, John L Hennessy and Philipp Schindler.
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GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including BlackRock Inc., Baillie Gifford & Co., Dodge & Cox, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Primecap Management Co. CA, Alliancebernstein L.P., Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc., and Northern Trust Corp. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet company stock in the last year include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, John L Hennessy, and Philipp Schindler.
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GOOG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Cibc World Markets Corp, Egerton Capital UK LLP, Sanders Capital LLC, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan Chase & Co., Valeo Financial Advisors LLC, Renaissance Technologies LLC, and Artemis Investment Management LLP.
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Shares of GOOG can be purchased through any online brokerage account. Popular online brokerages with access to the U.S. stock market include WeBull, Vanguard Brokerage Services, TD Ameritrade, E*TRADE, Robinhood, Fidelity, and Charles Schwab.
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One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $2,036.86.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $1.37 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 132,121 workers across the globe.

Alphabet was founded in 2015.

The official website for Alphabet is www.google.com.

Alphabet is headquartered at 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043.

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.