NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Stock Price, Price Target & More

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 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.

Alphabet announced that its Board of Directors has approved a stock repurchase plan on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which allows the company to buyback $8,589,870,000.00 in outstanding shares, according to EventVestor. This buyback authorization allows the company to buy shares of its stock through open market purchases. Stock buyback plans are generally an indication that the company's leadership believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG) posted its earnings results on Monday, April, 23rd. The information services provider reported $9.93 EPS for the quarter, topping the Thomson Reuters' consensus estimate of $9.28 by $0.65. The information services provider had revenue of $31.15 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $30.28 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 15.79% and a net margin of 14.19%. The business's revenue for the quarter was up 25.8% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period last year, the firm earned $7.73 EPS. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, July, 23rd 2018. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

39 equities research analysts have issued 1-year price objectives for Alphabet's stock. Their predictions range from $725.00 to $1,350.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,104.0667 in the next year. View Analyst Ratings for Alphabet.

Alphabet saw a decline in short interest in April. As of April 13th, there was short interest totalling 2,615,420 shares, a decline of 28.3% from the March 30th total of 3,647,002 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 1,840,731 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is currently 1.4 days. Currently, 0.9% of the company's stock are sold short.

Some companies that are related to Alphabet include Alphabet (GOOGL), Facebook (FB), Baidu (BIDU), Red Hat Software (RHT), Weibo (WB), Twitter (TWTR), IHS Markit (INFO), Snap (SNAP), Match Group (MTCH), 58.com (WUBA), Yandex (YNDX), LINE (LN), FactSet (FDS), TripAdvisor (TRIP) and Sabre (SABR).

Headlines about GOOG stock have been trending somewhat positive this week, Accern Sentiment Analysis reports. The research firm identifies positive and negative press coverage by reviewing more than 20 million news and blog sources in real time. Accern ranks coverage of companies on a scale of negative one to positive one, with scores closest to one being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a coverage optimism score of 0.09 on Accern's scale. They also assigned press coverage about the information services provider an impact score of 46.38 out of 100, meaning that recent press coverage is somewhat unlikely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the next several days.

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 $1,021.18.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $741.65 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's mailing address is 1600 AMPHITHEATRE PARKWAY, MOUNTAIN VIEW CA, 94043. The information services provider can be reached via phone at 650-253-0000.