NASDAQ:GOOG - Alphabet Stock Price, News, & Analysis

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

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 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 has initiated a share repurchase program on Friday, February 2nd 2018, which allows the company to repurchase $8,589,870,000.00 in shares, according to EventVestor. This repurchase authorization allows the company to purchase shares of its stock through open market purchases. Shares repurchase programs are typically a sign that the company's board believes its shares are undervalued.

Alphabet Inc (NASDAQ:GOOG) issued its quarterly earnings results on Monday, February, 4th. The information services provider reported $12.77 EPS for the quarter, beating the Zacks' consensus estimate of $10.86 by $1.91. The information services provider had revenue of $39.28 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts' expectations of $38.91 billion. Alphabet had a return on equity of 19.94% and a net margin of 22.47%. Alphabet's revenue for the quarter was up 21.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the firm posted $9.70 EPS. View Alphabet's Earnings History.

Alphabet is scheduled to release their next quarterly earnings announcement on Monday, April 22nd 2019. View Earnings Estimates for Alphabet.

27 equities research analysts have issued 12 month price objectives for Alphabet's shares. Their forecasts range from $1,040.00 to $1,500.00. On average, they anticipate Alphabet's stock price to reach $1,335.00 in the next twelve months. This suggests a possible upside of 21.4% from the stock's current price. View Analyst Price Targets for Alphabet.

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

Media headlines about GOOG stock have trended somewhat negative recently, InfoTrie reports. InfoTrie scores the sentiment of media coverage by monitoring more than six thousand news and blog sources in real-time. The firm ranks coverage of public companies on a scale of negative five to five, with scores closest to five being the most favorable. Alphabet earned a media sentiment score of -1.7 on InfoTrie's scale. They also gave news articles about the information services provider a news buzz of 10.0 out of 10, meaning that recent media coverage is extremely likely to have an effect on the stock's share price in the near future.

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

Alphabet's stock is owned by a number of of institutional and retail investors. Top institutional investors include Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund (8.08%), BlackRock Inc. (2.82%), Lunia Capital LP (2.42%), Northern Trust Corp (0.59%), Geode Capital Management LLC (0.57%) and Bank of New York Mellon Corp (0.51%). Company insiders that own Alphabet stock include Amie Thuener O'toole, Ann Mather, David C Drummond, Diane B Greene, James Grier Campbell, John L Hennessy, L John Doerr, Shirley M Tilghman and Sundar Pichai. View Institutional Ownership Trends for Alphabet.

GOOG stock was sold by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Parnassus Investments CA, Bank of New York Mellon Corp, Sanders Capital LLC, Swedbank, Eaton Vance Management, Acadian Asset Management LLC, CI Investments Inc. and Polar Capital LLP. Company insiders that have sold Alphabet 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.

GOOG stock was acquired by a variety of institutional investors in the last quarter, including Oregon Public Employees Retirement Fund, Lunia Capital LP, Nordea Investment Management AB, Geode Capital Management LLC, Legal & General Group Plc, Millennium Management LLC, Bank of Nova Scotia and Royal London Asset Management Ltd.. View Insider Buying and Selling 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, Scottrade, Fidelity and Charles Schwab.

One share of GOOG stock can currently be purchased for approximately $1,099.32.

Alphabet has a market capitalization of $764.24 billion and generates $136.82 billion in revenue each year.

The official website for Alphabet is http://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.